Startup Company (Steam Game) Steam logo

Startup Company Header Image
Startup Company Header Image

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!

Release DateApr 10, 2020
Price$ 12.99  Top 25%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)81.3% (positive) / 81.5%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)79% Top 25% / 79.2%  Top 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)5.5K  Top 4% / 5.9K  Top 4%
Curators86 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time21.4 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar1.7 hour  Top 15%
Followers49.2K  Top 3%
Owners± 389.5K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 354.7K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 2.6M  Top 5%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Startup Company steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Startup Company's Steam rating and reviews from August 2017 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 81.7% (December 2020) to 77.4% (October 2018).

Startup Company is an AAA level success, with 5.9K reviews Top 4%. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Startup Company and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Startup Company's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (50%), followed by French (8%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 27 languages represented. The game is translated in 15 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Startup Company percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Startup Company depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time in game is outstanding, with 55 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.8 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 7 hours), it can be a sign that Startup Company crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Nice tutorial
  • Reflects real life business
  • Different types of website services
  • Easy to learn / Hard to master
  • The music is nice
  • Fun to play in short bursts
  • Offers loads of depth
  • Tutorial is more than enough
  • Nice game setting
  • Polished and thought through
  • Can get repetitive
  • When your business is getting successful you really don’t have much to do
  • In the first few hours satisfaction curve is really bad
  • Too much micromanagement
  • Monotony
  • Fast-forward is still far too slow
  • Just waiting, waiting and waiting
  • Some options are disabled without any information why and how to enable them
  • On some screens game auto-pauses (without option to disable it), on others it doesn't
  • Loading a game doesn't work, it displays an error instead

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 81.3% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Startup Company's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

Games With Similar Tags

Make Your Kingdom LogoParkasaurus LogoPixel Shopkeeper LogoGame Corp DX LogoProduction Line : Car factory simulation LogoForge Industry LogoMechsprofit: Mech Tycoon Simulator LogoAnother Brick in The Mall LogoSimple Increment LogoBig Pharma LogoProject Hospital LogoTotal Factory LogoGood Company LogoMad Games Tycoon Logo

More Like This

Cities: Skylines II LogoAgainst the Storm LogoCities: Skylines LogoPlanet Zoo LogoCrusader Kings III LogoEuropa Universalis IV LogoHouse Flipper 2 LogoPioneers of Pagonia LogoAnno 1800 LogoVictoria 3 LogoJurassic World Evolution 2 LogoRimWorld LogoStellaris LogoFactorio LogoDAVE THE DIVER LogoSteamWorld Build LogoNorthgard LogoFrostpunk LogoHouse Flipper LogoSatisfactory LogoTimberborn LogoOxygen Not Included LogoFarthest Frontier LogoProject Zomboid LogoWorkers & Resources: Soviet Republic LogoDune: Spice Wars LogoTropico 6 LogoMy Time at Sandrock Logo(the) Gnorp Apologue LogoStardew Valley Logo