Real estate tycoon
Early access since Aug 2022
"Illusory life: urban real estate tycoon" is a simulated business role-playing game with urban theme. We try to restore the game world like a novel of urban face slapping, and give the players a "capitalist" identity.(We are a very poor studio, so English translation will be launched in the future)
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Evaluation
Real Estate Tycoon entered Steam Early Access on August 5, 2022. The solo developer (Pi Zai) and a small team of up to 5 people shipped several feature patches and bug fixes through late 2022. However, the studio was struggling from the very beginning — the store description itself mentions nearly going bankrupt during development.
On November 20, 2022, the developer posted an announcement confirming the studio had gone bankrupt, the team had shrunk from 5 to 2 people, and that the planned Early Access period of 3–6 months would need to be extended significantly. Despite this, the developer promised not to abandon the game.
Then, on October 13, 2023, the developer posted a final message explaining that Real Estate Tycoon could not continue to receive updates. The reasons given included: an inability to recruit qualified Unreal Engine programmers, insufficient funds after sharing revenue with investors, significant personal health problems (a spinal injury that kept the developer bedridden for six months), and fundamental design limitations. The developer explicitly stated they were moving on to develop a new game using a different engine entirely, offering existing players a free key for that future game as an apology.
No updates, patches, or communications of any kind have been posted since October 13, 2023. The game remains listed on Steam in Early Access but, based on the developer's own words, development has effectively ended without the game reaching a completed 1.0 state. There is no roadmap, no remaining team, and no stated plans to return to this project.
Evidence
Developer Pi Zai posts a farewell message stating the game cannot continue to be updated due to inability to recruit Unreal Engine programmers, lack of funds after investor payouts, and personal health issues. Announces plans to abandon the project and start a new game with a different engine and team.
Developer announces studio bankruptcy, team reduced from 5 to 2 people, revenue insufficient to cover costs. Promises to continue updating but warns the Early Access period will be extended beyond the originally planned 3–6 months.
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Developer
Publisher
Double Eggs
Achievements
16
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Hello, dear players. I'm Pizai, the game producer of "double egg studio" real estate tycoon
as a huge UE4 R & D team with up to 5 R & D personnel, after two years of hard research and development, we are about to go bankrupt. Fortunately, our game has also been successfully put on the store. This is our first work. I hope this is also the smooth start of our independent game career. At the same time, I wish all players' masters and aunts a pleasant trip ~
__________________________________________________________________"Real estate tycoon" is an urban theme simulated business game. We try to restore the development process of a real estate company CEO, and give the player the identity of a "capitalist", hoping to make friends who can't afford real estate become the strongest real estate brothers and sisters in the game.
real estate operation and construction simulator:
The real estate simulator is created by imitating the real world real estate industry operation rules. Players need to compete with AI opponents for land through auction, bidding, acquisition, etc., and build residential real estate for the floating population who come to the city, so as to provide citizens with infrastructure and industrial facilities to meet their requirements; Finally, it developed into a giant company that monopolized the market of the whole city.
real estate speculation simulator:
It also simulates elements such as different land prices in different areas and different house prices in different areas in reality, so that players can build a variety of buildings such as school district houses, subway houses and suburban houses for sale. They can also create more possibilities for the development of their own companies by using real-life methods such as cover plate and demolition.decoration simulator:
The interior decoration system created by imitating the real house type design and interior design allows players to plan a building into a house type suitable for people of different classes in the game world and carry out corresponding decoration; Create houses with different attributes, such as square house type, north facing south, elevator room, improvement room and clean water room, and sell them to the citizens in the game.greening simulator:
All buildings in the city can be decorated with neon lights and planted with greenery to make the city more vibrant. Players can plant the green plants they want on the big map, install colorful neon lights on the building, and add a cyberpunk flavor to the whole city.technology tree and drawing design:
Players can upgrade the business capability of the company in the game through contacts and game currency, and choose the best marketing means according to different technology tree routes, so that you can win the business war most efficiently.random events and policy management:
Simulate the realistic national financial policies and industrial policies, and simulate the realistic disasters and industrial storms. Players need to grasp every good opportunity, resist every bad disaster, and walk with the surging waves like real business giants to achieve a lifetime of business hegemonyLast evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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