Gold Master: A Game Company Tycoon

Found a game studio, make games and lead your company through the decades. Gold Master is a business simulation about the games industry: you decide what your studio builds, who works on it and how it reaches players, one week at a time. Found your studio Pick a name, logo and colour, a philosophy (gameplay, technology, graphics or business) and one of six locations, from Berlin to Seoul. Start in 1980 in the age of arcade machines or at any point up to 2010, as a solo developer or with a small team. Make games your way - 32 genres and seven platforms, from PC and consoles to mobile, VR and cloud - Balance gameplay, graphics, technology, audio, story and AI during development - Sell your game once, make it free-to-play or run it as a subscription, with editions, pre-orders, Early Access and regional releases - Plan trailers, campaigns and trade fair appearances, and watch the wishlist grow before launch Lead your people Hire programmers, game designers, artists, sound designers, QA testers, marketing managers and researchers. Everyone has skills, a personality and salary expectations, grows through courses and career steps, and gets along with colleagues or doesn't. Build your office from 20 room types and give everyone a desk. Run the company Research new technology, build your own engine and license it to other studios. Take out loans, bring in investors, pitch to publishers, secure licenses for films, brands and sports leagues, go public and found subsidiaries. Rival studios compete for the same players, the press reviews your games, and events ask for decisions, from team conflicts to lawsuits. After launch Keep your games alive with patches, DLC, updates and season passes, run servers for online games, release ports and remasters, and build esports leagues with tournaments and sponsors. Awards, charts and a chronicle of your studio show how far you have come. At your own pace - Time only moves on when you start the next week - 21 automation rules take routine work off your hands if you want them to - Full controller support, including Steam Deck - Available in 30 languages - 28 achievements and saves in the Steam Cloud