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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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 | |
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Themes across 817 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
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Honestly idk what I expected but it's just a really big logistics simulator, I mostly have issues with drivers meeting demands then I do with gang leaders and the DEA, I run a tight ship and I fully understand why Gustavo did everything he did if I had to deal with Walter White in this game I'd try as hard as ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ possible to kill him.
Oyun güzel ama alışması zaman alıyor. Ya da ben salağım...
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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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| $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.
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⭐ 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.
didnt really like it
Good game to kill some time, i played it on console and just started on a PC.
I have been on and off on this game ever since buying it. The biggest issue that I have with this game is that there is no save/load option aside from quitting the game. So if you mess up something, you're kinda screwed. I don't know if that was intentional or not to make it more difficult, but would be real swell if they could implement that in a potential update
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.
THIS GAME IS AMAZING it is a captivating strategy game where players manage a drug cartel and it scratches my itch for illegal video game game play like with drug dealer simulator but you are the head leader and you, navigate a high-stakes world of crime and tough decision-making. The game play focuses on expanding your empire, managing resources, and dealing with rivals, law enforcement, and corruption. Cartel tycoon is so good but its been abandoned
Like Civ with drugs. Pretty fun
Игра класс , Купил её дважды :)
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