# The Corporate Machine

Summer DB entity ID: d7815400\-11f8\-49d7\-8432\-59946c6f918b

Steam App ID: 351080

The Corporate Machine™ is Stardock's classic 2001 real\-time economic strategy game, available now on Steam\. Dive back into the timeless battle for one of the most ruthless environments ever created: international trade\.    Corporations exist in a constant state of war: Plotting to destroy their rivals, CEOs chase world domination through economic strategies less deadly but more complex than any military maneuver\. Control the market, or face the prospect of buyout and bankruptcy\. Build your business empire, dominate the industry, and amass a fortune you will need that private island to fully enjoy\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Stardock Entertainment

- Publisher: Stardock Entertainment

- Release date: Mar 25, 2015

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Simulation, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, PvP, Online PvP, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/351080/ss\_2ab7d344fb71280e2065808de8b7236be89224a7\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788798552, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/351080/ss\_835454724ef4b6ec40afd9225feed2a6597d0a54\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788798552, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/351080/ss\_4ffdc9c8128910e3cd1ab582e3b8834796bfcb37\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788798552, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/351080/ss\_69376dbca0643939d86797ce7471176f49825f5f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788798552, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/351080/ss\_6b9eb88a883f3ac9de0079027d1f64888e38ff23\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788798552, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/351080/ss\_4445ebac278a7d8b23764dfc67619241e042efaf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1788798552

- Price: 999 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 98

- Steam positive reviews: 60

- Steam negative reviews: 38

- Steam positive percentage: 61.224489795918366%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/d7815400-11f8-49d7-8432-59946c6f918b/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/d7815400-11f8-49d7-8432-59946c6f918b/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T03:16:48\.117063\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T03:16:49\.464173\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T03:16:49\.087165\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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