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.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.57/day in the week to Sep 14 → 0.8/day in the week after.
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Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox, GOG, Epic publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $7.49−75% | 3.8Kreviews | 76% | — | $782.3K |
| $44.99 | 532ratings | 69% | — | not modelled | |
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Reviews
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This is honestly the worst management, strat game I've ever played. theres no option for difficulty settings, you're constantly attacked by the police and rival gangs, and its impossible to pass the first mission for me so far. I absolutely hate this game.
The game offers a fun experience and represents an innovation in the world of management games. However, the challenge it presents can be considered quite demanding, although it may be somewhat unbalanced. At the beginning of the game, you are faced with the challenge of managing the needs of the characters with limited financial resources, which can be quite challenging. However, as you progress and obtain higher-level products, you may experience a reversal of the situation, with a surplus of money and the difficulty of deciding how to best use it. This aspect of the game can be compared to the situation of the famous Pablo Escobar, who eventually had so much money that he didn't know where to put it. Despite these challenges, I believe they are an integral part of the gaming experience and contribute to making it interesting. Furthermore, the game has the potential to become even better with developer support through the addition of new content and improvements. Ultimately, it's a management game that deserves attention, especially considering its affordable price.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.5/day in the week to Aug 5 → 0.57/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 24 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 9 places towards #1, and the 2,404 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish
| $29.99 |
| 159ratings |
| 74% |
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| $7.49−75% | 45ratings | 60% | — | not modelled |
| $29.99 | — | 89% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 820 reviews with recorded playtime.
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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.
after 25 hours i might still play but this is not that much fun. the fact that NUMBERS MEAN NOTHING in fights other than, you are strong, you might win, you are weaker you will never win, see how that works? horrible. 18 v 12, 12 wins 8 out of 10 times. police come WAY to often. I have ZERO understanding of how to get along with other gangs, just fight. Should have been made better before any DLC. If i had known these things, i would have NEVER bought this even on sale, scroll along for better content.
I guess... its not for me.
gestionale pessimo, completamente squilibrato. Dopo una certa non è più divertente ma molto frustrante
The game is just pointlessly unbalanced. You get missions at the start that require mid game levels of development, you get massive attacks out of nowhere, it feels like the depth is actually pretty low but there's just sprawling maps and research and "content" that you'll never actually get to because nothing is balanced or structured correctly.
个人建议：能不能多出一些非法资金消费选项，哪怕是大搞基建、搞慈善也行，一堆黑钱总不能就这么白白在地底下腐烂吧
its just so ass, tried the story mode like 5 times. always the same thing will happen after like 20% completion, all your ♥♥♥♥ will be spam seized and other gangs will spam attack you destroying everything.
Bueno juego. solo le falta un DLC con Narcos Gallegos
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