Steam app 606800 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:50 UTC
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!
715 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
113 months, May 2017 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 433 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Startup Company was released on 10 Apr, 2020.
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29 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Jan 2019 to Apr 2023 · times in UTC
Dear Startup Company players, We have some exciting news to share with you. We are introducing a new version of the game that has been optimized for use with controllers. This means that the game will be fully compatible with the Steam Deck…
jhovgaardHi everyone, We're incredibly happy and equally scared to finally release our new game, Big Ambitions, into Steam Early Access. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1331550/Big_Ambitions/ Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business…
jhovgaard{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28693489/ed19499866c95a96b2044a4b83a588cc3f014f2d.png Hey everyone, We have exciting news to share! Startup Company will expand business to PlayStation 5|4, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023!…
jhovgaardHi everyone, Long time no talk! I hope you're all doing amazing :schappy: After 1 year of development, we're proud to finally announce our next upcoming game: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28693489/b776ff215c9be117067b83c8e475e9877b2a0292.png Big…
jhovgaardFixed broken link to Localizor: https://www.localizor.com/startup-company/ Updated all languages Added Czech support Added Indonesian support
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28693489/0ccc778401326c13731e46ae2a88a2265cac98ae.png Hey there! After working on my first game Startup Company for more than 5 years, I’m finally ready to announce the title of my next game: Big Ambitions The website is…
jhovgaard{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28693489/f5b869a8a17b843a8adb704adbc80a3eecc756ff.png Hi everyone! Today is the day! After four years and nine months of hard work, I can finally and proudly announce the Full Release of Startup Company! If you read my…
jhovgaardHi there, Just a quick update to remind you that the full release of Startup Company is now less than 24 hours away! ːschappyː I honestly have no idea how I'm going to get any sleep tonight. I'm so excited to finally share the full version…
jhovgaardHi everyone, I hope you're all as excited about the full release as I am. There's only 14 days left now and we're super busy fixing the last bugs and issues. I really want to make sure everything works flawlessly when you receive it.…
jhovgaardHi everyone, I'm super happy to finally share the official release date of Startup Company: April 10, 2020 This means the game will finally move out of Early Access and into full release. I have decided not to increase the price and keep…
jhovgaardHi, everyone! As you probably already imagine from the title, this will be a very special devlog. First, let's get right to the practical: the official release date of the Startup Company Full Version will be announced in next week. We'll…
jhovgaard{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28693489/37d531c1a406cefad73aa7b5aa8ad0cea13d3f77.png Hi there! Beta 29 is now available. Restart Steam to get it right away! It's been 42 days since the last beta update. While Beta 29 isn't the biggest update, it…
jhovgaardHi everyone, This devlog was originally planned for last week. Fortunately we had some good progress on Beta 29, which allowed me to postpone the devlog till today, but also include the official release date of Beta 29!…
jhovgaardHi everyone, I had some great progress on Beta 29 recently. Everything is coming along much faster than expected. I even hope testing will begin at the end of next week. I'll keep you updated in the next devlog.…
jhovgaard{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28693489/a2cc3a47e5f9a1d6e02c5a64ff452ced03700d61.png Hi there! Beta 28 is now available. Restart Steam to get it right away! I'm happy to once again present you another big update for Startup Company. This update is…
jhovgaardHi everyone, Intro.... Beta 28 Sneak Peek: UI Scaling After being in the pipeline for a long time I finally found time to add a UI scaling feature. The old "Big UI" option has been removed.…
jhovgaardHi everyone, 2 weeks ago Beta 27 was released. It has been very successful! Reviews has been more positive than ever, thank you! The build was also very stable, I have only spent 1 week on fixing bugs: Fixed bug where retirement sequence…
jhovgaard{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/28693489/6726e991b4e12a957fbfd54825b29f94bd28a534.png Hi there! Beta 27 is now available. Restart Steam to get it right away! It has been 72 days since the latest beta (26) was released. I'm super excited to announce Beta…
jhovgaardHi everyone, Another week went by and another Daily Deal has come to an end. The impact on our Review Score has been enormous this time. From 100% out of 18 reviews to 61% out of 41 reviews in 2 days. I won't lie, the "demotivational…
jhovgaardDaily Deal! Grab it while you can! For the next 48 hours you can snatch up a copy for yourself, or a friend, at 50% off! This means that Startup Company will be available for purchase for only $6.5 (or your regional equivalent)! Need help?…
jhovgaardHi everyone, It's been a month since my last devlog and I must admit I'm surprised how many of you have reached out to me and asked what was going on with the silence. I wasn't aware how many of you follow these logs. I really appreciate…
jhovgaardHello everyone, It's been a very busy two weeks so let's jump right into it! Investment Projects If we look at the world today, most successful entrepreneurs are investing in massive projects which move the world forward. Elon Musk with…
jhovgaardHello everyone, Just a short little update on what we've been working on. This week I've started on Beta 27 and Mark has been busy adding features to Localizor. Improved Inventory The Inventory Menu is probably the least used feature in…
jhovgaardhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28693489/eba52c06ac510d0504576807959587f37b683142.png Hi there! Beta 26 is now available. Restart Steam to get it right away! We're super excited to bring to you Beta 26…
Patch notesHi everyone, Just a quick update of this weeks progress. Pay bonuses to multiple employees By popular demand, you can now pay bonuses to multiple employees at once using the Employees Menu.…
