PopTop Software
| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Phil Steinmeyer |
| Defunct | March 2006 |
| Fate | Merged into Firaxis Games |
| Headquarters | , US |
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PopTop Software Inc. was an American video game developer based in Fenton, Missouri. Phil Steinmeyer started the company in 1993, creating Iron Cross and co-developing two Heroes of Might and Magic games with New World Computing. In 1998, the studio co-founded the publisher Gathering of Developers, which released its Railroad Tycoon II, Tropico, and Railroad Tycoon 3. PopTop Software and Gathering of Developers were bought by Take-Two Interactive in 2000, and the studio was organized under 2K Games in 2005. In 2006, it was merged into Firaxis Games, another 2K Games studio.