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
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. This purchase does not include a Steam key.
- 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
Note that the difference between the Steam release and the version you can buy on this site, is that the Steam version will require that Steam is running when you launch Software Inc. The version sold on this site will not have any Steam synchronization. Buying the game on Steam does not include the version sold on this site.
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 1.6.8
2023-05-22
Changes
Reduced saturation of generated team colors
Added button to auto color teams based on skills and meeting time
Changed CCTV cycle rate from every 30 minutes to every 15 minutes
Fixes
In-house products can no longer receive best product or designer awards
Fixed some bugs in the furniture modding system introduced in the last patch
Proper handling of modded furniture where the primary color can't be edited by player, but secondary or tertiary can
Logos and awards officially out
2023-05-19
Full patch notes for Beta 1.6
Changes
All companies now have procedurally generated logos
Added logo editor
Added yearly awards with 4 categories
Added shelf furniture that supports table lamp, table plants and awards for now
Heavily improved schedule window and made it interactable + added shortcuts in team and staff window
Added complaint when commute times are above 3 hours
AI companies can no longer dilute shares if one company owns more than 50%
Founder no longer reports precious metals
Only realized gains and losses from investments are now taxed
Improved furniture interaction distance visualization to work outside as well
Added furniture interaction distance to couch, which is 50 meter radius
The effect of mass layoffs on applicant appeal is now relative to company size
More in-game UI elements are now affected by UI scaling, e.g. the context menu
Team colors are now randomly chosen on creation
Improved random color selection for servers, teams and assembly lines to space colors out more
Save times in save window now use AM/PM based on player options
Fixes
Fixed chance of getting missing sink warning, when employees are getting sick for other reasons, e.g. Just the flu trait
Fixed taking a huge performance hit with destroy wall tool active in some cases
Fixed random name generator getting stuck on a word after having used it 100 times
Fixed 2 color materials not getting copied correctly when splitting room
The AI will no longer place bids on IP that is owned by a lead designer, since it doesn't concern the company
Fixed bug when undoing selling plot that caused an atrium to get removed
Fixed replacing wall mounted furniture on the outside of a building placing it inside
Fixed not being able to put company logo and title on both sides of a wall
Fixed furniture placed on wall mounted furniture not moving with it when using wall drag tool
Fixed wage negotiation window not closing if the only employee on the list was poached while the window was shown
Removed review work from secondary task selection
Some logos to try
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Patch notes for Beta 1.6.7
Changes
Only realized gains and losses from investments are now taxed
Improved furniture interaction distance visualization to work outside as well
Added furniture interaction distance to couch, which is 50 meter radius
Added option of making schedule window ugly and confusing by supporting AM/PM
Save times in save window now use AM/PM based on player options
Fixes
Fixed recent addition to code modding breaking some code mods
Beta 1.6.1 out on unstable branch
2023-05-08
Click here to see how to join the Unstable branch.
Patch notes
Changes
All companies now have procedurally generated logos
Added logo editor
Added yearly awards with 4 categories
Added shelf furniture that supports table lamp, table plants and awards for now
Founder no longer reports precious metals
The effect of mass layoffs on applicant appeal is now relative to company size
More in-game UI elements are now affected by UI scaling, e.g. the context menu
Fixes
Removed review work from secondary task selection
Fixed taking a huge performance hit with destroy wall tool active in some cases
Fixed wage negotiation window not closing if the only employee on the list was poached while the window was shown
Fixed chance of getting missing sink warning, when employees are getting sick for other reasons, e.g. Just the flu trait
The AI will no longer place bids on IP that is owned by a lead designer, since it doesn't concern the company
Fixed 2 color materials not getting copied correctly when splitting room
Fixed bug when undoing selling plot that caused an atrium to get removed
Some logos to try:
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Patch notes for Beta 1.6.2
Fixes
Fixed logo editor breaking when placing a shape or image directly on top of an existing connection
Fixed position tool in logo editor not working with UI anti-aliasing turned on (All platforms but Linux by default)
Fixed logo editor being broken with UI scale above 100%
Fixed logo editor sometimes breaking when breaking connection down the line of a finished logo
Fixed logo editor breaking when trying to save with a logo that is missing connections
Patch notes for Beta 1.6.3
Fixes
Fixed cases of logo editor breaking when disconnecting nodes
Old save games using the modded bookshelf called "Shelf" will now load correctly
Fixed replacing wall mounted furniture on the outside of a building placing it inside
Fixed not being able to put company logo and title on both sides of a wall
Patch notes for Beta 1.6.4
Fixes
Fixed last update breaking logo editor completely
Fixed logo editor breaking if color node had invalid second input
Patch notes for Beta 1.6.5
Changes
Awards are now announced in newspaper regardless of whether player was nominated
Awards are now given to inventor of product, rather than current owner of IP
Designer award is now given to owner of the winning product instead of employer of designer, to avoid poaching exploit
Tech levels are no longer considered for best product award
Having employees quit or being caught comitting tax fraud disqualifies player from employer award for that year
Fixes
Fixed furniture placed on wall mounted furniture not moving with it when using wall drag tool
Fixed random name generator getting stuck on a word after having used it 100 times
Patch notes for Beta 1.6.6
Changes
Heavily improved schedule window and made it interactable + added shortcuts in team and staff window
Added complaint when commute times are above 3 hours
AI companies can no longer dilute shares if one company owns more than 50%
Team colors are now randomly chosen on creation
Improved random color selection for servers, teams and assembly lines to space colors out more
Fixes
Fixed awards being visible in construction category after loading save
Fixed random cars getting company logo after enacting company car benefit
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