The Corporate Machine
Real-time business strategy where market control replaces military conquest
Stardock Entertainment · Released Mar 25, 2015
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 68% of 66
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Corporate Machine?
A real-time economic strategy game set in international trade. You build and manage a corporation, expand your business, and compete for market control while trying to avoid buyouts and bankruptcy.
For you if...
- +you enjoy working out complex economic and management systems
Not for you if...
- −you expect modern visuals from a strategy game
What players say
68% of 66 reviews are positive
Players praise the economic depth and the challenge of growing a company. They criticize the missing tutorial and unclear interface, with some also reporting stability problems and a company mall upgrade that fails to reduce costs as promised.
Screenshots and trailer
The Corporate Machine system requirements
Minimum: 8 MB DirectX Compatible 1…, 0 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Corporate Machine?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 95 or newer
- Processor
- 75 MHz Pentium Processor or better
- Graphics
- 8 MB DirectX Compatible 16-bit high-color video card
- Memory
- 32 MB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
- Notes
- Multiplayer through Stardock .net requires forwarding port 5011 on your router to your game PC. Please click here for help with port forwarding or contact your router manufacturer for additional port forwarding support.
Does The Corporate Machine have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.
Does The Corporate Machine run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does The Corporate Machine 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 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
