Games with a simulated stock exchange

Stock exchange is not the most stimulating theme for a video game. Apparently, a few developers in the 80s and the 90s thought differently. These games include a stock exchange theme to various degrees: some are entirely based on it, others are loosely based on it.

Most popular stock exchange games

Railroad Tycoon 2

Capitalism 2

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Acquire

DOS1989 IBM

Acquire (1989, DOS) brings boardroom drama to your DOS screen, turning you into a hotel tycoon in a game where the real enemy is... math. It's a faithful adaptation of the classic board game, complete with mergers, hostile takeove...

Black Friday

DOS1983

Black Friday (1983) isn’t about shopping mayhem—though you might wish it were after trying to figure out what’s going on. This early DOS title is part stock market simulator, part existential crisis. You play as ...

Black Monday

DOS1987 Starsoft Development

Black Monday (1987) combines economic panic with the thrill of—wait for it—spreadsheet navigation. It's like Wolf of Wall Street without the fun, drugs, or DiCaprio. You’re managing a business during a financial ...

Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected Ensemble Studios

If spreadsheets are your love language, Capitalism 2 is pure romance. This brutally detailed simulation lets you create your own corporate empire from scratch—manufacturing, retail, real estate, stock markets... even farming...

Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected Enlight Software

Before there was Capitalism 2, there was Capitalism Plus, which basically took the original and added a few bells, whistles, and ways to fail spectacularly. It’s like being handed a multi-billion dollar toy box and told &ldq...

Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street

DOS1988protected SoftServ

Inside Trader

DOS1987 Cosmi Corporation

Inve$t

DOS1990 Starbyte Software

Ocean Trader

DOS1995 Software 2000

Rags to Riches

DOS1993 Interplay Productions

Railroad Tycoon

DOSMac OS1990freeware MicroProse Software

Railroad Tycoon 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1998 Pop Software

Railroad Tycoon 2 is an abandoned train simulation game designed by Phil Steinmeyer, developed by Pop Software and released by Gathering of Developers for Windows, Linux and Mac in 1998. As the title suggests, Railroad Tycoon 2 is...