Good Computer Business games?

[kyrax12]

like business games like Sim City and so forth.


Don't know if you guys would consider civilization a business game though.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Capitalism Plus
Capitalism 2

 

[Craig234]

Simlotsofthings - check restaurant empire.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Zapitalism

 

[ultimatebob]

Capitalism Plus
Capitalism 2

Heh... I was a beta tester for that game! My reward was a free retail copy of the game, and I was added to the game as one of the computer generated competitors

Airline Tycoon is another good choice if you like biz simulations.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Any tycoon game, zoo tycoon, roller coaster tycoon etc

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Any tycoon game, zoo tycoon, roller coaster tycoon etc

You can't beat the classic.... Dino Park Tycoon!

 

[Revolution 11]

I don't know if this fits your criteria but The Corporate Machine was a good if simple representation of supply/demand, competition, and basic corporate workings.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

SimTower was very good as well

 

[thejunglegod]

The Anno series as well. There is a lot of micro-management involved and it's very difficult to keep a lid on things on higher difficulties.

 

[paperfist]

Capitalism Plus
Capitalism 2

So sad that games like that existed in times of yore never to see the light of day again

 

[BurnItDwn]

Do you like logistics simulations?
You've probably played already , but otherwise check out OpenTTD and Simultrans, both are quite fantastic and have decently large playerbases. Both also are activly being maintained and developed.

Otherwise in the 90s, Detroit and Airbucks were both pretty fun, but they are very out of date today, and nothing of that type really exists in today's game market. Hopefully someone will fill that void

 

[paperfist]

Do you like logistics simulations?
You've probably played already , but otherwise check out OpenTTD and Simultrans, both are quite fantastic and have decently large playerbases. Both also are activly being maintained and developed.

Otherwise in the 90s, Detroit and Airbucks were both pretty fun, but they are very out of date today, and nothing of that type really exists in today's game market. Hopefully someone will fill that void

Is Detroit the one from 1994? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_(video_game)

There was another one I played not too long ago, didn't have graphics and it was really hard to make any money with. Wish I could think of it.

While looking up Detroit, I came across The Corporate Machine http://www.gamespot.com/the-corporate-machine/platform/pc/ which looks to have reviewed well.

Also, a top 25 Tycoon game list http://www.squidoo.com/the-best-tycoon-games with one called Corporation Inc. that looks like a Sim Tower/Hotel Giant type of game.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Is Detroit the one from 1994? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_(video_game)

There was another one I played not too long ago, didn't have graphics and it was really hard to make any money with. Wish I could think of it.

While looking up Detroit, I came across The Corporate Machine http://www.gamespot.com/the-corporate-machine/platform/pc/ which looks to have reviewed well.

Also, a top 25 Tycoon game list http://www.squidoo.com/the-best-tycoon-games with one called Corporation Inc. that looks like a Sim Tower/Hotel Giant type of game.

Yes, That was the Detroit I was speaking of.
It wasn't very easy, but it was not too bad as far as making it profitable ...

 

[sunzt]

There's good sports manager games out there for soccer, football, and baseball. Forget their titles though.

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

SimTower was very good as well

I loved simtower

 

[AFurryReptile]

Dwarf Fortress would probably fall into this category, but holy god is the learning curve steep...

 

[paperfist]

Dwarf Fortress would probably fall into this category, but holy god is the learning curve steep...

I would love to get into this game just based on fanfare, but you're right it's got a huge curve!

There is/was a GUI add on mod for it that made it a little better.

 

[Hammyton]

There's good sports manager games out there for soccer, football, and baseball. Forget their titles though.

Football Manager, http://www.footballmanager.com/

This is really more of a sports simulation but it's so incredibly deep that you can play it like a business/financial sim as well. You can hire coaches to take care of all of the actual on-field strategy and lineups etc and just concentrate on financial aspects like how long to hold star players before you sell them, how often you want to upgrade your stadium, how much to pay your training staff, etc etc.

One of the amazing things is you can play as teams at the top level with hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue or as tiny teams with semi-pro players that operate on a budget of thousands of dollars a year.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Football Manager, http://www.footballmanager.com/

This is really more of a sports simulation but it's so incredibly deep that you can play it like a business/financial sim as well. You can hire coaches to take care of all of the actual on-field strategy and lineups etc and just concentrate on financial aspects like how long to hold star players before you sell them, how often you want to upgrade your stadium, how much to pay your training staff, etc etc.

One of the amazing things is you can play as teams at the top level with hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue or as tiny teams with semi-pro players that operate on a budget of thousands of dollars a year.

I read somewhere that some English soccer clubs paid the developer to use this engine for their real life management.

 

[Karstein]

Gazillionaire.

 

[CottonRabbit]

Gazillionaire.

Wow, can't believe that game is still around.

 

[Martimus]

Eve is probably the best business game I have played in quite a long time. The bonus is that you are playing against real people and not NPCs.

 

[Red Storm]

Eve is probably the best business game I have played in quite a long time. The bonus is that you are playing against real people and not NPCs.

Ha I just about to come in here and say the same thing.