Why I buy this one ?
- In-depth strategy game covering almost every aspect of real-world business
- Develop your own technology or acquire it from another company
- Choose from over 60 product types to manufacture and market
- Vivid 3D graphics show off a bustling city environment
- New multiplayer game for up to 7 players

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What our customer's say!

"Don't buy", This is a bad game. It is boring, tedious, and sometimes crashes.

If you want a building game you are far better off getting a tychon game because this plays just like it except it has 1/10th the excitement.

This game gets a definite SELL rating...

"Not in depth at all", This is not what is it cracked up to be. The first mission is you have to get a $90 Million net profit in a year from opening local grocery stores. That should be enough to let you know this is bogus. Furthermore, you have to achieve said $90 Million by selling 4 items in each store that have a mark up of 50 cents. So if selling 180 million loaves of bread in a year sound fun, then buy this game. Sim City 4 makes way more sense as a business simulator than this piece of junk.

"Fun and serious at the time!", Great game, it develops very smoothly and it shows very well how's the deal in bussiness, in a simple way, but it does. sometimes you may get stuck in it but in overall, is quite easy to play with. Very instructional, interesting, relatively addictive. Highly recomended for people of those who are looking for some kind of a crash course in the bussiness world but in a fun way, without loosing real money. A+

"Sometimes good games take a little time to be appreciated...", ...and this is one of them. Many times in our instant gratification society people don't want to wait. If you are one of those people then I do not recommend Capitalism 2 but if you are one of those that is willing to put in the effort and explore the depth of the game then Capitalism 2 is recommended. Capitalism 2 is one of those games that many will dismiss after a couple of plays because the depth will not reveal itself immediately. 1503 AD(and others in the series) and Patrician 3 are like that also(both also wonderful games that do not reveal their depth until they are played for a while). Capitalism 2 is one of the better tycoon type games.

"Great game if you love business sims", I'll admit right now that I'm biased. I love business simulations especially ones with more detail. So, if you're into those casual coffee shop type, overly-simplistic business simulations, don't bother.

This game is one of those games that I have in my collection and keep coming back to every couple of years. You can play the scenarios or you can set up a sandbox with a number of boundary options (number of ports to bring in external products/resources, number of cities, competitors, etc.) as well as end-game options (none, or first to a certain set of goals).

The graphics are dated and there are little glitches here and there (like when you're entering text). Otherwise, the game world and various configuration screens are usable and don't get in the way. The configuration of buildings like factories is generally focused on two screens. The main one is a grid of nine boxes. These boxes represent units in the building that can be assigned related tasks. Think of them as stations along an assembly line or offices in an office building. You can build links between them to make them function. For example, you might have a Purchase function added to a box so that you can buy wood from a local resource. Then you'd assign Manufacture to another box and set its product to Beds. Then you'd assign Sales to a third box. Then you connect the boxes together and products will start to flow. Over time depending on what you allocate to training, the experience of that function will increase which increases its capacity and efficiency.

The other screen lets you determine how much to charge for the items offered by that Sales function. You can also limit sales to internal sales so your competitors can't get those Beds at rock bottom prices.

You can also play around on the stock market, hire certain executives, research products to improve quality, merge or takeover other companies, own stock personally, and buy and sell real estate (like apartments, mansions, etc.). You can even buy or sell media outlets (television, radio, newspaper) to control marketing avenues.

My favorite thing about the game is that, since it's closer to a true business simulation, you can do things like corner the market on a particular resource (something I always try to do). So you might focus on grabbing the Chemical Materials resources available on the map (something you have to keep track of as the sim will add resources every once in a while). Then you can charge high prices for the resource to your competitors while you charge a minimal price internally. From there, you can build products (leading up to electronics and cars) much cheaper than your competitors.

It's this kind of flexibility that really makes this game a winner for me. I like being able to approach the sim the way I want to and this game lets you.

