Startup Panic
Business management simulation balancing software projects, employees, and rival companies
Algorocks · Published by tinyBuild · Released Jan 20, 2022
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 56% of 227
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 4 years ago
- Mar 7, 2022
Metacritic: 65/100 (critic reviews)
What is Startup Panic?
You start as a bedroom programmer building a tech startup in this single-player management simulation. You choose projects and contract work, hire and train employees, schedule vacations, and upgrade your office while competing for users and expanding through new headquarters on a world map.
For you if...
- +you enjoy balancing development, hiring, and a company's finances
Not for you if...
- −you want to build a company with other players
What players say
56% of 227 reviews are positive
Players praise the early business-building loop and writing. Common complaints center on repetitive morale management and uneven balance, while recent reviews also report broken achievements and blocked progression.
Screenshots and trailer
Startup Panic system requirements
Minimum: Integrated toaster, 2 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Startup Panic?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 8 and up
- Processor
- 2Ghz and up
- Graphics
- Integrated toaster
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- Notes
- Startup Panic is not intense on the hardware
Does Startup Panic have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Startup Panic run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 50
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil.
Does Startup Panic use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
