Software Inc.
Tycoon/Management/Simulation
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, and build assembly lines to manufacture hardware, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Software Inc. is currently in early access for Windows, Linux and Mac.
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Buy plots in a huge map to create and customize your own building. No grid necessary, just make sure there's coffee.
Craft and manufacture software and hardware products, corner your market, defeat the competition, and make them work for you.
Create and optimize teams of employees with different skills and demands to release products in a timely fashion. Why not poach a big shot lead designer from a competitor to give you the edge?
Every playthrough of Software Inc. is different, as the market is simulated and randomized. Each action you take affects how history plays out.
- Build, furnish, style and maintain office buildings up to ten stories + basement, on an enormous land, using a free-form building system with simple copy-paste tools
- Hire employees to design, develop, support, update, research and market software and hardware in teams
- Build roads, paths, bike racks and parking to ease commuting for your employees
- Tend to your employees' needs, demands, skills and specializations, while making sure each team has compatibility and cohesion
- Customize your own founder or split the company between a team of founders
- Design and manufacture your own software and hardware products and franchises
- Compete in a simulated and randomly populated market by selling your products, taking on contract work, creating patents, making deals and trading stocks
- Set up your own servers for products, source control and running your own online store
- Hire staff to repair your furniture and computers, clean your office, make food for your employees, transport goods, secure your offices or greet visitors
- Mod what kind of software you can develop, add your own furniture, upload your building blueprints, add support for your language or write your own code to modify the game
- Delegate important tasks to your team leaders, such as managing development cycles and human resources
- Play against up to 3 other players in the same map or cooperate with your friends by delegating work tasks, manufacturing jobs and server hosting
Get the DRM-free version of Software Inc.
Software Inc. is currently in Early Access, meaning it is still under development. Core features are subject to change and the game might be unstable in areas.
- Immediate access to the current version
- All future updates
- The final release
- Windows, Mac and Linux builds
- No ads and no In-app purchases, ever
- A Steam key
- Cloud saves
- Online multiplayer (This version is LAN only, and needs manual port forwarding for playing outside the local network)
- Modding through the Steam Workshop
What does DRM-free mean?
DRM(Digital Rights Management)-free means the game does not include any anti-piracy measures, such as requiring an online connection or a key to unlock. You just download the game files and they are yours to keep forever.
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News
Patch notes for Beta 1.8.31
2025-11-20
Changes
Replaced product quality/creativity labels in UI with a dynamic customer review system, which takes more variables into account
Added a global search panel (Default bound to ctrl+T)
Teams can now share a room if more than 50% of their tasks involve the same project
Changed buttons in product detail window to dropdown, to fit more actions
Fixes
Fixed build grid on outdoor areas with grass
Fixed inaccurate past day/month value when product stopped selling, especially for pre-simulation
Patch notes for Beta 1.8.28
2025-11-06
Patch notes for Beta 1.8.30
Changes
You can now re-order columns by dragging (remembered per save)
Added leader column to team window, hidden by default (right click to show)
Made floor grills colorable
Fixes
Fixed some lists not loading hide status properly
Fixed multiplayer saves not working due to receiving corrupted building data from clients
Fixed game reloading all custom images when there is a change, instead of just the changed image
Patch notes for Beta 1.8.29
Changes
Rebalanced long commute complaints
Some complaints now disappear once the complaint has been handled (so you get a chance to fix the issue)
Added ability to report user submitted logos for review
Added ability to place custom wall art on the outside of buildings
Fixes
Fixed error when moving object from a snapped position to the floor
Fixed not being able to move some objects in place on tables
Fixed being able to clip an existing object into another existing object on a table
Patch notes for Beta 1.8.28
Changes
You can now place multiple decorative items anywhere on the surface of shelves, tables and desks (For modding: Open a snap point in the editor and click Edit/Generate surface to make a surface and Snap options -> Surface Snap Radius to make an item placable on surfaces)
You can now add image files to the game and decorate your walls with them
Added ability to change age of founders
Added more granular control over HR role assignment
Added option to render grass in outdoor areas as well
Clarified amount of released bonds in investment window
Undoing room, path and road construction now brings back trees
Fixes
Fixed using wrong difficulty name in character creation menu when joining a multiplayer game
Fixed not being able to undo moving furniture outside
In other news: Over 2000 logos have been submitted by you since February 2024 (And manually approved (I see you)).
Patch notes for Beta 1.8.27
2025-10-07
Changes
Ceiling fans can now also be repaired from some distance
Temporary staff salaries have been adjusted up
Loan interest has been adjusted up
AI companies will now take tech level dating into account when picking frameworks
AI companies will now rush to update a product on release, if it has very outdated tech levels
Improved currency short form mode to show decimals if number is short
Steam profanity filter has been integrated for Steam version in multiplayer games
Fixes
Fixed not getting reputation from development deals and notification about IP purchase cancelling deal
Fixed people getting stuck in the air in some cases after deleting a multi-story building
Patched Unity vulnerability CVE-2025-59489
Software Inc. is created by:
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