Software Inc
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the...
- Intel, 64-bit processor
- OS X 10.9 or later
Description
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
CURRENT FEATURES
• Build, furnish and maintain office buildings up to ten stories + basement, on an enormous land, using a free-form building system with easy copy-paste tools
• Hire employees to design, develop, support, research and market software in teams
• Build roads and parking to ease commuting for your employees
• Tend to your employees’ needs, demands, skills and specializations, while making sure each team has compatible personalities
• Customize your own employee avatar
• Create your own software products and franchises
• Compete in a simulated and randomly populated market by selling your products, taking on contract work, creating patents, making deals or trading stocks
• Hire staff to repair your furniture and computers, clean your office, make food for your employees or greet visitors
• Mod what kind of software you can develop, add your own furniture, upload your building blueprints or add support for your language
• Delegate important tasks to your team leaders, such as managing development cycles and human resources
• Set up your own servers for products, source control and running your own online store
WHAT’S NEW
Version 1.8.41:
• Release notes are available here .
REQUIREMENTS
• Intel, 64-bit processor
• OS X 10.9 or later
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Size
– 287.5MB
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Editor-checked details
Recommended for long-term company management, office planning, product development and automation, if you enjoy dense data. First close a small loop—single-floor office, compatible team, contract, small software, support/marketing—before servers/manufacturing; do not start with ten floors. 4 GB can suit a small firm; 8 GB+ is safer for long saves. Validate OpenGL/pathfinding on an unmodded Apple-silicon copy. Safe order: dual backup; 1.8.41/SHA-256; one no-mod day; restore mods individually; multiplayer last. Compare Game Dev Tycoon for a simpler studio or Mad Games Tycoon 2 for staff/facility production.
Pros
- The management chain spans free-form offices, hiring/personality, software/hardware design, marketing, support, patents, stocks, servers and manufacturing. A randomized market makes each company history different, supporting contracts, niches, platform ecosystems or acquisitions. Ten floors plus basement, blueprint copy/paste and commuting give architecture business consequences. Leaders can automate development cycles and HR. Steam Workshop, blueprints, code/furniture/language mods and up-to-four-player competition/co-op add longevity.
Cons
- Dense systems and table/window-heavy UI can overwhelm newcomers with construction, needs, skills, market and pipelines at once. Large firms add CPU/save load through pathfinding, servers, manufacturing and parallel projects; 2 GB is only a launch floor. Early Access means balance/core systems may change, requiring save/mod backups. Code mods can execute logic: use trusted sources and retain a clean save. Steam officially lists English interface only; these five editorial languages do not imply built-in Chinese, Japanese or Korean. Community translations vary. No Apple-silicon support tier is published.
Installation steps
- This page covers Software Inc. 1.8.41. Official Mac minimum: OS X 10.9, 3 GHz four-core CPU, 2 GB RAM, 512 MB dedicated VRAM, Shader Model 4.0/OpenGL 4.1 and 1 GB storage. That is only a floor; large firms, ten-floor offices and multiplayer saves benefit from 8 GB+ and extra space. Back up Steam Cloud, company/autosaves, blueprints, mods, translations, servers/source-control configuration, bindings and 1.8.41/SHA-256. On a clean no-mod save, build, hire, design/develop/release, support, save and reload before copying the main save. No Apple-silicon tier is published; verify OpenGL, UI and long simulation.
Uninstallation steps
- Before uninstalling, pause and save to a new slot, then wait for Steam Cloud. Separately back up main/autosaves, multiplayer host save, blueprints, mod versions, translations, custom images and configuration. Record game date, cash, teams, active projects, server load and 1.8.41/SHA-256. Remove the app without deleting user data. Reinstall with mods disabled, load a copy for one in-game day and verify pathfinding, room aura, project stages, stock/servers and finances; restore mods individually. Let the original host validate multiplayer first to prevent stale client overwrite.
Common errors and fixes
- For a stuck/failed old save, copy it, disable all mods and confirm 1.8.41; restore mods newest-last. For trapped staff, inspect doors, lifts, roads, parking, room access and furniture collision. If room aura looks wrong, move one item on a copy to recalculate; 1.8.41 fixes placement-order inconsistency. Framework-without-owner releases require 1.8.41. For multiplayer desync, preserve the host as authority and align game/mod versions. Cropped sort icon, leader accounting/support specialization or cook tray range also warrant a version check. On Apple-silicon graphics faults, verify OpenGL, lower detail and disable overlays.
What changed in this version
- Official Beta 1.8.41 lets cooks use trays outside assigned rooms; separates the column sort icon from headers; colours “night owl,” “super focus,” “born leader” and “just the flu” indicators by positive/negative effect; and clarifies team-compatibility filter errors when hiring. It fixes room-aura inconsistency caused by furniture placement order, releases using a framework with no owner (especially multiplayer), and leader multitasking not applying to accounting while wrongly requiring three stars for support. Changes after 1.8.41 are excluded.
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