Startup Freak Reviews

This game is a perfect combination of various pieces. Everything it simulates is boiled down to the core of the underlying business concept. Its balance makes it a perfect game for a Sunday afternoon, or probably even more. It is really well done, polished and sucks you into the world of startups.

A fun tycoon simulation with a unique system for product development, and an enjoyable take on a variety of other disciplines involved in building a successful software business (notably pricing, marketing, staffing, and raising capital). I have played this on and off through Early Access and into the v1.0 release. It is quite well polished for what I understand was an out-of-hours project by a single indie developer. My only gripe would be a lack of depth: the mid- to late-game goes pretty quickly and could use additional mechanics to extend meaningful play time. On writing this, I have about 9 hours total play time, comprising already a handful of playthroughs, and have obtained all but one of the Steam achievements. Nevertheless, it is priced appropriately, so if you are into high-level management sims, or just want to try your hand at launching your own startup, I would say this is a worthy purchase for a few hours' entertainment and some unique perspectives on building a startup that are not found in other games of the genre.

Impossible to get past the first and second development goals on any difficulty setting. Stupid game.

Awesome game! But no updates. It would mean the world for me if any updates would be launced!

I bought it yesterday and its pretty simple but still a great and enjoyable game, first time I played it, I got stuck on the computer for 6 hours and actually almost forgot to get dinner. I dont now if thats positive or not but oh well, It´s a great game atleast and I will play it for a long time. I´m also super excited for future updates! I definitely recommend this, Because it´s a cheap but enjoyable game.

It seems like it has potential, but the UI is clunky, there's still bugs and the tutorial is severely lacking. And the last activity from the developer was well over a year ago and they don't seem to have any desire to continue working on it, so the state it's in now is how it's gonna stay. Wouldn't pay any money for this.

At this time, this is a very shallow game with very little nuance. Past 3-4 hours, it is a repetative clicker. Do not spend your money on this game now.

Finally! A business tycoon game around software which actually properly takes into account making the product. All business tycoon games revolve around a product or service which you actually can improve, look at Transport Fever around transport, look at Planet Coaster around a theme park. But software development business tycoons, be it game dev tycoon, software inc. or mad games tycoon, all revolve only about the overhead business sides except for the occasional meaningless slider which has no clear effect whatsover and could just be random. This game includes the product as a puzzle, which you use to create and improve your product. It is a bit shallow for now but I certainly hope the developer will make it deeper and a bigger part of the game. It makes it possible to do something meaningfull.

No endless game mode! I expected to have a game with endless game like any tycoon game, but it will end after you sell your company. As this happend after 4 hours for me, i also cannot get a refund since steam support dont read the resonsing or dont care. I feel a bit ripped of now. The game itself is fun for a short period, but repeat itself alot toward the end. There is not much of replayability, although since it is early access this might of course change.

Fun game! Striking a balance of spending money and improving your product will take several failed attempts, much like real life! It's actually quite educational as well; using actual tech startup terminology like sprints. The devs definitely deserve your $10 for this great game! :)