SERIES MAKERS TYCOON

SERIES MAKERS TYCOON

Released Feb 2019

Series Makers makes your dreams come true. Produce your own TV series and build your own TV studio with your team. Dominate the TV landscape and fight your way up for worldwide success!

70% positive · 534 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

Where to buy

Steam $4.99
Can't confirm — worth a look
We couldn't confirm these stores carry this game.
Green Man Gaming Steam key Search IndieGala Steam key Search
Prices in USD, as listed by each store.
Buying through an affiliate store helps support the site

Evaluation

Series Makers Tycoon launched on February 22, 2019 and has received a small number of updates since then. Shortly after launch, the developer (Simon) posted a roadmap of ideas including a custom TV channel feature, film spin-offs, and system expansions — but explicitly framed these as informal hobby-project aspirations with no timeline commitment. Over the following years, the developer communicated sporadically due to personal circumstances (new jobs, moves, family issues), acknowledging the game is a passion project maintained alongside a regular career. An April 2021 update noted balancing work and a planned Chinese language addition. A May 2022 post delivered on those balancing updates and announced a Chinese localization in progress — this is the most recent developer communication on record. Since May 13, 2022, there have been no further posts, patches, or announcements from the developer. The game has been silent for over four years as of June 2026. The original post-launch content ideas were never formally committed to, and the developer's own framing ("hobby project," "if I have enough time and money") made clear these were aspirational rather than promised. No unreleased DLC is listed on the store, and no roadmap with firm commitments exists. The most recent content update (May 2022) appears to represent the practical end of active development, consistent with the broader pattern of very infrequent updates from a solo hobby developer.
Evidence
Balancing updates delivered and Chinese localization in progress; most recent developer communication on record
news post · May 13, 2022 source content shipped
high
Developer returned after two years of silence citing personal life events; mentioned plans for balancing updates and adding Chinese language support
news post · Apr 16, 2021 source development ongoing
medium

Media

Details

Publisher
CREW Studio Krüger UG
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

In Series Makers you live your own directors' dream. You start in the 80s at the Netklix-University developing your first own series. Soon you will reach big success and earn tons of money. Be prepared to build your own series and streaming empire, in the world of Series Makers.

Netklix University
You start as a little student who wants to make his dreams come true. You'll develop series the way you want, experiment with new ideas, discover new combinations of settings and themes, while exploring the first game-mechanics.

First own office
With the help of your university, you get the opportunity to broadcast your series on a real television channel. The audience recognizes that the future belongs to you. But there is still a way to go. You move into your first own office, hire new staff, explore new options and both your studio and your skills continue to grow.

Get BIG
Through your success, new possibilities are now open to you. You can now hire even more staff, create your own streaming platform and even build facilities that give you bonuses or unlock entire game mechanics.



Features
  • Create your own series
  • Nearly 100 research projects
  • Create your own streaming-platform
  • With 7 settings and 48 themes, you can create 336 different series combinations
  • 15 TV-stations await your next series
  • Create your own user-character
  • Construct your own protagonists
  • Build you own stories
  • Use advertising to market successful series even better
  • Hire up to 6 employees
  • Your employees can fill one of 7 different jobs
  • Choose from 8 different facilities
  • Experience a journey from the 80s to the present and conquer the TV world

"The best game we have ever developed." (first release)
- Developer -
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
Something about this evaluation looks wrong Report illegal or harmful content