Software Inc.

Software Inc. is a deep tycoon game from solo developer Coredumping where you found and run a technology company from a single garage-startup founder through to a multi-storey office complex with hundreds of employees across multiple specialised teams. The simulation depth — covering construction, employee management, product development, market dynamics, stock trading, and a wide range of supporting business activities — is unusually serious for the genre.

The construction system is freeform. You buy plots on a huge map and design office buildings up to ten stories plus basement with no grid constraints, using copy-paste tools to replicate good floor designs. Office layouts genuinely matter — employees have needs and demands, teams work better with compatible compositions, and you'll need to maintain working conditions across coffee machines, break rooms, parking, paths, bike racks and the rest of the supporting infrastructure. Specialised staff handle furniture repair, computer maintenance, office cleaning, food service, goods transport, security and reception.

Product development is the central economic engine. You design and manufacture your own software and hardware products and franchises, compete in a simulated and randomly populated market by selling them, taking on contract work, creating patents, making deals, trading stocks, and setting up your own servers for source control and online sales. Teams of employees with different skills and demands handle development, support, updates, research and marketing. The competition is simulated procedurally — each playthrough produces a different market history, with rival companies acting on their own goals — and players can compete or cooperate online for up to four founders sharing a single company.