Big Pharma
Released Aug 2015
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?
77% positive · 1,935 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Big Pharma launched on August 27, 2015 and received one paid expansion — Marketing and Malpractice — on April 26, 2016. That is the only DLC ever listed for the game, and it has been fully released. Following the expansion, the developer (Twice Circled) shipped a series of feature patches and bug fixes through December 13, 2017, which represents the last known update to the game. Since then, no further patches, announcements, or content have been posted for Big Pharma. Developer communications on this game's Steam page after 2017 have been cross-promotional posts advertising other Twice Circled and Positech titles — including Democracy 4 (October 2020) and Ridiculous Space Battles (July 2025) — none of which indicate any new content planned for Big Pharma itself. There is no unreleased DLC, no announced roadmap, no outstanding commitments, and the developer's last substantive post for the game was in December 2017. The game appears to have launched and concluded its content cycle as a complete product.
Evidence
Marketing and Malpractice, the only DLC for Big Pharma, released on April 26, 2016. No other DLC is listed, released or unreleased.
Developer announced the official expansion Marketing and Malpractice is out, with no mention of further planned content.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Positech Games
Achievements
25
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this 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!
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.
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?
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.
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 across 7 unique scenarios
- Custom game mode
- Freebuild mode
- Modding support
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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