Monthly Idol is a talent agency management simulation game in which you take on the role of a company CEO. Your task is to select idols, develop the business, form boy and girl groups, and generate revenue. Progress depends on planning: each trainee and group is shaped through choices about personality, talent, and development, with the aim of turning promising candidates into stars for the company.
Running the company as CEO
Players act as the head of a talent agency in an entertainment industry setting where daily challenges call for new ideas. According to the description, a common long-term goal is building the company into a leading idol agency and training institution. The source also notes that the path can be demanding and that some players become frustrated and stop before reaching that goal.
Early decisions matter because the game rewards setting goals and choosing how to pursue them. The description suggests several leadership styles. A player might put company profit ahead of the idols' feelings, lead mainly on personal emotion even when feelings affect work, or try to balance reason and emotion. The source presents these as choices the player makes rather than fixed roles.
Screening trainees and choosing idols
The company begins with more than 200 trainees, and players repeatedly select young people who have the qualities needed to become idols. Candidates go through several screenings that cover personality, character, private life, talent, individuality, and future prospects. Only a few are chosen as the company's favored trainees, receiving investment and a detailed development plan.
Selected individuals can be trained as solo idols or as members of a group. The description states that each solo idol or group follows a development path planned around its talents and personality.
Debuts, contracts, and promotion
Debut steps include creating and selecting songs, recording and arranging them, holding press conferences, releasing albums, and launching related merchandise. The source says idols need continued effort after debut to maintain their popularity and grow their fame.
After a debut, the company can pursue activities such as music streaming, fashion week appearances, film castings, hosting shows, mini-concerts, and development work. The description links these efforts to rising idol reputation and influence, which it says can produce strong growth in company revenue and profits.
Each idol's basic contract lasts five years, and the reputation an idol has within the company is described as a key measure of the CEO's influence in the industry. When a contract expires, both parties can decide whether to renew it.
Handling press and company issues
The CEO also represents the company when scandals or problems involve idols and trainees. The responsibilities described include holding press conferences, building relationships with media and broadcasting companies, and responding promptly to personal or work-related issues.
Training, albums, and world tours
Beyond individual careers, the game includes training to improve idols' skills, building fan clubs, and recording albums to increase the company's budget. These steps lead toward the game's highest career milestone, a world tour that gives idols the chance to perform concerts for their fans.
The description states that concerts are a major way to boost an idol's reputation, which can translate into higher profits, revenue, reputation, and prestige for the company.
Getting started
New players begin by creating their own idol group and training it to reach the top of the charts. The game includes a tutorial that explains basic concepts. The description notes that the number of choices can feel overwhelming at first, and the tutorial is intended to help players understand the core systems.
Goals described in the summary
The closing summary frames the game around forming a boy band or girl group, signing members, recording songs, planning concerts in a home city, and touring to other cities. It describes growing a group's popularity through recordings and performances and lists album sales above one million and making songs available on YouTube among the goals players can pursue.