If you want a story or some sort of linear game, this isn't it.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"A Great Business Simulator", This title is less of a game than it is a tool for immersing yourself in a business environment. This is good because this was how it was advertised to me before I bought it. That said, it is very good at the latter, and fairly decent at the former.

The goal is relatively straightforward. Make money, hit some profit targets (or whatever the scenario asks for - could be cornering a market, achieving aggregate sales targets, etc), and succeed at capitalism.

The gameplay is very deep. Price setting, factory building (and floor planning, even), real estate, economic cycles, a slew of products to choose from, technology research, training investments, marketing, income statements and balance sheets for comparative analysis, stock market gyrations - if you can find it in the Wall Street Journal, chances are high it's in this game too. And, most features are realistic enough to give plausibility to the entire enterprise. I like the focus on total capital rather than just running a business with high sales levels - I think most people considering this title would agree that wealth and income streams are more important than simply being popular (and not rich).

The graphics are in between Sim City 2000 and 3000, which was the standard when it was released, and are fairly decent even today. They do not detract from gameplay.

The sound is not bad, either. The sound effects are quite nice - I like how they added touches like playing a clip of the trading room floor when you look at the stock market. The music...can be turned off, unless you like being in an elevator.

The replayability is where this game shines. This game has a mammoth store of scenarios, and ends with a scenario that encompasses all of the previous ones combined (I have put in 12 hours on this one scenario alone and still have not completed it, although it was mainly due to tediousness rather than difficulty - imagine cornering not just the auto market but all types of consumer and industrial markets from tires to toothpaste, along with all aspects of retailing, manufacturing, and commodity production). I found the challenge factor to be very near the top of strategy games in general, and very much enjoyed the complete non-linearity with which you could accomplish tasks and goals.

One caveat, which may further reveal the depth of the game: When you play this game, and put your all into it, you'll begin to wonder why you're not simply reading *real* market trends and income statements, and overseeing your *real* businesses and investments. That, more than anything else, made me put this game aside, and pick up the Wall Street Journal once more. Otherwise, a great business simulator, and fairly entertaining at that.

"Great Game", A good game for people who wnat a challenge in business. This game has many dimensions; stock market, retail, manufacturing, wholesaling, media management, apartment/commmercial building management, etc. You can even buy out your competition and have control over them or sell to them.

NOTE: You do NOT have to complete the tutorials to play the game.

There are several senarios to play, ranging from simple to very complex, each has a rating on a scale.. You decide! One senario I chose, I became the 6th richest person in the world! Assets and cash over 10 billion dollars. Hours of fun and you can stop and Save... or retire with a Rating.

"Utterly worthless, wasn't even fun for an hour", The installer worked great, and that's all I can say for
this game. It lived on my hard drive less than 2 hours before
getting un-installed, and good riddance.

The game begins with a "campaign" of tutorials. The very
first tutorial involves being shown a series of mouse clicks,
then repeating the same set of mouse clicks about 100 times --
pick a site, open yet another grocery store, stock it with 4
products, your choice of any four from about 6 available (whee).
Over and over again. The goal is to get annual profits over
$100 million before repetitive stress injury sets in from the
mouse clicks. After repeated plays I found it impossible
to exceed about $65-70 million. That's right, the very first
game in tutorials is un-winnable! That makes it impossible to go
on to do anything else, so if there is any merit to this game,
I'll sure never find it.

The total fun value of this game is about 20 minutes.

"next level business sim", As a fan of the original capitalism, I enjoy the greater scope of the sequel. I've played the game on a limited basis, but I've noticed more of the options.

"Just Terrible", I don't know how this game is getting 5 stars. It is complicated in the way of icons and easy in the way of play. I actually sat back and let the game play itself (let time run at an accelerated speed) and I earned BILLIONS of dollars!

You can open and operate a grocery store, but you have only 4 items to sell there and no marketing options, no advertising, no hiring and firing. It's just a plain bore. I think that very little thought went into its creation.

I bought it because of the good reviews and the low price ($9.99). I am sorry I did.