A map view from the game Hollywood Animal, featuring buildings and streets in a sepia tone, with icons indicating various actions.

Screenshot from Hollywood Animal showing game UI, film distribution, advertising, and weekly schedule details.

Screenshot from the game Hollywood Animal, showing character selection and menu options.

Screenshot of the game Hollywood Animal, showing genre selection, cards, and a 'Finale' screen.

Hollywood Animal is a strategy and simulation game where you manage a Hollywood studio during the dawn of sound cinema in the 1920s. As studio head, you oversee every aspect of filmmaking, from crafting scripts to theater distribution, building a movie empire amidst the glitz and grit of the Golden Age. Choose your path: create a blockbuster juggernaut with formulaic hits, a boutique studio winning festivals with avant-garde films, or a trash factory churning out provocative, low-brow flicks. The game offers vast freedom, with no strict rules on how to succeed.

Gameplay blends tycoon mechanics with moral dilemmas, reflecting the era’s cutthroat industry. Hire actors, directors, and crew, each with unique traits—some talented, others plagued by addictions or scandals. Manage budgets, negotiate contracts, and navigate historical events like the Great Depression, censorship, and organized crime. You can play clean or dive into the dark side: bribe officials, blackmail talent, or enlist mobsters to sabotage rivals. Choices shape your studio’s reputation and survival, with multiple endings based on your decisions.

The game’s detailed management systems let you customize production workflows, invest in groundbreaking tech, and balance artistic appeal with commercial success. Its sardonic tone and period-appropriate challenges, like navigating social mores or wartime propaganda, immerse you in a dynamic world. Building and resource management are streamlined, keeping focus on strategic and human stories—whims, betrayals, and dark secrets add depth. Despite some critique for complex mechanics early, Hollywood Animal’s replayability and narrative-driven choices make it a compelling simulator for strategy fans craving a morally ambiguous Hollywood saga.

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Patch Notes

0.8 - 2/19/26 (Update 0.8.68EA)
0.8 - 1/8/26 (Update 0.8.65EA)
0.8 - 12/9/25 (Update 0.8.63EA)
0.8 - 11/28/25 (Update 0.8.62EA)
0.8 - 11/21/25 (Update 0.8.60EA)
0.8 - 10/10/25 (Update 0.8.55EA)
0.8 - 10/7/25 (Update 0.8.54EA)
0.8 - 10/3/25 (Update 0.8.53EA)
0.8 - 10/1/25 (Update 0.8.52EA)
0.8 - 9/30/25 (Update 0.8.51EA)
0.8.50 - 9/25/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.21EA)
0.8.50 - 9/22/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.19EA)
0.8.50 - 9/17/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.18EA)
0.8.50 - 9/16/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.17EA)
0.8.50 - 9/15/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.16EA)
0.8.50 - 9/10/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.15EA)
0.8.50 - 9/8/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.14EA)
0.8.50 - 9/4/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.13EA)
0.8.50 - 9/2/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.12EA)
0.8.50 - 9/1/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.11EA)
0.8.50 - 8/29/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.10EA)
0.8.50 - 8/28/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.9EA)
0.8.50 - 8/27/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.8EA)
0.8.50 - 8/26/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.7EA)
0.8.50 - 8/25/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.6EA)
0.8.50 - 8/22/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.5EA)
0.8.50 - 8/21/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.4EA)
0.8.50 - 8/20/25 ([BETA] Update 0.8.50.3EA)
0.8 - 7/23/25 (Update 0.8.40EA)
0.8 - 7/16/25 (Update 0.8.39EA)
0.8 - 7/9/25 (Update 0.8.38EA)
0.8 - 7/4/25 (Update 0.8.36EA)
0.8 - 6/6/25 (Update 0.8.34EA)
0.8 - 5/30/25 (Update 0.8.32EA)
0.8 - 5/23/25 (Update 0.8.31EA)
0.8 - 5/14/25 (Update 0.8.28EA)
0.8 - 5/7/25 (“The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” Upcoming Major Update (plus 0.8.26EA))
0.8 - 5/6/25 (Update 0.8.25EA)
0.8 - 5/5/25 (Update 0.8.23EA)
0.8 - 4/30/25 (Hotfix 0.8.22EA)
0.8 - 4/30/25 (Update 0.8.21EA)
4/25/25 (Upcoming Intro Skip)
0.8 - 4/24/25 (Hotfix 0.8.18EA)
0.8 - 4/23/25 (Hotfix 0.8.17EA)
0.8 - 4/22/25 (Hotfix 0.8.16EA)
0.8 - 4/21/25 (Hotfix 0.8.14EA)
0.8 - 4/18/25 (Hotfix 0.8.13EA)
0.8 - 4/17/25 (Hotfix 0.8.12EA)
0.8 - 4/16/25 (Hotfix 0.8.11EA)
0.8 - 4/15/25 (Hotfix 0.8.10EA)
0.8 - 4/11/25 (Hotfix 0.8.8EA)
0.7.4D - 1/7/25 (Update 0.7.4D is live!)
0.7.3D - 1/6/25 (Update 0.7.3D is live!)
0.7.2D - 12/27/24 (Update 0.7.2D is live!)
0.7.1D - 12/26/24 ([DEMO] Update 0.7.1D is live!)
0.6.10 - 6/8/24 ([DEMO] Update 0.6.10 is out)
6/5/24 ([DEMO] Update 5 is out)
6/4/24 ([DEMO] Update 4 is out)
6/4/24 ([DEMO] Update 3 is out)
6/1/24 ([DEMO] Hotfix 2 arrived)
6/1/24 ([DEMO] Hotfix 1 arrived)