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Mad Games Tycoon 2 cover art

Mad Games Tycoon 2

Eggcode · 2023-05-31

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jan 21, 2021 (Mac), May 31, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 26, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.

145
playing now
94%
positive of 7.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

145 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

It is the year 1976.A few revolutionaries set out to take over the entertainment industry. You too take the risky step and found your own game company in a small, unimpressive office. Build your own studio with offices, production facilities and server rooms. Place decorative objects in your offices to increase prestige and attract the best employees in the industry. Watch out for pollution, heat and employment opportunities for your staff. Buy the most desirable offices and become the leading manufacturer of computer games and consoles.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 145 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 407 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~51/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 156k–351k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,789 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
56556520212026Week of 2021-01-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

291602026-08-06 22:00 — 134 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 74 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 155 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 166 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 199 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 151 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 85 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 207 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 152 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 73 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 167 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 116 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 83 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 154 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 131 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 60 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 244 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 284 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 130 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 256 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 263 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 145 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 233 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 269 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 102 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 130 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 220 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 145 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$12.492021-01-222026-08-212021-01-22 — best price $22.492021-06-24 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $19.992021-12-23 — best price $19.992022-01-21 — best price $18.742022-01-27 — best price $19.992022-05-20 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $19.992022-08-25 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $19.992023-05-31 — best price $22.492023-09-29 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $19.992024-01-08 — best price $18.742024-03-14 — best price $18.742024-04-07 — best price $17.492024-06-27 — best price $18.742024-08-09 — best price $16.742024-10-18 — best price $17.492024-11-27 — best price $17.492024-12-19 — best price $12.492025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-04-11 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $14.992025-08-15 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-08-14 — best price $14.992026-08-21 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
65.1%
earned "Born to Be a Programmer"
31.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

20 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Polish, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,7602%73
PS5 (PlayStation)4030%71
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvPEconomySandboxTradingBuildingStrategyCapitalismManagementSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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