jhovgaardHi everyone, Better late than never, but here it is: Devlog number 50! Localizor has been updated and we need your votes! We recently shipped a big update to Localizor, our community translation tool. We realized that having moderators for…
jhovgaardHi everyone, Today is an exciting day, as we have some awesome stuff to announce. Let's jump right into it! New trailer For a long time the Startup Company trailer has been out of date and didn't give you the impression of Startup Company…
jhovgaardHi there, Today we're announcing that Startup Company will go slightly up in price, to reflect the long way we've come since we first released the game back in August 2017. Since the launch of the game we've been selling Startup Company for…
jhovgaardhttps://i.imgur.com/x7Vnj64.png Hi there! Beta 25 is now available. Restart Steam to get it right away! We're super excited to bring to you Beta 25, which will introduce new features that will change the game play and introduces new…
Patch notesHi everyone, Let's jump right into it. As promised last week, I got a major announcement today: Meet Mark - our new developer! Just as in Startup Company, eventually all successful companies need to expand the staff team. I've been eagerly…
jhovgaardHi everyone, Apologize for the silence lately. After Localizor was made public in Beta 24, there has been a substantiel increase in users interested in translating Startup Company into more languages. Because of this interest, it has been…
jhovgaardhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28693489/09216884e318de1bedd646d45dce332a857fd295.jpg Hi there! Beta 24 is now available. Restart Steam to get it right away! Today is the release of Beta 24, an update with…
Patch notesHi everyone, This week I've been putting in a lot of hours in the new roadmap. I hope to introduce it next week. I promise you, you won't be disappointed. Tons of new cool things to show! The new citymap…
jhovgaardHi everyone! Performance and white-screen bug As announced earlier the performance of SC will be greatly improved in Beta 24. This last week I've been struggling to make the update compatible with all setups/computers. A lot of the testers…
jhovgaardHi everyone, First of all welcome to all the new players coming in the last two weeks, it has been incredible to see all the new faces joining our community hub, Discord and providing super valuable feedback for the further development of…
jhovgaardHi everyone, This week the main focus has been on support and bug fixing. Last Saturday Startup Company was featured as Steam's Daily Deal. We had an amazing week where we welcomed a lot of new players. We even managed to break the old…
jhovgaardhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28693489/1710f765425381e4d40bef7d79eab43f7c0a2e22.jpg Hi everyone, Usually I don't post announcements for minor updates, but this one is special. Today my designer sent me…
Patch notesDaily Deal! Grab it while you can! Today we’re launching the last big discount before leaving early access! (Date will be announced soon) For the next 48 hours you can snatch up a copy for yourself, or a friend, for 50% off! This means that…
Miedemantushttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28693489/16f7e3c97b13f7059973c40f7a62ec9b557428cc.png Hi there! :schappy: Beta 23 is now available. Restart Steam to get it right away! On paper Beta 23 might not be a super…
Patch notesHi everyone, It's been a pretty efficient week, lots of progress and testing! 3x speed Finally! Many of you requested one more play speed and I can happily say that it will be included in Beta 23.…
jhovgaardHi everyone, In this week I have mainly been working on the new help system in Startup Company (which is incredible time consuming task to create). I've found some time to ship a couple of hotfixes for Beta 22 as well. (see #news on our…
jhovgaardhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28693489/5af382a9260d145de6ac43405c20adc5512a8358.png Hi there! Beta 22 is now available. Restart Steam to get it right away! Beta 22 introduces quite a big list of new…
Patch notesHi everyone, This last week the main focus has been bugfixing, performance optimizing and searching for memory leaks. The new 400 employee limitation is really (really) hard to optimize, but we're am getting closer to a solution.…
jhovgaardHi everyone! This week I've continued the work on improving usability and adding "Quality of Life" features. Together with below, I've also been putting some time into preparing the game for Japanese. Today I can confirm that Beta 22 will…
jhovgaardHi everyone, This update is similar to the update of last week, I've been working around the clock to get as many "Quality of Life" improvements and fixes ready for Beta 22. I'm close to "feature locking", which means testing (which will be…
jhovgaardHi everyone, This week I've been working exclusively on Beta 22. It's been very different compared to the last 6 months of development, as the only new feature of Beta 22 is the bigger office (called Headquarter). Instead Beta 22 introduces…
jhovgaardhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28693489/2d56bb70bab1ca91851d36b1211bf8b56eac159c.png Hi there! Beta 21 is now available. Restart Steam to get it right away! We’ve just launched Beta 21 after extensive…
Patch noteshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28693489/f698ec60c3de7b5478ccd85d314845cd0ab5e3e6.jpg Hi there, The past week has been very productive. Beta 21 is almost ready (more about that) and the development…
jhovgaardHi all! Last week we made some exciting announcements regarding the new features that will be available in Beta 21. A highly requested community feature was the ability to set up a customer service / support department, which will be making…
jhovgaardhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/28693489/4a84ff5eebe0df40541892d81f43bc1e279269d1.gif Hello everyone! This week is an exciting week for us, as we're going to share some of features with you, which are…
jhovgaardWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Startup Company | electron/StartupCompany.app | macos | ||
| Startup Company - Standard (Recommended) | electron/StartupCompany.exe | windows | ||
| Startup Company - Controller/Gamepad version | unity/StartupCompany.exe | windows | ||
| Startup Company - Steam Deck (Controller) | unity/StartupCompany.x86_64 | linux | ||
| Startup Company - Standard (Mouse/keyboard) | electron/StartupCompany | linux |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
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WinSavedGames | Startup Company | *.json and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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