Wall Street Raider

I am a player from Indonesia who just entered the stock market in October 2025 through the IDX Composite. Currently, the IDX is down -28.56% YTD — a very bearish and challenging market condition. In the midst of this real-market storm, I found Wall Street Raider (Steam Early Access). This game immediately "clicked" with my interests because it is not just a simple stock trading simulation, but truly teaches corporate management, M&A, debt/financing, bank management, and asset allocation strategies. I am absolutely loving this simulation as it serves as a "laboratory" for me to learn without losing real money in the red IDX. During my playthrough from August to October 2028 (in-game), I have built a zero-debt conglomerate with 9+ subsidiaries, renegotiated CEO salaries, performed stock buybacks, managed bank asset allocation (MIDB), and acquired various companies in technology, defense, and telecommunications sectors. Based on my intensive experience, here is my constructive feedback for the developer (specifically for the Steam / Jenkins Terminal version): 1. CEO Compensation & Governance (UI/UX) Issue: To change CEO salary, I have to Resign and then Elect again. This process is not intuitive and confusing, especially for new players. In the classic WSR, there is a salary column in Variable Settings, but in the Steam version, it is hidden behind the Elect pop-up. Suggestion: Add a standalone "CEO Compensation" or "Set Executive Pay" tab in the Corporate / Finance menu. This would allow players to directly change salaries (and bonuses) without having to resign. 2. Litigation Dashboard Issue: I experienced an Antitrust Lawsuit from a subsidiary (ASHR vs ORGE) but could not find an "Active Lawsuits" or "Litigation Status" menu to cancel it. I almost ended up filing a new lawsuit because there was no clear navigation. Suggestion: Create a dedicated "Litigation Docket" tab that displays active lawsuits, status, estimated costs, and one-click Drop / Settle buttons. This is crucial for players to maintain control over their subsidiaries' legal affairs. 3. Inter-Company Cash Management (Treasury) Issue: Transferring money between parent and subsidiary companies (e.g., from TCI to NBNX) is very hard to find. I had to search for Advance Funds or Intercompany Loan options scattered across menus. Suggestion: Add a "Group Treasury Dashboard" for players who control 80%+ of shares. This would allow players to view cash balances of all subsidiaries and perform direct fund transfers from a single screen, greatly improving working capital efficiency. 4. Bank Asset Allocation Issue: Setting percentages for Prime Mortgages, Sub-prime, Consumer Loans, Bonds, and Cash Equivalents for MIDB requires manual calculation to total 100%. If the input is wrong, the system does not give an immediate warning. Suggestion: Add interactive sliders or an "Auto-Balance" button that automatically distributes the remaining percentage to the most profitable assets, while still maintaining the minimum Cash Equivalents (10%). This would greatly help players learn banking portfolio allocation. 5. Autopilot / AI Warnings Issue: I experienced an incident where the AI/autopilot filed an unnecessary lawsuit (ASHR suing ORGE), which actually eroded the subsidiary's profits. Suggestion: Provide pop-up notifications or warnings before the AI takes legal actions or makes other major costly decisions, especially when Global Autopilot is active. Personal Message to the Developer: I come from an emerging market (Indonesia) that is currently down -28.56%. This game is not just entertainment for me, but an invaluable learning tool. I now understand the importance of debt-to-equity ratio, return on assets, growth strategy, and how CEO decisions affect EPS. Thank you for creating such a deep simulation. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of building an empire from scratch. Warm regards from Indonesia! 🇮🇩

bought 20% of a company, it slowly declined, i lost 8 bilion and exited. i put in all my remaining money in bitcoin futures at 130K from 120k, it crashed to 80K, i went bankrupt. interesting.

Game has a lot of potential but it's pretty muddied by the shallow development thought process when it comes to UI and overall playability. Commodities markets are entirely random, doesn't seem to be much of a simulator as it claims to be. It emulates the functions like you would expect, and honestly does so at a breadth greater than any other available game on the market, it's just a shame that it lacks the depth at the moment. If you take a look at the UI, it's obvious of the footprints of AI standard formatting and layouts. The game doesn't "play" well for a user, the way the screens transition, the lack of hotkeys that one might expect to use, the forced repetition of action, etc. I think it's a neat vision and I'm keen to follow along, but at the moment I am pessimistic of development outlook given the developers struggle to figure out the steam workshop and mishandled the labeling on release (full release instead of early access), but with money comes capability and now that some sales have come in, hopefully they will invest more into the game. I'm an advocate of AI utilization in the development process but also hold the belief that a disclaimer should be given when the usage passes a certain threshold... and this most definitely passes that point.

