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The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon

Aniki Games · Goblinz Publishing · 2025-02-11

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 11, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 11, 2025 (Mac)

Shape the history of the Hollywood movie industry in this sandbox business simulation game. Create the movies you've always wanted to see, hire the best team, research cutting-edge technologies, and dominate the Box Office. Can you rise from a small studio to a Hollywood giant?

8
playing now
80%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 23h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

The Executive is a sandbox business simulation game that lets you relive the history of the Hollywood movie industry from the 70s to the present. As the founder of the newest production company in town, you can create the movies you've always dreamed of. Hire a top-notch team, research new technologies, and grow your annual Box Office to become a Major Studio.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Top 31% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,109 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-47%
GOG$8.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.34 at IndieGala Store (2026-05-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.63 · on sale 96 of 126 observed days · $3.65 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2152026-08-11 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.63$5.342025-02-112026-08-302025-02-11 — best price $11.992025-03-06 — best price $14.242025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-04-28 — best price $14.992025-06-05 — best price $11.242025-07-10 — best price $9.742025-08-18 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $9.742025-10-07 — best price $9.672025-10-20 — best price $9.742025-11-11 — best price $14.542025-11-24 — best price $8.492025-12-07 — best price $14.992025-12-13 — best price $14.542026-01-08 — best price $14.542026-01-21 — best price $14.992026-02-17 — best price $8.772026-02-28 — best price $8.992026-03-20 — best price $8.492026-04-14 — best price $14.992026-04-29 — best price $8.202026-05-07 — best price $14.992026-05-18 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $8.992026-06-06 — best price $7.412026-06-14 — best price $12.632026-06-26 — best price $6.312026-07-13 — best price $7.412026-07-24 — best price $7.982026-08-03 — best price $7.422026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-08-25 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
96.3%
earned "Opening Night"
30.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9894%39

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

Player tags

2DIndieMovieEconomySandboxBuildingModdableStrategyCinematicIsometric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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