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Business simulations (AKA tycoon or management simulations)

Business simulations (also called tycoon simulations or management simulations) are video games that focus on the economic and the management side of running a business. In tycoon games the player can be in charge of any kind of business: a company, a sports team, an hospital, an amusement park, even a drug cartel.

Most popular business simulation games

Sid Meier's SimGolf
sportsWindows XP/98/95
Zoo Tycoon
simulationWindows XP/98/95
Railroad Tycoon 2
simulationWindows XP/98/95, Linux, Mac
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1869

DOS19923.9/5 Max Design
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A-Train

DOSMac19924.1/5 Artdink
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Air Bucks

DOS19924.1/5 Impressions Games
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Airlines

DOS19943/5 InterActive Vision
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Baseball Mogul

Windows XP/98/9519973.9/5 Infinite Monkey Systems
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Baseball Mogul 2006

Windows20054.1/5
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Big Business

DOS19904/5 Off The Wall Productions
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Big Game Fishing

DOS19913.7/5 Simulmondo
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Big Sea: The Better One Will Win

DOS19944.1/5 Cyberdyne Systems
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Bundesliga Manager Professional

DOS19914/5 Kron Simulation Software
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Business Simulator

DOS19873.9/5 Reality Development
Business Simulator is an abandoned business simulation game developed and released by Reality Development in 1987 for DOS only. Business Simulator is a text-based management simulation designed by an university professor.
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Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected4.3/5 Ensemble Studios
Capitalism 2 is simulation game designed by Trevor Chan, developed by Ensemble Studios and released by UBI Soft in 2001 for Windows and Macintosh. Capitalism 2 is the quintessential capitalistic simulation and involves stock exchange, business management, marketing, etc.
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Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Enlight Software
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Championship Manager

DOS19924.1/5 Domark Software
Championship Manager is the first chapter in one of the most successful football manager games series. The first Championship Manager was a text-based British football/soccer simulation and included teams from four English divisions, European cups and domestic cups as well. Championship Manager was designed by Paul and Oliver Collyer and ...
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Championship Manager 93

DOS19934/5 Domark Software
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Championship Manager Italia

DOS19934.1/5 Sports Interactive Limited
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Championship Manager: Season 97/98

DOS19974/5 Sports Interactive Limited
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China Sea Trader

DOS19893.5/5
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Club Football: The Manager

DOS19944/5 Teque
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Constructor

DOS1997protected4.1/5 System 3
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Detroit

DOS19944/5 Impressions Games
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Dime City

DOS1995NSFW3.9/5 Cyberdyne Systems
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Dinopark Tycoon

DOS19933.6/5 Manley Associates
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Dope Wars

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Beermat Software
Dope Wars is a text-based simulation game that originated as a DOS program in the early 1980s, but gained popularity in its Windows version released in 1998. The game puts players in the role of a drug dealer navigating the underground economy of buying, selling, and transporting various illegal substances.In the Windows version of the game, player...
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Eishockey Manager

DOS19934.2/5 Kron Simulation Software
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Entrepreneur

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 Stardock Entertainment
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Football Fanatic

DOS1998freeware4/5
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Football Manager 3

DOS19934.2/5 Bedrock Software
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Free Enterprise

Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Tsunami Media
Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.