

Hardware Tycoon
NordCode · May 18, 2026 · Simulation, Strategy, Singleplayer, Economy, Capitalism
Buy Hardware Tycoon from Steam at $11.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.
Where to buy Hardware Tycoon — official stores
Hardware Tycoon price by region
Hardware Tycoon costs £2.64 in the United Kingdom, €3.04 in Europe (EUR), $5.99 in Georgia (USD), $11.99 in the United States, CA$16.00 in Canada, A$16.95 in Australia, zł16.97 in Poland, NZ$18.75 in New Zealand and R$43.99 in Brazil right now.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2.64 −75% | £10.50 | £2.64 | 2 | |
| €3.04 −74% | €11.49 | €3.04 | 2 | |
| $5.99 | $5.99 | — | 1 | |
| $11.99 | $11.99 | — | 1 | |
| CA$16.00 | CA$16.00 | — | 1 | |
| A$16.95 | A$16.95 | — | 1 | |
| zł16.97 −58% | zł40.00 | zł16.97 | 2 | |
| NZ$18.75 | NZ$18.75 | — | 1 | |
| R$43.99 | R$43.99 | — | 1 |
Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.
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About Hardware Tycoon
Hardware Tycoon puts you in charge of a technology company from 1986 to 2026, where you design custom processors, manage fabrication plants, conduct cutting-edge research, and build your corporate empire across four decades of computing history. What sets it apart is the depth of CPU engineering combined with personnel management, real estate strategy, and the constant pressure to balance innovation against keeping rivals at bay while potentially manufacturing chips for your own competition.
Dive deep into the heart of silicon. Decide on core counts, clock speeds, cache sizes, and thermals. Balance raw performance against power efficiency and cost to create the perfect processor for every market segment. Every design choice impacts benchmarks, reviews, and your bottom line.🏭 Run Your Own Fabs — or Someone Else's
Own the means of production. Build and operate fabrication plants to manufacture your chips. But survival comes first: produce CPUs under contract for rival companies to keep revenue flowing. It's a double-edged sword — you stay afloat, but you're fueling the competition.🔬 Research & Strategy
Invest your cash into risky, era-defining research projects. Unlock new manufacturing nodes, pioneering architectures, and essential technologies. Will you play it safe with incremental upgrades, or bet the company on a revolutionary new design that could change everything?👥 Manage Your People
Your team is your true asset. Hire brilliant engineers and sharp managers. Train them, pay them, and keep them satisfied, or watch competitors poach your best talent. A neglected workforce won't build you a market leader.🏢 Build Your Physical Empire
Start in a modest office and grow it into a global high-tech campus. Buy, lease, or sell properties. Construct R&D labs and executive suites. Your real estate decisions directly impact employee morale, productivity, and your company's prestige.📊 Dominate the Market
The competition never sleeps. Track market trends, analyze rival products, and time your releases perfectly. Will you undercut them on price, or crush them with superior performance? Compete for market share across decades of technological revolution.Key Features
- Historical Tech Journey: Start in 1986 and progress through real-world tech eras to 2026.
- Deep CPU Engineering: Full control over processor architecture and design parameters.
- Dual Manufacturing Model: Make your own chips or fabricate for competitors.
- Personnel Management: Hire, train, and retain top industry talent.
- Office Building & Real Estate: Acquire, customize, and expand your physical workspace.
- Strategic R&D: Bet on risky technologies or refine proven architectures.
Hardware Tycoon — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Hardware Tycoon is an early access tycoon game with engaging hardware design and business simulation mechanics that players find enjoyable, but it suffers from a critical auto-pricing system that crashes product prices to unprofitable levels, destroying the competitive strategy element. Players consistently request the ability to manually set prices to fix this core issue, and there are also concerns about late-game performance and incomplete polish. Most reviewers suggest waiting for updates that address the pricing mechanic before committing to a purchase.
It would be an awesome game if it werent that auto price adjustment.. makes a profitable architecture into an unprofitable one. prod price is 440,and it sets all 3 models between 180-250 and the chart turns from green to red. i hope we get an option to disable the auto adjustment/ manually change prices,until then i would recommend everyone to spend your money on something.5 found this helpful
enjoyed this game alot hope to see more update for it2 found this helpful
This game is serviceable and might have a future, but the business simulation element of the game is untenable. Not being able to compete on price alongside competitors completely destroys any semblance of entertainment. What is the point of making extremely competitive products if the game automatically adjusts the price of them to pennies?2 found this helpful
Is 30 minutes of gameplay worth the money? Because after that time you will encounter game breaking bug. And not a single word from developer in three month. CPU engineering mechanic is amazing. Market simulation is dissapointing and office management is just boring distraction.1 found this helpful
I Got this game to test out for free. I have always been a sucker for Tycoon games! So trying it out was a thing looked forward to. Its important for me to mention, its a test of the 0.4.0 Version. Please bare that in mind. So far i had a great time seeing my company grow. The fires you pretty much into an open sandbox with already a functioning company. Tutotial is a decent althou would have loved more in-depth of the creation´. Theres ALOT of micro-management. sliders to turn where since i am not a tech geni i had no idea what mean. But that being said. it was easy to start making money and gave me the urge to try and figure out what the slider meant for the future. Its very in depth with the Development of hardware to sell. I love the fact that when making your office you can choose to auto furniture all rooms. It makes the game play faster and dosent fell like a chore when you just wanna develop. You can also but in all furniture your self of course. Other games sometimes made me feel like it was a chore to build rooms like i was playing The sims! Here i can focus on other aspects way faster like i am playing Sim City and focus on other aspects again like Development and …1 found this helpful
As someone who is very much invested when it comes to hardware. This is a great game, still clearly early access but, with future updates (hopefully) coming soon we get to see it flourish. A few major bugs I can point out is that by 1992, every single price crashes down to barely a few dollars. Hopefully the dev/devs look into this. Additionally I think being able to manually set the price (aside from the recommended price already integrated into the game) would be a good feature to add.
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