Hollywood Animal
Studio management strategy about making films and navigating Hollywood politics
Weappy Wholesome · Published by Weappy Studio · Released Apr 10, 2025 · Early Access
SimulationStrategyEarly Access
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 73% of 4,211
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 63% of 33 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 60
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 month ago
- Aug 3, 2026
What is Hollywood Animal?
Hollywood Animal is a single-player studio management strategy game set in the film industry. As a studio boss trying to stay in business, you develop movies from plot ideas through theatrical release, hire talent, manage resources, research technology, and deal with censorship, corruption, and staff conflicts.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning film projects and balancing studio finances
- +you want decisions shaped by industry politics and staff conflicts
- +you like demanding management games with little hand-holding
Not for you if...
- −you want a relaxed, forgiving management game
- −you expect a freeform sandbox with varied playthroughs
- −you prefer making movies without detailed management decisions
What players say
73% of 4,211 reviews are positive · 63% of 33 in the last 30 days
Players praise the movie-making decisions, Hollywood atmosphere, and character-driven stories. Many criticize the punishing early difficulty and poorly explained mechanics; some also find the research tree restrictive and events too repetitive.
Screenshots and trailer
Hollywood Animal system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
- Processor
- Dual Core CPU
- Graphics
- Intel UHD 620, GeForce GT 930MX, AMD R7 240 or equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- DirectX
- Version 10
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows® 11
- Processor
- Quad Core CPU
- Graphics
- GeForce 1050 or higher, AMD Radeon RX 560 or higher
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 14
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Japanese, French, Portuguese - Brazil.
Tags
- Early Access
- Simulation
- Strategy
- City Builder
- Choices Matter
- Atmospheric
- Economy
- Building
- Emotional
- Realistic
- Multiple Endings
- Replay Value
- Historical
- Real-Time with Pause
- Singleplayer
- Resource Management
Recent updates
- Aug 3, 2026 · Update 0.8.72EA
- May 7, 2026 · Update 0.8.71EA
- Apr 30, 2026 · Update 0.8.70EA
- Mar 18, 2026 · Update 0.8.69EA
- Feb 19, 2026 · Update 0.8.68EA
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