Wall Street Raider

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.

I've had the original game since 1995, always paid to update to latest version. I loved this game, it's so deep. However this version I think is poorly made ONLY in the design of the GUI. It's very poorly thought out. In the original game, menus were logical and easy to find. In this new version, it feels like every button placement was an after though. It feels like a programmer made it with no sense of design. For that reason only, I got a refund on it, and I can't recommend it. However if you can overlook that, and you want to dive deep into economics and how business really works, then this series is the ONLY one that will teach it to you. If you can master this, you can make a mint in the real world.

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.

I really want to love this game. It looks great, plays well, and I haven’t experienced any crashes or technical issues. Unfortunately, I ended up returning it, and I genuinely felt bad doing so because I can see how much potential the game has. My biggest issue is that I just couldn’t get into starting the game as an already-established millionaire or billionaire. For me, a huge part of the fun of an investment/financial simulator would be starting small and actually building that fortune myself. I think a “Rags to Riches” mode would be a fantastic addition. Start with something like $10,000 or $25,000 Have little or no access to leverage at the beginning Build your fortune through stock picking, options, and smart investing Gradually unlock leverage and more advanced financial tools Eventually unlock corporate finance, acquisitions, takeovers, and the other major features as your net worth grows Going from $10,000 to $100,000, then $1 million, $10 million, $100 million, and eventually becoming a billionaire would give the game an incredible sense of progression. Instead of beginning as a Wall Street titan, you’d actually get to experience becoming one. I also have a smaller gripe with the way currency denominations are displayed. Seeing a number like 1543.54M can be confusing at a glance because that’s actually $1.54354 billion. Once you understand the system it’s manageable, but I think automatically switching denominations would make the financial information much easier to read. For example: $154.35M $1.54B $27.82B $1.16T rather than continuing to express billion-dollar amounts in millions. I hope something like this gets considered because the underlying game seems genuinely good. A true Rags to Riches mode would probably bring me back immediately. I’d love the opportunity to start as a small-time investor and slowly work my way up to becoming the Wall Street Raider the game ultimately wants me to be.

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.

I think there is tremendous potential here, and I am really enjoying it so far. I understand its just a fresh UI that is put on top of the existing game engine. Given that, I think there are some opportunities as the development progresses: 1. As others have pointed out, it is obvious the UI has many aspects of being heavily AI generated. It's not bad, but not great either. Buttons and navigation should be reworked for a more logical flow. Perhaps check out how some brokers and trading applications handle these features to make it more intuitive. 2. Regarding AI, I'm not one of those who are against its use for development. But it can easily spiral into a complete unsustainable mess if relied on too heavily. I hope the developers will use it opportunistically and then rely on the human intelligence God gave us to deliver a quality product. 3. Some of the price movements seem highly erratic between ticks, particularly in the futures markets. Over the long run it seems realistic but something seems off to me in very short time periods. 4. As others have also mentioned, it would be a huge quality of life and gameplay improvement if it were possible to start with smaller accounts. As a result, the capability to buy number of shares would be necessary (rather than simply percentages). This would add a whole new dimension to the gameplay that could be very fun. 5. Create an objectives/campaign system, perhaps based on historical events. This can really offer some fun opportunities to keep coming back to the game. For example: - Become Berkshire Hathaway by buying a textile manufacturer, then working your way to a massive holding company. The objectives can be loose to give variation in game play but enough for a system of progression. - Hunt Brothers cornering of the silver market - "Barbarians at the Gate" - the RJR Nabisco leveraged buyout. Great book by the way if you're into this game. - Jessie Livermore and the late 1920s. - Michael Saylor - buy a cash generating company and turn it into a crypto bank. By the way, I almost requested a refund about two hours in thinking there wasn't much depth. I'm glad I circled back and went through the in-game tutorials and skimmed the game documentation. The depth hits once you go beyond the stock trading. Really looking forward to where this game is heading. Keep up the good work devs!

> 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

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

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!