Little Kitty, Big City
Little Kitty, Big City
Game
Game2022
Startup Panic
Developer Algorocks
Quit your job and build an exciting startup! Survive the tech bubble, compete with rival CEOs and expand your office from bedroom programmer up to the heights of global corporate sabotage! As long as you don't get hacked... or kidnapped... From the Steam store page
106 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Oct 2, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
46
Mixed
49 positive · 57 negative
95% range 37–56%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
159 of 294 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 106 · most liked firstIt has the heart and the soul of a good tycoon game but it's absolutely ruined by one thing: MOTIVATION. I hate saying this, but I can't recommend this game until the motivation is polished. This game is a diamond covered in layers and layers of the dirt that is motivation. First of all, I love games like this. I love Game Dev Tycoon (I have more hours in Startup Panic than I do in Game Dev Tycoon), I love all the Kairosoft games, hell you may catch me on Roblox playing stupid tycoons like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommend Stats: 2 Put a guy with more than 6 on every stat possible. Fail task. Go on vacation. Quit game. **** EDITED REVIEW AFTER DEV COMMENT **** Essentially you have to do something like this: Do a feature, vacation (because your under 80 morale), do training, vacation (because your under 80 morale), do a feature.... go on vacation. You have to guess based off of vague descriptions what the feature needs, is it Technology? Is it aesthetic? Is it usability? Who knows! Fail and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having to micro manage the vacations of workers is just annoying and tedious. There is an option to have a group vacation, but with there being traits that make people loss morale at different rates... And they loss it pretty fast. I just can't imagine playing this game until it get to the point were you have to juggle ten or twenty employees so that everyone is happy. Keep in mind i haven't played the game for very long, so there may be features in the game that I have't seen yet that address…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game with issues, only recommended if you like these type of games. Upsides: - great early game balance - good writing - fun core mechanics Downsides: - endgame is bad - some features are developed badly - some achievements are broken. When I started playing it reminded me a lot of Game Dev Tycoon, which is I believe the first of this type of games. This looks worse, and doesn't have the satisfying development bubbles, so the game started with a bummer. But it provides fun development,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This breath laziness. There's no gameplay, it's a loop of an interface, that's it. Click on the button, put slider, wait, finish, send people on vacation, you repeat the process none-stop. it doesn't even worth the money i spent on it, it's a "game" that you could find for free on the web. At least i encounter very few bug... easy when there's nothing :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game starts out fun, but very quickly becomes a grind; from constantly micro-managing employees' morale, to revising/upgrading features. Many game elements lack any significance with marketing being completely useless, buildings/furniture that yield no tangible/visible benefits and the story line simply imploding into a constant loop of reaching 65% market share, at which point a previous defeated rival takes the entire market (insert random reason here) and the cycle begins anew. It is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →MOTIVATION feature ruined the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far as I played game looks very simmilar to Game Dev Tycoon in style. So if you like that, buy it. However there is a lot of improvements that could be easly done to reduce tedius clicking (especcialy talks with investors, when you are not interested...). Not all is clear, for example no indication how saves works, quests telling about getting some results, but in reality doesn't count what you already done before quest appeared. Also this game really could use sandbox mode, because right…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was never really finished in my view, and the devs are clearly done with it also. This was much less satisfying than the similar Game Dev Tycoon on Android in 2010. I cannot recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found it really hard to decide whether I recommend this or not. SPOILERS! First of all, this game seems to have been built with much love, at least to some point. The artstyle is absolutely gorgeous and very well made and implemented. Starting the game is a lot of fun and all the little fun quirky things that happen (including challenges) keep up the tension. Some of the milestones make sense within the story and add fun. Yet at some point, the game becomes immensely unfair in my opinion…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like games like "Game dev tycoon" this game is perfect i really like it . And it's really cheap, Buy it guys !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not bad for a mobile port, only the wasted potential for a great desktop game is what’s left me not recommending this title.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →every now and then you will have your competitor boosting himself TO top notch this create a fake difficulty, when you are finally making some money gave take all users away EVEN when you have all features on 9-10 and competitor is lower then you
