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Startup Company

Hovgaard Games · 2020-04-10

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 10, 2020 (Linux), Apr 10, 2020 (Mac)

Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!

Startup Company is a Casual, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 6225 reviews).

16
playing now
81%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (1.9k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 134 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 30,173 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 125k–280k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,225 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2019-04-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 12 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25825820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

59132026-09-16 22:00 — 28 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 39 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 50 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 33 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 42 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 22 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 41 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 37 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 48 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 55 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 40 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 29 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 40 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 48 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 25 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 26 players2026-10-15 20:00 — 31 players2026-10-16 12:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4000May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 0Aug 2017 — avg 354 · peak 1,403Nov 2017 — avg 38 · peak 103Feb 2018 — avg 120 · peak 461May 2018 — avg 95 · peak 213Aug 2018 — avg 176 · peak 372Nov 2018 — avg 110 · peak 277Feb 2019 — avg 151 · peak 312May 2019 — avg 261 · peak 689Aug 2019 — avg 96 · peak 195Nov 2019 — avg 130 · peak 335Feb 2020 — avg 123 · peak 277May 2020 — avg 185 · peak 423Aug 2020 — avg 90 · peak 188Nov 2020 — avg 90 · peak 182Feb 2021 — avg 93 · peak 182May 2021 — avg 88 · peak 184Aug 2021 — avg 76 · peak 129Nov 2021 — avg 92 · peak 180Feb 2022 — avg 174 · peak 1,062May 2022 — avg 74 · peak 151Aug 2022 — avg 66 · peak 151Nov 2022 — avg 54 · peak 105Feb 2023 — avg 57 · peak 106May 2023 — avg 54 · peak 112Aug 2023 — avg 46 · peak 85Nov 2023 — avg 43 · peak 100Feb 2024 — avg 51 · peak 104May 2024 — avg 47 · peak 108Aug 2024 — avg 41 · peak 78Nov 2024 — avg 44 · peak 100Feb 2025 — avg 39 · peak 75May 2025 — avg 57 · peak 167Aug 2025 — avg 50 · peak 125Nov 2025 — avg 36 · peak 69Feb 2026 — avg 33 · peak 67May 2026 — avg 33 · peak 71Aug 2026 — avg 32 · peak 90
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$4.992017-08-112026-07-162017-08-11 — best price $9.992018-04-27 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $7.992019-04-20 — best price $4.992019-09-05 — best price $12.992019-12-28 — best price $7.792020-04-21 — best price $12.992020-06-10 — best price $10.812020-07-13 — best price $12.992020-08-03 — best price $12.992020-08-26 — best price $11.582020-09-22 — best price $11.582020-10-18 — best price $12.992020-11-19 — best price $11.582020-12-23 — best price $9.542021-02-09 — best price $12.992021-03-04 — best price $10.942021-04-02 — best price $10.942021-04-25 — best price $12.992021-05-28 — best price $10.942021-08-22 — best price $9.542021-11-15 — best price $7.792022-02-02 — best price $12.992022-06-14 — best price $10.282022-10-17 — best price $7.792023-01-05 — best price $12.992023-07-18 — best price $10.282024-01-15 — best price $12.992024-05-21 — best price $9.542024-07-24 — best price $9.542024-11-27 — best price $7.792025-01-23 — best price $12.992025-07-13 — best price $10.282026-01-12 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-07-16 — best price $10.28
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
93.6%
earned "Enjoy Your Stay"
13.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Italian, Hungarian, Korean, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,5102%29
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1814%29
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieCasualEconomySandboxBuildingCraftingModdableStrategyIsometricManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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