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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Prices
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.57/day in the week to Sep 14 → 0.83/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 | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
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Reviews
Themes across 817 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
В целом игра не плоха, но после того как ты прошарил что нужно делать в начале, и как заработать первые деньги( на любом участке) далее игра не особо то и интересна. Делать нечего, функционал заканчивается. Можно пройти игру застроив всего одну зону.
Esse jogo é muito bom e muito completo, está bem desenvolvido e é bem desafiador. As vezes a gente fica triste de tomar alguma decisões com alguns personagens, mas faz parte da trama e também do tipo de ambientação que os desenvolvedores querem. Interessante montar um império das drogas, também ver que quando está lá plantando abacate e maconha nada lucra mas quando passa para drogas mais fortes os lucros ficam altos demais. Só uma coisa que achei estranha, nem perca tempo passando coisa por fronteira ou container em pier, melhor mesmo é pelos barcos dos rios ou pelo avião clandestino, esses sim dão lucro o resto só dá problema como quando vc embala coc@1na com café e então fiscalizam o café.... maior parto embalar ambos juntos e isso estraga o jogo pq não precisa embalar nada para enviar no avião ou no barquinho..... Eu acredito que atualmente está muito carente de jogos serem testados, ver se as etapas do jogo fazem sentido, se alguma atividade vai valer a pena ser feita, senão os caras desenvolvem um monte mas que para quem joga o trabalho é MUITO maior e rende a mesma coisa ou menos que outra maneira. Faltou um briefing nisso. Mas para vc que curte um feijão com arroz, um cities skyline do tráfico.... esse é o jogo.
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Every market we collect.
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 2,419 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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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish
| $29.99 |
| 159ratings |
| 74% |
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| not modelled |
| $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 822 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
I guess... its not for me.
Bueno juego. solo le falta un DLC con Narcos Gallegos
Great Idea, but it felt a little undercooked and some extra development and time would have done it such great justice. Its so unfortunate to see what happened to this game and I can't recommend it in good faith.
droog.
Добротная игрушка с отличным визуалом, музыкой и прекрасными сюжетками. Последние, несколько мягкие и идеализированные для рассматриваемой темы - уместно было бы побольше жести. Но атмосфера на уровне, а интересных поворотов хватает. С игровым процессом похуже - он очень мягкий: даже на старте быстро получаешь стабильный доход, а конкуренты являются даже не противниками, а сложным рельефом местности, о который иногда спотыкаешься. Внутренние дрязги можно легко сводить к минимуму, а действия властей больше похожи на имитацию. Куда большим врагом выступают тупняки инфраструктуры и производственных цепочек. Тему осуждаю, а игру советую, но не как глубокую стратегию, а нестандартную веселую ферму.
Interesting management game that puts the player in the shoes of a narco boss who must defeat other rival drug traffickers, take control of cities through corrupt mayors, keep law enforcement at bay, establish a chain of production and distribution of illegal goods, and launder money obtained from the proceeds of all these illegal activities. Polished graphics, although the dialogues are exclusively textual (and somewhat repetitive, with mimimic choices only in the decision at the end of the dialogue), at most interspersed, only in relevant passages of the campaign, by cinematics.
⭐ 10/10 – From Small-Time Dealer to Crime Lord in 3 Hours (or 3 Days, Who’s Counting?) ⭐ Cartel Tycoon is a management sim with a slightly illegal twist: build your empire, dodge law enforcement, and somehow keep your accountants alive while your rivals are probably plotting your demise. It’s like SimCity, but with more explosions, shady deals, and moral ambiguity. The gameplay is addictive. Supply chains, production lines, and bribing officials all mesh into a chaotic dance that feels both strategic and utterly ridiculous. One minute you’re calculating profits, the next you’re sending hit squads after competitors and wondering why your accountant is screaming again. The style is charmingly dark, the soundtrack keeps the tension high, and the humor sneaks in at just the right moments. It’s oddly satisfying to watch your little empire grow… until a rival sneaks in and ruins everything because of a single bad decision. If you like strategy, crime, and morally questionable decisions that make you laugh while also questioning your life choices, Cartel Tycoon delivers in full. Highly recommended. Build your empire, stay one step ahead, and maybe don’t get shot today.
Needs updates and bug fixes like the one where your liutenants get stuck in ports...... has the potential to be an amazing game.. but needs some work
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