Mad Games Tycoon 2

Mad Games Tycoon 2 is a business simulation in which you build a video game company, starting in any year from 1976 to 2020. Research technologies, develop or license game engines, hire staff and expand from a small garage studio into a major company. You decide what to make, where to release it and how to grow your business in markets for home consoles, handhelds, computers and arcade machines.

Build your studio

Hire talent and provide lounges, bathrooms and other amenities to create a comfortable, clean workplace. Expand your office space as your team grows from a few employees to hundreds. You can move beyond game development to become a publisher and console manufacturer, and seek to control the market by acquiring other companies.

Make and sell games

Create MMOs, free-to-play, mobile and arcade games, as well as add-ons, spin-offs, Game of the Year editions, bundles, budget and retro games, sequels, remasters and ports. You can license properties from books, toys, movies and sports to give your games a built-in audience. Each game belongs to an IP, or franchise, whose reputation you can build; you can also merchandise your IPs, sell dormant ones or buy popular properties from other companies.

Develop your own engines or license them from competitors, then update them with new technologies. Games made with your engine earn you a share of the profits. You can work independently, take contract work for publishers or sign exclusive publishing contracts for a monetary boost. Produce and distribute your own games or those made by competitors, set prices and planned copy numbers, and run marketing campaigns. Use trends and market analysis to choose release timing and decide whether to release on multiple platforms or accept financial incentives for exclusivity.

Build and manage consoles

Create home and handheld consoles by hiring technicians and choosing parts suited to the technology of the era. Set a warranty and offer developers monetary incentives to attract games to your platform. Game releases and exclusives can help increase console sales, while Pro, Slim and upgraded versions can extend a console’s sales life and improve its technology.

Compete and cooperate

Multiplayer supports up to four players, who can work together or compete. Trade technologies, send funds or sabotage other players as you vie for chart positions. The market can include up to 100 competing companies; you can buy out rivals and set guidelines for the games they make, or take their IPs and close them down.

Track your company’s history

Charts, statistics, historical records, market analysis and research let you follow current and all-time results. Look up past Game of the Year winners, such as the winner from 1986 while playing in 2044, and play for a century or longer.

Set the challenge

Choose a difficulty from very easy to challenging legendary, then adjust additional settings. Sandbox mode offers dozens of options for tailoring the challenge.