Cartel Tycoon on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.

Cartel Tycoon is a top-down, rts and resource management game developed by Moon Moose and published by tinyBuild.
Released on July 26th 2022 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 3,507 reviews of which 2,680 were positive and 827 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.50€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 and up
  • Processor: i5 and up
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 4GB
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Integrated

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March 2025
I've played through this game many times since the EA / Beta phases and it is one of the most unique and fun RTS / management sims I've ever played. It's taken me a while to wrap my head around what I assume is the goal state of the game, and it's both unique and fun. It adds an interesting twist on the usual "Fed ex simulator" style game that has great character, narrative value, pacing, and theme. It took a while to get the mix just right, but the game as it stands is fantastic, creating a fabulous Cartel simulator that provides you with all the logistic challenges, head aches, and thrills of being a drug lord. You have rival gangs, police, internal threats and logistics to contend with, and they did a great job of making sure you always have JUST ENOUGH head aches to keep you on your toes, but unless you really drop the ball, not enough to make it unmanageable. That said, when you do drop the ball, your gangsters or their leader dies. An excellent simulation that really crafts a niche for itself and provides you with plenty to do as you try to maintain a stream of legal and illegal goods and services to keep your house of cards from tumbling down, but when it is going well and you stay on top of it, it's a massive factory to make oodles and oodles of money, and then, your biggest challenge is spending it, storing it, hiding it, and keep it away from the cops. Can't really give it a value score because I have no idea what it costs or what I paid for it, but I thoroughly enjoy it, even if it frustrates me sometimes. That's part of the charm, just when you think you've got it all figured out, either the cops, or a rival gang, or both, rain on your parades. Usually with bullets. 9.5 / 10 Must Buy for any fan of the "Management simulator" game of the "Fed Ex' Variety that is looking for a challenge with a little flair.
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Jan. 2025
Great game and very enjoyable tycoon, I just wish they updated this game, they don't make games like this anymore.
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Oct. 2024
Really LOVE this game. But the AI/Enemy/other Cartels having zero operations to disrupt............. Whats the point then? As long as you understand this and are ok with a literal cheating AI, then buy it. Yes you can handle them no problem. But burning down one of their buildings or taking it over...... Means NOTHING. Because of this its VERY un-fun and unrealistic.
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Sept. 2024
The game is great, anyone who says the game is bad or says the terror system is broken obviously just doesn't understand how it all works. Hope they keep making content for the game.
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June 2024
This game lets you experience Ghost Recon Wildlands from El Sueno's POV. It's pretty fun.
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Cartel Tycoon
7.4
2,680
827
Online players
91
Developer
Moon Moose
Publisher
tinyBuild
Release 26 Jul 2022
Platforms
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