Big Pharma overview

Overview

Big Pharma comes from Twice Circled and is published by Positech Games. It arrived on Steam on Aug 27, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Big Pharma's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 16 players at 9 October 2026 - 18:10:19 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2,614. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 77% positive across 1,929 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Big Pharma is available in 6 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Big Pharma has sold up to 346,092 units and has 1,443 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $5,772,434. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Big Pharma overview details

Big Pharma combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

By the same developer... About the Game What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good? Being totally altruistic may not be the best business plan. The uncomfortable truth (is there an ointment for that?) is that some remedies are more profitable than others and illness is good for business. Welcome to the world of Big Pharma! From humble beginnings with a few rusty reconditioned machines, you can progress from knocking out cheap generic treatments for minor ailments, to discovering new active ingredients and hi-tech machines to help refine the next generation of world-changing drugs. But watch out, you’re not alone out there. Rival corporations that want to put you out of business have their own set of competing cures and treatments. Then there’s the dynamically shifting marketplace which means that your fancy cold and flu medicine from last winter might not sell so well now it’s the height of summer. Where did I put my anti-wrinkle sun cream? Big Pharma is part business sim, part logistics puzzle. It’s one thing to work away in the lab perfecting new formulas, but converting the ‘sciency stuff’ into cold hard cash means bringing an engineering and business mind to the problem. Factory space is expensive, and those fancy new agglomerators and centrifuges don’t always slot nicely together. Features: 35 business-busting challenges spread out acro…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Big Pharma is listed as a game with $24.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 16 players at 9 October 2026 - 18:10:19 UTC, a tracked peak of 2,614, and 77% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ManagementSimulationMedical SimStrategyIndieAutomationPuzzleEconomySingleplayerIsometricResource ManagementCasualBase-Building2DSandbox

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