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Build the enterprise, chase the margin, and learn that capitalism is very playable when it is somebody else's problem.
Tycoon games are management sims with a stronger business fantasy at the center, whether that business is transport, parks, hospitals, game studios, or retail. They emphasize growth, efficiency, monetization, and the pleasures of scaling an operation that started tiny. The best ones turn optimization into identity.
Example
RollerCoaster Tycoon, Transport Tycoon, Game Dev Tycoon, OpenTTD, and modern sim hits about supermarkets, arcades, and car lots all ride this formula.
Why it matters
Tycoon games are one of the cleanest systems-first genres in the medium. They keep proving players will happily spend hundreds of hours tuning bottlenecks if the feedback is good enough.
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