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Showbiz Tycoon

Olie Games · 2022-02-25

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Own a movie studio, negotiate with talents, schedule releases, make money, expand your business and become the biggest in the industry.

Showbiz Tycoon is a $8.24 Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access game released in 2022, estimated to have 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 69 reviews).

81%
positive of 69 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$8.24
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 69% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 69 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.69 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620222026Week of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$10.99$7.692022-02-252026-08-092022-02-25 — best price $9.892022-06-23 — best price $8.792022-10-10 — best price $8.792022-11-22 — best price $8.792022-12-23 — best price $8.792023-02-20 — best price $8.792023-03-16 — best price $8.792023-04-17 — best price $8.792023-05-29 — best price $8.242023-06-29 — best price $8.792023-08-28 — best price $8.242023-10-23 — best price $8.242023-11-21 — best price $8.242023-12-21 — best price $8.242024-03-14 — best price $8.792024-05-27 — best price $8.792024-06-27 — best price $8.242024-08-19 — best price $8.242024-10-07 — best price $8.242024-11-27 — best price $8.242024-12-20 — best price $8.242025-03-13 — best price $8.242025-05-12 — best price $8.242025-06-26 — best price $8.242025-08-16 — best price $8.242025-09-29 — best price $8.242025-11-28 — best price $8.242025-12-18 — best price $7.692026-02-28 — best price $8.242026-03-19 — best price $8.242026-05-04 — best price $8.242026-06-25 — best price $8.242026-08-09 — best price $8.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Russian

Player tags

2DIndieMovieStrategyManagementSimulationText-BasedEarly AccessSingleplayerImmersive Sim

Census log

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

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