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Over all a fun game. Easy to learn and hardish to master. It is fun crushing your competitors and juggeling your employees. BUT it seems that the devs have abandoned the game. Half of the achievements don't fire and that seems to have been the case for over 5 months now. With no updates at all in sight. Which is rather sad cause with a few minor quality of life updates (sort employees by stats etc) and fixed achievements this would be a perfect little game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is unblanaced and it is more frustrating at this moment than fun. It has not enough depth and it is repetitive. The UI is clunky and very limited about giving you useful information about what you really need for decisions. Setup three sliders for a project, wait and send those employees to vacation immdediately after the project finished (because their morale will be low) .... and repeat. If you do it fast enough, you will earn cash, if not you may lose the game. Basically, that's the core…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is good, but no bug fixed and update at all
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You are told basically nothing and just have to figure out on your own over and over again what you should be focusing on. Constantly interrupted by pop ups that mean nothing to you half the time but force you to stop playing every minute to read/close them. I only paid $3 for this and I'm still bothering to get a refund because of how unfun this "game" is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Startup Panic is a good wholesome fun for all those sim lovers out there. The pix-elated graphics bring you back to a time of 16 bit goodness and make playability for old CPU simple enough. However I did find that no matter what I did to motivate everyone in game they always ended up hitting zero. So even with all the purchases and vacations it till dropped and once it did, getting the motivation back was impossible. While my review was only played in easy mode, I am not looking forward to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was fun for the first little bit, but once you figure out the loop of actions that the game wants you to do it's pretty much solved and all you need is time. Paired with the max speed still being fairly slow, this game wound up being on my second monitor while I was doing something else. Pros: - Neat theme and premise - Fun writing - Art style works well Cons: - The core game play loop is pretty basic - There aren't a ton of meaningful choices to make - Even the maximum…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun game that I played non stop for a week. I don't usually do reviews but I wanted to because the game inspired me to do my own tech start up. Thanks to everyone who worked on this. +1 Motivation
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So much repetitive and tiring, the menus are not optimized and we don't even have keyboard shortcuts. I met myself clicking the whole time to open the menus and to repeating the same tasks that my right wrist was starting to hurt. Also, it's not pratical to follow which of your employes are free and obviously I don't remember the "priority numbers" I chose on the last time I've assigned my workers on a task. Training is very bad too, basically it only serves for "yourself" (the company owner).…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cannot in good faith recommend the game as it is right now. I was initially drawn to this game as it seems to draw from Kairosoft games (namely Game Dev Story) and add some more wacky elements to it in the form of events. This was apparent from my initial playthrough of the demo. Coming to the full game however, more cracks show in the underlying gameplay mechanics. You and your employees have a moral mechanic called "Motivation." This ultimately breaks down to how fast you work as well as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6/10 First Run, Normal difficulty, 100% get all 10s in Advance features. In short, this is the iteration game. You implement new feature. You revise it. Repeat. That's all. The game is good. It's addicting for me. but I wouldn't recommend it. I like the graphic. tinyBuild never disappoint me when it comes to choosing the Dev of this genre. These devs really put their heart into it. But sadly, the gameplay lacks the depth in it. Surprise events are bland and boring, there is no dynamic.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Average game, not that far from being bad, the "story" hide the repetitiveness of the game : Attribute employees to a task, send them to vacation, repeat. Huge lack of simple features such as "Select all" : If you want to train or send to vacations your team you need to click one by one. Since you need to do it every 2 minutes so it bother you very quick. The game adds a tier 2 on your features so you need to rework the things already done. Pretty annoying. The only interests is to inflate…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL; DR at the bottom. The game is okay, I would say it's good for early access, but considering this is a full release, I can't recommend it. First and foremost, the game is very repetitive and missing quality of life features. For example, there's lots of unnecessary clicking when training or sending employees on vacation. You have to send everyone individually at the start but eventually you unlock group training and group vacations, which serve no benefit other than saving you 5 clicks for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As someone who loves pixel management games reminiscent of Game Dev Tycoon / Any Kairosoft game, I simply couldn't resist getting the game on launch. However I have to say that I'm fairly disappointed with the game due to the lack of quality of life features and underwhelming