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 → 0.86/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% | — | $782.7K |
| $44.99 | 532ratings | 69% | — | not modelled | |
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Reviews
Themes across 820 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Overall while I'd recommend the game, I'd caveat that I'm recommending it as a story driven campaign game. Not as a sandbox game. If you're annoyed by how other sandbox games in this genre don't let you run a narco empire or the like, this game is not going to scratch that itch. The various missions they have with plot lines, scripted events, etc are fun. You get a decent amount of freedom in setting up your drug empire and the plot pacing keeps things fresh. The scripted events also compensate for the poor AI and some of the repetitive game play aspects. However as a sandbox game, this game is bad. Poor AI, extremely static maps, limited play styles (you can basically either do optimal path supply chain every time or get into micromanaging terror level and other issues). No matter what part of the map (and there are only 2 maps) you start on, things are going to devolve into either you doing the standard approach or you fighting the core mechanics of the game. They have things like map sectors with guerrilla camps and covert airfields, map sectors with international airports where you can bribe customs officials, map sectors with harbors, etc. But nothing really changes, it's same supply chain, same shipping, and maybe slightly different flavor text in the dialog screens. You don't change your play style based on the kind of cartel you're running and your partners. Overall it's just not engaging. Initially when I purchased the game I actually was pretty disappointed in it, I did the tutorial and then jumped into sandbox. Put the game down after that experience. I've since come back and played a couple of the campaigns and enjoyed all of them. At the sale prices it's a reasonable value.
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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 · Poland over the last 30 days: the 21 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 12 places towards #1, and the 2,501 moves with no price cut behind them went 1 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 825 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Pensé que iba a ser un juego más entretenido pero es aburrido, es aburrido porque no explican bien para que sirve cada cosa y luego tienes que estar adivinando, pero ya luego le entiendes pero no del todo. EL modo historia está muy facil en comparacion del supervivencia. Es decir empiezas con las plantaciones luego tienes que poner un almacen y para venderlo tienes que tener una compañia de transporte y ahí eliges a donde venderla que sería el aerodronomo, pero lo que no entendí era mover el dinero sucio de los puntos de ventas a las residencias y de ahi a que se lave el dinero a la ciudad. Y lo que más me hizo enojar es que no explican bien y por ende no entendí como defenserse o atacar ya que tengo que mandar a todos mis integrantes a un lugar ya por si solos son poco eficientes para la guerra.
Jogo bom, tem uma história. Vale a pena! Porém, pode se tornar um pouco cansativo.
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这不是GTA！但是这是一款比GTA更刺激的犯罪题材大作！ 它没有GTA街头火并和开车枪战，但它有《异星工厂》一样的物流管理网络，《监狱建筑师》一样的风险管控，以及《这是警察？一样的道德抉择！ 这个游戏的核心骨架，就是动态经济系统，你不是在扮演一个毒枭，你是在精英一个犯罪帝国！ 从农场选址到加工环节，再到出口，环环相扣供应链的设计，远比街头打打杀杀更有成就感！ 而你的副手绑定了忠诚值，你每卖老美一点毒品，你就会被注意，他们会渗透你的帝国，腐蚀你的副手，最终解决你。 游戏的画面和音乐也都很棒！ 推荐打折入！
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Very fun game with fun management mechanics. I love the sense of progression you get as you grow your cartel, and I love the interactions between your Capo and their lieutenants. The game is very atmospheric with beautiful map design, some sick art, great audio, and many interesting storylines. It can be a little challenging at times but once you get used to the struggle, it can feel great to overcome the obstacles holding back your narco empire. My only wish would be to have more maps to play!
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La verdad me esperaba algo más... El sistema de "comercio" es lo más enrevesado que he visto desde hace tiempo.. Viniendo de juegos como faraón, caesar o incluso los "annos" este no merece mucho la pena..
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