Publisher Tycoon

Publisher Tycoon

14Dimension Enterprise · November 29, 2016 · Time Management, Education, Management, Visual Novel, Text-Based

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Publisher Tycoon price by region

Publisher Tycoon costs £2.65 in the United Kingdom, $2.99 in the United States, $2.99 in Georgia (USD), €3.15 in Europe (EUR), CA$3.59 in Canada, A$4.25 in Australia, NZ$4.79 in New Zealand, R$11.99 in Brazil and zł12.49 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Publisher Tycoon offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.65 £2.65 — 1
United Statesyour region $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €3.15 €3.15 — 1
Canada CA$3.59 CA$3.59 — 1
Australia A$4.25 A$4.25 — 1
New Zealand NZ$4.79 NZ$4.79 — 1
Brazil R$11.99 R$11.99 — 1
Poland zł12.49 zł12.49 — 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 Publisher Tycoon

Here is new tycoon game!

At this game, you will become a manager of a book publishing company, and run it on your own.

This is really fun management simulation game!

Publisher's core work is making books!

Making book is not hard job at all. You can make books with just few clicks between selections which are already given.

Enjoy income by selling books you produced.

Playing game and if you achieve $20,000,000 within 18 in-game months, game become cleared.

After you have published books, orders from bookstore start to coming in. Always care about book's stock and don't let it be delayed.

Gather publisher's manias and make proper advertising strategy and increase sales.

Besides, get achievements and rewards, challenge fastest game clearing day.

Producing books, order receiving, shipping, advertising, hiring staffs, office upgrade, use strategic cards, manage funds, check informations.

You can feel manage real publisher and there are over 110 books you can produce.

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  • -Now you can play game's end, 18 months, and continuously
  • -You can set work time's speed up to 2x, 3x
  • -More lenders
  • -Strategic cards usable
  • -Achievements system usable
  • -Erase demo logo at title


Manage your own book publishing company! The real publisher simulation game!

Publisher 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.

✦ AI summary

Publisher Tycoon is a management sim with an engaging gameplay loop that can hook players for extended play sessions, especially those familiar with the publishing industry. However, it suffers from significant technical issues including bugs and a lack of proper save functionality, while many players find the 18-month timeframe too restrictive to reach the 20 million dollar goal, making the core objective feel frustratingly unattainable.

Not recommended Feb 27, 2019
[h1]TL;DR[/h1] 1/10: Uninteresting gameplay and atrocious graphics. Buy [i]HunieCam Studio[/i] instead if you want a short management game with no grinding. [h1]Overview[/h1] [i]Publisher Tycoon[/i] is what [i]HunieCam Studio[/i] would have been if it had little decision making and zero replay value: A quick management sim which grinding is impossible because the player has a fire under their butt to make as much money in as little time as possible. The main difference is that there's a bit of a story in where the player assumes the role of a girl who's feelings for a boy weren't mutual, so the girl starts her own publishing company with the aim of making US$20 million at the end of eighteen months. (Talk about non-sequitor!) [h1] Graphics and Sound[/h1] The graphics are nothing special. Apart from the stats screens the player needs to see when the information is it's most helpful, there's a picture of an office at the top center of the screen which never changes (even after the player upgrades to the fancy schmancy level 5 office), and the top right corner features the main character behind a desk which does nothing for the game, because the player can obviously tell of t…
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Not recommended Sep 30, 2017
Very unpolished. Very buggy. Can go from over a million in the black to over a million in debt, which pauses the game. No way to save and exit. Literally had to "task Manager" my way out of it. Starting amount gives you nothing to work with to start.
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Recommended Nov 10, 2020
Original but monotonous;
Not recommended Sep 15, 2020
Not good at all 18 months is just not long enough to build 20 million the closest i have come is 9 million in about 12 playthrough's i wouldn't waste you time or money on this, to be honest i would not even recommend this if it was free
Recommended Sep 20, 2018
So, its midnight here, and I have to go to bed... amusing how my real-world publishing business is probably going to suffer tomorrow from my lack of sleep due to this simulated publishing game... eventually the time just flew by, and "just one more turn" snuck in... maybe this new book, maybe I can afford better development on it... etc etc I'm going to be straight up direct here. I went in with low graphic expectations, not knowing what to find (I just know I know the real world publishing biz, and the developer does too). The tutorial is very weak. I played the game 2 or 3 times (briefly), experimenting... my third time into the game and... Impressed! Maybe its because the music lulls you in with its simplicity and you don't notice the time go by. Maybe its the simulated real-life expectation of gambling on a book publishing deal, because you really believe in the product. The game starts real slow, but stick with it. Don't go in buy all the features, grow slow. My publishing company, after 2 hours of gameplay is sitting on about half a million dollars, and I still have a level 1 office, without any additional employees. The game is about building your rep and brand, so…
Recommended Jul 27, 2018
cute little game and i can highly recommend it, i know it was a mobile game, but its fun and it can get busy, very quickly

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