Computer Tycoon
Progorion · 2017 · Hardware, Software, Grand Strategy, Strategy, Economy
PC
Very Positive84% · 907
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About Computer Tycoon
Computer Tycoon is a grand strategy and business management hybrid about Computer Evolution and starting your own company in the 70s. Lead the research race until 2034, create the best hardware and operating system, take care of your infrastructure, handle your marketing, lead your team of experts, find video game gems to promote them on your platforms, conquer the global market, and become immortal!
Computer Tycoon differs from other building/tycoon games because it has a "grand strategy game" aspect. You will control your "computer empire" by viewing a world map and managing resources. You won't build a park or railways, and you won't arrange furniture in offices, instead of these you will analyze the market and find ways to be profitable, reinvest in research, and push out your opponents from the business.
Unlike other games, here you will see your opponents' products and their pricing, which will compete with yours on a real, simulated market. Computer Tycoon is more complex than most modern Tycoon games today. This means that the game has a steeper learning curve, but on the Beginner difficulty level (especially by turning off opponents) you can have a Sandbox-like experience as well.
Start your adventure in the 70s as a small business somewhere in the world. Learn more about hardware and software inventions that were the first steps to our current modern world, and get a taste of what is waiting for us in the future. Find the classic video games and help a new culture to be born.
In Computer Tycoon the decisions you make during development really matter. Take advantage of the technology, upgrade and design combinations! Does your product need more computing capacity or should you focus more on features, low price, or prestige? Maybe change to portable computers or develop more easy-to-use Operating Systems? These decisions will have a major impact on the success of your company.
Smartly expand your corporation into multiple countries, and build more offices, factories, laboratories, and other required facilities. Poor countries have cheaper labor, but richer countries will give you more educated engineers.
Having the best product isn't enough. Finding the right partner and managers is as important as a good product. Balance your budget well between development, production, marketing, and expansion.
You can win the game by becoming a monopoly or reaching the technological singularity if you are fast enough - but living through 60 years of computer history is let alone a victory!
The game is in an EA alpha state. You might find bugs and missing/simplified features. Everything is subject to change. Please read the EA details! Also here is a brief list of what is and isn't included (yet):
Computer Tycoon differs from other building/tycoon games because it has a "grand strategy game" aspect. You will control your "computer empire" by viewing a world map and managing resources. You won't build a park or railways, and you won't arrange furniture in offices, instead of these you will analyze the market and find ways to be profitable, reinvest in research, and push out your opponents from the business.
Unlike other games, here you will see your opponents' products and their pricing, which will compete with yours on a real, simulated market. Computer Tycoon is more complex than most modern Tycoon games today. This means that the game has a steeper learning curve, but on the Beginner difficulty level (especially by turning off opponents) you can have a Sandbox-like experience as well.
Start your adventure in the 70s as a small business somewhere in the world. Learn more about hardware and software inventions that were the first steps to our current modern world, and get a taste of what is waiting for us in the future. Find the classic video games and help a new culture to be born.
In Computer Tycoon the decisions you make during development really matter. Take advantage of the technology, upgrade and design combinations! Does your product need more computing capacity or should you focus more on features, low price, or prestige? Maybe change to portable computers or develop more easy-to-use Operating Systems? These decisions will have a major impact on the success of your company.
Smartly expand your corporation into multiple countries, and build more offices, factories, laboratories, and other required facilities. Poor countries have cheaper labor, but richer countries will give you more educated engineers.
Having the best product isn't enough. Finding the right partner and managers is as important as a good product. Balance your budget well between development, production, marketing, and expansion.
You can win the game by becoming a monopoly or reaching the technological singularity if you are fast enough - but living through 60 years of computer history is let alone a victory!
The game is in an EA alpha state. You might find bugs and missing/simplified features. Everything is subject to change. Please read the EA details! Also here is a brief list of what is and isn't included (yet):
Features implemented
- Start a computer manufacturer company in the 70s
- Design and create hardware, home computers, personal computers, portable computers, and handheld computers
- Rule the market of the world on a grand strategy level
- Research and study technology from the earliest models to near-future computers
- Expand your industrial sites across the globe
- 3 Map Modes: Historical, Randomized, and Vanilla
- Hire and lead a team of managers, advertise, train, or steal if you must
Features not implemented yet
- Tech trading and "diplomacy" with the opponents (something like in Master Of Orion II or CIV)
- Random events
- Achievements/Steam Integration
- Localizations for
a. Hungarian
b. German
c. Chinese
d. French
e. Spanish
f. Turkish
g. Italian
h. Russian
i. Portuguese
What Steam players say
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✦ AI summary
Computer Tycoon is praised as a deep and well-crafted business simulation that successfully balances complexity with accessibility, allowing players to engage at their preferred depth level while managing a tech company across decades of industry evolution. Players particularly appreciate the developer's long-term commitment to improvement and community engagement over several years, along with the engaging macro-level gameplay loop of market competition and technological progression. The main criticism involves redundancy and unclear progression in the early-game tech categories, particularly
This is the best computer history game I have ever seen, even if it is one of the only ones. I have only been truly playing it about 4 days now and have gotten 15 hours in in that time. I highly recommend this game to anyone who loves computer history or sandbox economic sims, as this game does both really well.1 found this helpful
Its nice.1 found this helpful
This is genuinely one of my favorite simulation/management games of all time. There is a good balance and challenge in the game. You can go as in depth as you want, or keep it casual.1 found this helpful
It's okay. I think I learned a few things about computer history, but the economics are kind of dumb. I can produce the best computer and sell it for far cheaper than my competitors. I can expand to be the dominant seller in all the markets, then just wait 20 years for them to go bankrupt. The most interesting part is in the beginning when it's competitive. After that, you can kind of just fast forward to the end. I still don't understand how my competitors stayed in business when reasonably, they shouldn't have been able to sell anything. I had a hacker take like 60 billion i had no hope of repaying right before everyone went bankrupt, so lucky me I guess. That could have been a random game over after dominating for the whole game.
Its very complicated and hard. not for me, but I absolutely get why other people would
If you built your own computers from the 70s through the early 2000s, its a nice trip down memory lane.
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