The demo is live
Popcorn & Premieren now has a free demo on Steam. It covers the first three days of your opening week: you take over a closed neighborhood cinema, schedule the first screenings and find out on Thursday morning what the audience thinks of you.
What's in the demo
- The first three days of your opening week, from the first ticket to Thursday morning
- The real weekly planner: runtimes, cleaning breaks, age ratings and contracts on one time grid
- The film market with a selection of the 200 original parody films, each with its own poster, critics score and audience rating
- Staff, snacks, projection and cleaning – and an audience that laughs, gasps and boos
- Both interface looks, Classic and Neon
What the full game adds
The road to a seven-screen multiplex, the large-format wing, your own film studio, the complete film market with all 200 titles and the full campaign. The full game releases on September 17, 2026.
Tell us what worked
Popcorn & Premieren is a one-person project. If the demo makes you want to run a cinema of your own, wishlist the game and tell us in the community hub what you liked and what we should change. Both help more than you might think.
Enjoy the show!
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