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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.

0
playing now
61%
positive of 98 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 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.

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  • · Top 70% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.9k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.20-68%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 41 of 56 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

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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