re-playability. PROS - Pixelated graphics are cute and clean, with furniture you acquire having unique animations - Entertaining and funny dialogue should you choose to read it - Progression feels fun and rewarding in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are some major flaws in this game, for the first 4 hours of game play you basically are stuck in this cycle of do a project or build a feature and spend everyone on 2+ weeks of vacation. While seemly random bad things happen to punish you for not being far enough into the game play or maybe too far, there really isn't any options or choices to make. The final moment when I gave up on this game is when a new competitor came into the market without any features developed and took 60% of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really entertaining and challenging game, once you understand the mechanics of it. Don't get discourage if your first company bombs. Just gather what you learned and start a new game. Overall a very fun game and if you are a tycoon or time management game nut like me, you'll really enjoy this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't understand why the reviews are so bad... Sure the price is a bit high and the motivation feature suck, but it's not THAT bad. The game is still playable even my workers at 30-50% motivation perform well. It would be nice however if the time it takes for motivation to decrease was reduced of course
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 huge fan of this type of game, but this one has all the worst aspects of this genre
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I like the gameplay loop (I'm a fan of management games. Game Dev Tycoon and such) some things such as project descriptions are too vague and you end up failing a task or getting a low score for a project because you have no idea WHAT it was you needed. Also, the constant need for vacationing is really taxing after a while. Sure, group vacations are an option but like project descriptions unlocking that is vague too. I just wish it was availible from the office upgrade and first employee.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will give this a thumbs up, but it is not for everyone. It's very repetitive, lots of pop-ups and menus, sliders, ect. That being said it was satisfying getting all the endings. Grab it on sale for less than $10 if your on the fence and if they add achievements to the game eventually. I enjoyed most of my time playing though fairly relaxed, but still made me manage my expenses enough to make it interesting. I normally try to get a dollar an hour outa my games and obviously I almost got a 2 to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring. This game is not casual any all and I hate vacation.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game needs significant balance changes -- it's way too hard at the moment, even on the Easy Difficulty. Everything is just way too expensive, especially once you get past the first act and have multiple competitors. I couldn't afford to even begin to use the training or marketing features, because I was losing so much money just trying to pay my employees' salaries and trying to design a new feature every few months when I finally had enough cash on hand from doing contract jobs over and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked the look of this game but really it's not got a lot of content in it. You'll split your time between working on features for your website and doing contract jobs but they both require the same thing from you. Train your employees so they have high enough stats so you can slide three sliders to the right positions to give you the required numbers for success. There's no naming things or deciding on the features of your features, just three sliders which don't even change the kind of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Your motivation mechanics need work. The data stored in Reviews are also annoying, just display what tech/useability/aesthetic point I got last time, instead of making me re-calculate the point by only displaying the staff skillpoints and % used last time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has an RNG-system to up the difficulty, but because of that, it's stupidly unfair. And despite having a pretty easy and grindy (but also fun) gameplay-loop, it becomes frustrating and at some points impossible to beat because of random contexts that you can do nothing about.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very replayable. This game keeps me coming back over and over, and it doesn't matter how long you've left it down. The music gets me into the zone too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Your game can go F itself. Multiple times you make one choice and then it's game over. Oh wait, you can go back in time and restart from like a year ago. Also, your CEO is the most pathetic employee who has to be constantly training just to keep up with your other employees. Other than that, pretty decent game. Kidding, this is trash.