Business Magnate
Released Mar 2019
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.
67% positive · 218 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Steam $12.99
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Evaluation
Business Magnate launched on March 1, 2019 and received a consistent stream of feature patches throughout 2019 and 2020, with the final recorded update (version 1.16) posted on April 3, 2021. All 13 developer news posts are feature patches — incremental improvements to gameplay systems, bug fixes, translation updates, and QoL additions. There are no DLC listings, no season pass, no roadmap, and no announced future content. The developer has not communicated any plans for additional updates since April 3, 2021, and that silence now spans over five years. No specific future content was ever announced that remains undelivered. The game appears to have shipped as a complete product and received post-launch polish updates that have since concluded.
Evidence
Version 1.16 released with interest rate mechanics, adjustable difficulty during gameplay, and various bug fixes. This is the last recorded developer communication.
Version 1.15 released with High DPI support, marketing campaign fixes, and gameplay balance tweaks.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Ambiera
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time. Become the ultimate Business Magnate (or Business Magnet).
In order to meet market demands, you need to design your products so that customers will actually want them, and won't prefer to buy your competitors products. Research new technologies and design new products as your move on to fit into a moving market. For example for cars, you want to research bigger and more efficient batteries, if you decide to produce electric cars, or more performant combustion engines if you want to produce gasoline or diesel based cars.
The game is running in real-time, but can be accelerated and paused at any time. Manage employees, track financial and sales data, start and run marketing campaigns, analyze the market. Expand your company when you have figured out how everything works and manage the production plan and build new facilities, warehouses, offices or even launch pads.
What can you do in the game
- Company types: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, ships
- Build offices, warehouses, production facilities
- Design products
- Research new components and product types
- Produce products and components
- Run marketing campaigns
- Manage employees
How it works
Start by creating a company: First, choose what to produce. For example, you can design cars (combustion engine based, electric, hybrid), then produce, market and sell them. Other types of products are trucks, phones, computers, ships, airplanes, tanks and even rockets. Once you are successful, you can even start more companies, and run them at the same time.Design and Research
In order to meet market demands, you need to design your products so that customers will actually want them, and won't prefer to buy your competitors products. Research new technologies and design new products as your move on to fit into a moving market. For example for cars, you want to research bigger and more efficient batteries, if you decide to produce electric cars, or more performant combustion engines if you want to produce gasoline or diesel based cars.
Gameplay
The game is running in real-time, but can be accelerated and paused at any time. Manage employees, track financial and sales data, start and run marketing campaigns, analyze the market. Expand your company when you have figured out how everything works and manage the production plan and build new facilities, warehouses, offices or even launch pads.
Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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