Buggy as hell. I love the idea of this game but its a great example of the kinda slop you get out of claude code, everything is a bit broken in really frustrating ways. UI is all over the place. Perhaps the original game is better? Avoid this one.

shallow and not worth $30+....fun until you know how to create wealth,then it gets boring...have not experienced any bugs

This game is amazing. It kept me from looking at the stock market IRL all day and doing anything stupid. During my second playthrough, I managed to run a trading system laddering into futures and I grew my net worth from $1b to $15b in one year. I then saw that silver was in a massive bull market, so I bought complete ownership of a mining company and tried to turn around the business. I was learning a lot about managing R&D costs and cap ex spending to grow my bottom line revenue. Things were looking good; I was starting to feel like Warren Buffet. But then I suddenly noticed my main character's account received a margin call... turns out I forgot to unwind the remaining futures positions I had on the account and my trading system was not set up to withstand the volatility of the markets and my new mining company going through a cyclical correction! My new business went completely belly up AND I blew up my futures trading account. It was a wild ride...my company's name was Enron. I can't wait to play this again :D

The first time I played Wall Street Raider it was one of those games my friend had on a 3 3/4 inch floppy (or whatever the size was) and I copied it and... well, loved it, that was a DOS game (I think I played it on Win3.1?). When I was an adult I longed for that game and was delighted to find it still alive and well, maintained by the single developer (Ronin Software). So I finally did the responsible thing and paid for a Windows-compatible version. And now it is on Steam! This version maintains some of the quirks and you have to be mindful of the fact that you WILL have to learn the interface and it is NOT a great user experience. But once you get used to it and you get stuck in it is by far one of the best simulators of its kind. The game throws curveballs at a reasonable pace, some factors are not exactly realistic and indeed predictable (Buy bitcoin below 50k, sell it at 200k and you will make a killing if you are patient enough, short bitcoin at 800k expecting it to come down and be bankrupted in a month because it kept accelerating to 1.2m) But it is early access (for possibly the oldest game IP you can buy on Steam, it's older than Dwarf Fortress!!!) and the fixes are coming thick and fast. I would like to see a few further improvements, currently buying new 'assets' for a corporation is a case of: This much money please. I'd like to be able to target specific parts to invest in, a new factory? Upgrading the production line and reducing the workforce? A new R&D centre? I'd also like to see updated industries, there are mods for that, but I want it in-game. Other than that, a VERY FIRM recommend for nerds like me who aren't put off by spreadsheet simulators like this. Now, go away, I am trying a leveraged buy-out of Microshaft!

> found a holding company > found a bank inside the holding company > oil price 54$ a barrel > bought oil futures using holding company > black swan event happen > oil jump to 300$ a barrel > closed my position > oil pulled back > Schlumberger is dying > bought out SLB and capital contribute to my bank to fix capital structure > M&A small producer, suddenly SLB has 45% market share > Government curfew causes 400$/barrel oil > Profit 10/10 would play again

Phenomenal game! After purchasing the game at launch, it sat in my Steam library intimidatingly and untouched until I had enough energy to try it. Glad I eventually did! It's both educational and great fun. You don't have to understand everything to have fun. If you screw up, you can try again on a different run, almost like a rogue-like in that sense. In my limited financial experience, the market movements in this game feel weirdly real, which is cool. The game even has some advantages over real life paper trading, as you can see your strategies play out faster and have good visibility to market mechanics. If you're the kind of person this looks fun to, you won't be let down by Wall Street Raider.

Thanks to Michael D. Jenkins and Hackjack Games! I've played both the standalone and Steam versions, and it's the most realistic simulation, hands down. Even if you know nothing about finance, you'll learn how the financial world works and how it reacts to different actions. And if, like me, you're passionate about finance, you'll feel like you're in a vast playground with endless possibilities. The game is well worth the price. I even bought both versions and I don't regret it. Don't be surprised by the rather steep learning curve, but that's perfectly understandable for such a complex game.