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Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Software Inc. is a early access, management and simulation game
developed and published by Coredumping.
Released on May 01st 2015 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 7,244 reviews of which 6,835 were positive and 409 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 22.54€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7+
- Processor: 3 GHz, 4 cores
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB dedicated video RAM, Shader Model 4.0
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Laptops with power saving graphic processors might need to be configured for Software Inc.
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X 10.9+
- Processor: 3 GHz, 4 cores
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB dedicated video RAM, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 4.1+
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04+
- Processor: 3 GHz, 4 cores
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB dedicated video RAM, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 4.1+
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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Fantastic game with many avenues of stuff to do. Constantly coming back and starting over if our previous run, either solo or with 2 or 3 people, suddenly ends for the less fortunate businessman of the bois. Im talking multiple sessions of 5-8 hours. This game hooks you and has many different things you can do to better your company and rake in those profits. Yeah, its been in EA for 11 years but don't let the other flops confuse you with what is here. There is still work and bugs to hammer out, its a huge game with so many different moving pieces its completely understandable and granted. Make software, Games, do contract work, host a server farm that OTHER COMPANIES in the game WILL utilize and pay you for, including becoming your own outsource and marketing/Printing of said developed software. Manufacture either your own (Albeit not fully fledged/Ease of use area) Consoles/Phones or contract yourself for other in-game companies (That actively develop, release product, invest and takeover other companies) Not to mention the research possible within game to earn royalties on Network/Audio/3D/Anything software utilizes, can be researched for that year, earning who ever completes it first (Other companies are going for this too, resulting in sometimes losing a patent that year!) and earning revenue as other companies utilize your work and pay you in royalties for it. Its not ALL above board either, you can accumulate "Black Market/Offshore" money via rare metals, which in turn can be used to DDOS/Steal from other companies, or even FIRE your OWN employee, to dodge your own business employee benefit program that you can customize and manage all the way down to giving your employees COMPANY CARS. Including custom vacation times, sick pay and even death payout or retirement. It is seriously, down to the numbers, and most of them can be completely managed and custom to you and your business venture. The ONLY bug that affects us as a group right now in playthroughs above 2 people, is a weird sync issue. Sometimes, and only when its 3+ people, the month becomes unsynced, resulting in the host having to save and rehost it, and sometimes things you did that month needing to be done over again, since the hosts save didn't sync with what you did in their world. Not even joking, the only thing that is negatively affecting our play sessions. If you like making money and want a challenge, do anything above easy mode and you will find yourself struggling to make all of the little pieces this game offers fit into one solid business. Im 60 hours in and can confidently say I can start and survive a medium startup without big loans. But that comes with some downsides as the beginning of the game is where I personally find the most repetitive aspect. It is EXTREMELY hard to just not do contract work for a good year or two every single playthrough, because if you try and make a software or do anything else, while hiring a decent team to finish it, it is a struggle bus. Rightfully so of course, as its the beginning of the technology era in the world. My only gripe I have with the game itself in its current state. Contract work is too forced, and feels like a requirement. Maybe thats how its supposed to be though. You can take loans to go big right away, and I suppose that is more real world like than anything, but in a group play as I normally do, once a person is bankrupt, that's it. They are out of the save completely and cannot come back, even though there are new companies that start up at a later date ran by AI, so I think it is possible for this to become a thing, but just may not be in the game yet. Get gud loser, imo. All in all, even with the slightly negative things I said this is still one of the best, if not the best options out there for in-depth company management and software simulation. There are thousands of moving pieces that happen every cycle in your world that you don't even realize happen until you see it. I didn't even mention stocks, buying shares of other companies or going public yourself. There is simply SO much in this game that to put it all in a review would be triple the length this damn thing already is. If your on the fence or your not sure, but the things I said perked your pickle then just buy it already and help get this thing to its final stage, its really not that far off from it. The three amigos will be happily awaiting any and all content this game comes up with!
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I bought this game in early 2016, and to see how far its made it through the development cycle. Just wow. Even back then, the game was pretty solid. Now add proper logistics, stocks, better AI behavior, and reworked development cycles. And MANUFACTURING? There's a reason I have almost 800 hours in this game. I could write "I love this game" 500 times and it still wouldn't do it justice.
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- Start in someone's garage shed, the founder, dreaming of OS empire while eating ramen. - Realize I can add co-owners; restart the game with 3 specialist-- one code wizard, one design diva, one art gremlin. - Start making OS dev, blow our tiny budget, while half my team bickers over coffee. - Cash evaporates; grind small dev contracts to scrape pennies and keep the lights flickering. - Resume OS work; money vanishes AGAIN-- set half of the team to keep grinding small dev contracts. - Finish OS at "exceptional" quality, print 1 mil copies. - Crickets. Zero marketing + already dated features = no sales. - Limp into OS 2 dev, repeat same cycle. - Release OS 2: fever sales. "Genius" me wonders if OS stands for "Only Starving" - Plot twist: OS 1 suddenly starts selling ka-ching! - Start hiring more employees, upgrade to skyscraper. - Release OS 3: sales go decent, but money keeps reducing. - Company goes bankrupt, employees lose jobs, software ip gets sold off. - Back it shed with my co-owners ready to try again. 10/10 would play again.
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Highly recommend it. Amazing quality, lots of updates, 10/10 overall
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It's been in early access for 10 (!!!) years now. Like, at some point, just release the game. It gets a steady stream of updates, so just do it? It feels like being pregnant for 5 years.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Software Inc. is currently priced at 22.54€ on Steam.
No, Software Inc. is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.54€ on Steam.
Yes, Software Inc. received 6,835 positive votes out of a total of 7,244 achieving an impressive rating of 9.13.
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Software Inc. was developed and published by Coredumping.
Yes, Software Inc. is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Software Inc. is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, Software Inc. is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Software Inc. offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Software Inc. offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
No, Software Inc. does not currently offer any DLC.
Yes, Software Inc. is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
No, Software Inc. does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Software Inc. is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Multiplayer
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Online players
152
Developer
Coredumping
Publisher
Coredumping
Release
01 May 2015
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