Steam Capitalism and Economy Sale 2024: best games to grab at a discount
Do you believe that greed is a virtue, unlimited growth is the goal of life, and the only divinity is the almighty dollar? Do you feel the need to squeeze every little bit of profit from a venture and forget any sort of negative side effect immediately, because you only did what was necessary? Are you firm in your belief that any other economic system is an evil virus of Satan? In that case, good sir or lady, the Steam Capitalism and Economy Sale 2024 is your kind of marketplace.
You’ll find management and tycoon games of every shape and color in this particular sale, so if you’re interested in any sort of niche – from administering the local aquarium to developing new video games – you’ll find something to cater to you. If you don’t have anything particular in mind and just feel like watching big numbers joining your bank account (who doesn’t?) at a bargain, then light up that cigar and read as we show you the best games to grab at a discount during the Steam Capitalism and Economy Sale 2024.
Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale
We’re starting off with a classic: Recettear mixes shop management with dungeon crawling and throws a little bit of JRPG-like character interaction in there as well, making for a charming game that has yet to find its equal – it’s such a unique and well-executed combo, there is nothing quite like it.
Capitalism, ho!
EasyGameStation / Carpe Fulgur
Anno 1800
- Off by 75%.
- Find Anno 1800 on Steam.
Anno’s first foray into the industrial age is a very successful one: You get what you know and love from the series – an intricate economy and trade system, lovely visuals showing your cities in all their glory, and the steady feeling of progress. This time, the scope has grown as you send out expeditions to faraway countries and scramble for colonies in the search of oil. You must also manage a new, all-important resource: workforce. Your factories don’t run automatically, after all. Anno 1800 offers new challenges for a new era, but sticks to its roots.
Look, new workers have arrived!
Ubisoft
Jurassic World Evolution 2
- Off by 70%.
- Find Jurassic World Evolution 2 on Steam.
Jurassic World Evolution 2 refined the gameplay of its predecessor and finally gave dinosaur park fans a worthy successor to Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis from 2003. Great visuals paired with fun gameplay and customization systems allow any dinosaur enthusiast to realize their dreams here. While light on the management systems, Jurassic World Evolution 2 goes hard on the thing that matters most: dinosaurs. Don’t occupy yourself with silly questions about whether you should clone these extinct animals and just do it!
Rawr!
Frontier Developments
Prison Architect
- Off by 80%.
- Find Prison Architect on Steam.
Become rich off of slave labor in this gloriously executed indictment of the American prison system – everyone gets in, no one gets out, and you get to keep all the profit. Design the most ruthless prison your nightmares can imagine in this simulation game with RimWorld-like graphics and morals.
Forget all that drivel about releasing prisoners.
Paradox Interactive
Tropico 6
- Off by 60%.
- Find Tropico 6 on Steam.
El Presidente is back – better than ever. Tropico 6 casts you in the role of a ruthless dictator in control of a banana republic that has to play both sides of the Cold War to come out on top. And when I say that your country has to survive, then I mean you, because – let’s be honest here – the state is simply your cash cow and your wellbeing is the most important thing of all. Control the masses through the media, delay the elections, and let your opponents vanish into a penal colony overnight – and it’s best to do so quietly, so as to not upset the Western tourists using your little paradise as a vacation spot.
Look at the little paradise you'll be ruling with an iron fist.
Kalypso Media
X4: Foundations
- Off by 60%.
- Find X4: Foundations on Steam.
Start as a humble freighter pilot and slowly build up a capitalist space empire in X4, the Star Citizen that is actually playable and won’t cost you $48,000 USD to unlock all the ships in. It’s up to your skills as a trader and pilot to make a profitable way through this living and breathing sandbox universe – build up your own production infrastructure, specialize in trading high-end goods in a gray market area, or become the most fearsome pirate the sector has ever seen.
You can construct enormous space factories in X4 to churn out goods to sell.
Egosoft
Potionomics
- Off by 20%.
- Find Potionomics on Steam.
Potionomics is one of the few titles that come close to the charm of Recettear, but it has other strengths: As the manager of a potion shop, a large part of your daily workload is actually crafting those potions and coming up with new ideas to satisfy the demands of your customers. You can send out adventurers to gather ingredients for you, romance fellow shop owners to get the competitive edge, or ruthlessly push them out of business.
There are even some deckbuilding mechanics in Potionomics.
Voracious Games / XSEED Games / Marvelous USA
Railway Empire 2
- Off by 20%.
- Find Railway Empire 2 on Steam.
If you like trains and logistics, then Railway Empire 2 and, indeed, its predecessor are a great choice for you. You start your journey towards economic supremacy at the beginning of the locomotive age, slowly expanding your railway network as well as your goods and services. However, technology and politics can always throw a wrench into your plans, so be sure to keep an eye on the competition.
Train nerds will love Railway Empire 2.
Gaming Minds Studios / Kalypso Media
Offworld Trading Company
- Core Edition off by 66%.
- Ultimate Edition off by 76%.
- Find Offworld Trading Company on Steam.
The Wolf of Wall Street meets The Martian in this real-time strategy game from Mohawk Games and Civilization 4 lead designer Soren Johnson that completely replaces any sort of combat with the power of the free market. As resources on Earth dwindle and colonization on Mars is finally on the way, there will be many opportunities to make a profit and influence humanity’s baby steps as an interstellar power.
Humans have arrived on Mars and they brought capitalism with them.
Mohawk Games / Stardock Entertainment
Max Gentlemen Sexy Business!
- Off by 50%.
- Find Max Gentlemen Sexy Business! on Steam.
Let’s go for another out-there pick, shall we? It’s actually kind of difficult to describe what this title is. Set in Victorian England, this game mixes typical business tycoon gameplay with a full dating simulator that allows you to meet (and mate with) the high society of London. This one is wild and definitely not safe for work (though you can turn off nudity, if you wish, no worries!).
You can build many relationships in this game, business-related or otherwise.
The Men Who Wear Many Hats