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game can be really fun once you figure out how it works, but it's challenging and a bit confusing at first. On your first playthrough I recommend completing it as much as you can to get a feel for the mechanics. Once you defeat your third rival twice, you've basically completed all the challenging parts, and the game will slow down a lot after that. That means you can take on risks that you might not want to earlier on and experiment with things you're not familiar with. One thing I think…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really do like this a game as i like company tycoon games like this but this when is so hard. I even played on easy when i remember how hard it was in normal on the demo. I had fun but i wish it explained more on developing features and contracts as i started off fine but then things just got progressively worse and i wasnt sure how to fix outside of a vague evaluation of needed more or less of a certain area which cost more money. So fun game but needs more explanation. If there was a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The basic gameplay loop is simple but enjoyable and relaxing with soothing music and easy on the eyes visuals. If you enjoyed Game Dev Tycoon then this game is 100% a must buy. If you don't enjoy that style of game then this one probably isn't for you. Pros: - Great soundtrack - Adorable art - Relaxing Gameplay loop Cons: -The UI is a bit bulky in the "ongoing tasks" section and can cover a more of the office than is appropriate blocking your primary visuals and making and the viewable area…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First off: it's a decent game. Gives you a few hours of good entertainment. The frustrations start when you can do marketing. There is no explanation what it does and how it affects the game. Marketing also doesn't seem to have any effect on market share. Dev answers regarding this on the discussion board are rather vague. Hoping to see these and other issues addressed. If so, this game'll turn out stellar. Right now: probably not worth the time or money
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not game play. You slide sliders and hope that its good enough to get a high score.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pretty repetitive, game also has a frame cap for some reason which made the game feel really slow for me. its a no unfortunately. also has been abandoned by devs lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sending Everyone on Vacation or Sending Everyone on Training comes after a few hours! Give the game three/four hours before writing a scathing review because you didn't unlock the power tools yet lol. This game provides a dose of all the old Game Dev Tycoon Games updated with better mechanics and a chill soundtrack. I could recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its good, not great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →goood game thats all i had to say
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What the hell is this garbage? Why does their motivation drop to 20 after a single task? Why do my webpages keep getting hacked even though they're perfect 10s, dropping them down to 2s? Even outside of that, this just... isn't a very good game. Not very engaging, or fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game and its mechanics are good however there are some aspects that have to be taken into consideration 1. Investors Kill the whole Experience , this happens because investors are just free money that anyone whos playing for the first time is willing to take, so removing them from your run and you'll have a much more complete experience. 2. There's A point when money doesnt matter anymore, its very frustrating that after having 250k+ Monthly income you cant expend it on anything, the only…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →18 days to create a landing page?!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Broken Achievements, the games just not that great even on a discount
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most interesting games I played in a long time. An amazing concept and a good realization. It is easy to learn, but tuff to master. When you get to investors, the game difficulty increases a lot. It can get really hard with one wrong move. Didn't get borred in all the time I played. A great game to relax while you do smth else.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Waste of money! the game doesnt work. wont let me do the first task and i cant progress to anything. -100/10 should get my money back
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad game not worth the money i lost after playing for 1 hour since i went bankrupt(thought it looked fun and it its but its very hard and not cozy like i thought if you like hard games then maybe its meant for you)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game so adictive
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If I could give this game stars, it would get a 4 out of 5. The game itself is super fun! The mechanics are simple yet impactful, it's challenging enough that you really enjoy the learning curve, and it's staged out well. The only reasons it gets a 4/5 are because 1) all of the achievements regarding group travel & finishing the game seem to be broken, and 2) it doesn't seem like I'd get a lot more from the game by replaying it, which is definitely a big thing for me. Overall I definitely…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a peek into a startup in this game, you made a company about social network and you must develop it to develop some features, you need to improve your skills and manage a team this game is quite hard if you do not know this kind of gameplay pros: awesome gameplay; jokes are good; hard game who need reflexions; choices and managing is important; lot of endgame with differents retreats. need to be to improve: quite expensive; repeating tasks; informations…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It needs a lot to improve, motivation mechanics, vacations and a faster and more fun way to replay the game, as well as a good explanation about advertising in each country. If this is fixed, you will have a lot of support from the community, because this game has potential.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the motivation system is broken every thing i do i need to take a year vacation and is a completly rng based game
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