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CD Market - Music Label Sim

95% positive of 119 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by Lost Star Games.

About the game

CD Market is a music industry management sim where you build a record label on your own terms, from vinyl to digital. Stay small, or grow into something bigger. Discover artists, shape careers, and survive decades of changing formats, trends, rivals, and crises.

Tagged by players

Music
Capitalism
Management
Economy
Simulation
1990's
Text-Based
Strategy
Electronic Music
Point & Click
Immersive Sim
Sandbox

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79%1.1K reviews

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Very Positive

What players say

Recommended
I like the game. It is currently being held back from being its best self by the fact that it is, essentially, solvable. If you play for large markets using popular music genres, there is a gameplay loop that will essentially guarantee you steady returns, eventually very large ones. For me, the core problem is that every band or artist is capable of being perfect in every aspect of performance. It doesn't matter…
26 h played when written. 6 found it helpful.
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Recommended
An absolute delight that really makes you work hard to succeed. Your first few runs will end in absolute disaster if you play on the Nobody mode in order to earn achievements, but that is all part of the learning aspect of the game. Each week will feel stressful as you make pennies on the dollar as greedy publishers take 90% cuts and your artists become ever more demanding. Your main act who has kept the label…
17 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
tutorial is awful, doesn't help at all or tell you where things are...just tells you what's next. you can't edit anyone's name or image either, very limited customization.
2.8 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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