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The Corporate Machine

Stardock Entertainment · 2015-03-25

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Feb 13, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Stardock's classic 2001 real-time economic strategy game, available now on Steam. Dive back into the timeless battle for one of the most ruthless environments ever created: international trade.

The Corporate Machine is a 2015 Simulation, Strategy title priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed (61% of 98 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
61%
positive of 98 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

The Corporate Machine is a business simulation computer game from Stardock in which the goal is to create a corporation in one of four industries and eventually dominate rival companies. To win the player must dominate the chosen market. The Corporate Machine is a follow-up to the game Business Tycoon, which was itself a sequel to the game Entrepreneur, all developed by Stardock.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 98 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-02-05) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 39 of 52 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60Mar 2015May 2026Mar 2015 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2015 — avg 2 · peak 23Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2016 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 13Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 4Mar 2026 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2026 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — May 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-03-262026-08-242015-03-26 — best price $9.992015-10-05 — best price $3.392016-09-08 — best price $2.492017-05-25 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992019-01-10 — best price $4.992019-08-23 — best price $9.992019-12-16 — best price $4.002020-04-29 — best price $8.282020-06-18 — best price $9.992020-07-14 — best price $8.282020-08-12 — best price $9.992020-09-18 — best price $9.992020-10-26 — best price $3.752020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-01-07 — best price $9.992021-02-05 — best price $9.992021-03-09 — best price $4.592021-04-21 — best price $9.992021-06-04 — best price $9.992021-08-19 — best price $9.992021-11-10 — best price $8.382022-01-02 — best price $8.382022-06-20 — best price $2.492022-11-18 — best price $4.992023-02-13 — best price $3.742023-06-29 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-17 — best price $2.592024-11-22 — best price $3.392025-03-07 — best price $2.722025-07-26 — best price $7.342026-01-23 — best price $3.992026-05-04 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $3.20
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2 pageviews2026-06-26 — 3 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 4 pageviews2026-07-08 — 0 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 6 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-18 — 4 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DPvPRTSAmericaEconomyTradingBuildingCraftingCapitalismManagement

Census log

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

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