Computer Tycoon

Computer Tycoon is an indie business strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start your company in the 70s and invent through 2034. Create the best hardware and operating system, expand your infrastructure, and manage your marketing. Promote games, dominate the global market, and become an immortal.

Computer Tycoon is an indie business strategy and tycoon game about the evolution of computers, where you start your own company in the 1970s and compete through 2034. Lead the research race, develop cutting-edge hardware and operating systems, manage infrastructure, and run marketing campaigns. Discover classic video game gems to promote on your platforms, expand into the global market, and pursue endgame goals like monopoly power or technological singularity—while keeping an eye on your character’s health. Unlike many building/tycoon games, Computer Tycoon includes a grand strategy layer. You manage a growing “computer empire” on a world map, controlling resources and making high-level decisions that shape your company’s future. Journey through computer history Begin as a small business somewhere in the world in the 1970s. Research major hardware and software inventions that helped shape the modern era, explore near-future technologies, and find classic video games to help a new culture emerge. Create computers your way Your development choices matter. Combine technologies, design upgrades, and decide what to prioritize: raw computing capacity, features, affordability, or prestige. Shift toward portable computers or build easier-to-use operating systems—every decision can significantly impact your company’s success. Expand a multinational corporation Grow across multiple countries by building offices, factories, laboratories, and other essential facilities. Poorer countries offer cheaper labor, while richer countries provide access to more educated engineers. Market your computers Even the best product needs demand. Use different marketing tools to meet people’s needs—or influence them—and balance your budget across development, production, marketing, and expansion. Early Access alpha status The game is currently in an Early Access alpha state, with bugs and missing or simplified features. Everything is subject to change. Please read the EA details. Features implemented - Start a computer manufacturing company in the 1970s - Design and create hardware, including home computers, personal computers, portable computers, and handheld computers - Compete for global market dominance at a grand strategy level - Research technology from early models through near-future computers - Expand industrial sites across the globe - Basic AI opponents - World map with algorithmically generated data for increased replayability Features not implemented yet - Product reviews - Historical world map with more realistic population/economy/border data - Multiple industrial site environments (planned variations) - Smarter AI opponents - Random events - Achievements - Localizations