$24.99Plutocracy Rule the economy from the shadows
Build a business empire in the first age of US billionaires, buying out rivals and bending politics to your will.
Is Plutocracy worth it?
Plutocracy is worth it if…
- you like grand strategy where the battlefield is the stock market and the senate floor
- you enjoy tycoon-style management with a dark twist: profit first, conscience optional
- you want a sandbox where each run through the Gilded Age plays out differently
- you would rather bribe a governor than outbuild a rival
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Build an empire from a small fortune
You start with modest capital and a market full of companies. Find a profitable one, negotiate with its shareholders for a controlling stake, then put your own people in charge. Absorb competitors, merge companies into trusts and monopolies, and watch your market share grow. The market behaves like a living system where industries depend on each other: buy up every transport company in a region and you can raise supply prices for everyone else, the way Rockefeller squeezed the oil market. Competitors eventually give in and sell, if your wallet holds out longer than their patience.
Run companies your way
Inside each company you steer strategy across revenue, costs, dividends, social policy and worker relations. Push the working day longer and wages down and profitability climbs, but so does the strike risk and the accident rate. When the walkout comes, you decide: meet the workers' demands, or send in police you have already paid for. If the routine wears on you, appoint directors and let them handle the day-to-day while you set the strategy. Issue stocks and bonds, take companies public, and build new facilities to raise your dividends.
Own the politicians, not just the factories
Laws are levers, and you can reach them. Hire lobbyists to push bills that help you or hurt rivals, sponsor election campaigns and collect the favours later, or gather compromising material and use your own newspapers to end a career. The game simulates the real US political process at state and federal level, with Republicans and Democrats pushing different ideologies. Push through a corporate tax cut for your monopoly, or back social programs if that suits your interests. Just remember the judge and the prosecutor: illegal moves are punishable, unless you have made sure they are on your side.
Money that buys more than companies
Wealth has its own game here. Win rare coins, paintings, horses, yachts and houses at auction, and enjoy the rent, the race winnings and the rising prices that come with them. Luxury is also a tool: if an influential figure collects rare coins, start collecting too and make a friend at the next social event. Give gifts, help people realise their ambitions, and doors open. The game counts 15 thousand characters, each with their own interests, fears and ambitions you can use as leverage. Choose your allies carefully, because any of them can become a threat.
What should you know before starting?
Can you play it solo?
Yes, it is a singleplayer sandbox. You set your own goal, whether that is becoming the richest person in the United States, the most influential, or simply owning one entire industry. There is no fixed campaign to follow, so each run is shaped by the deals you make and the enemies you create along the way.
How deep does the economy simulation go?
Far enough that you stop running companies and start running the country. At large scale your decisions move prices, GDP and unemployment across the whole economy. Industries are interconnected, so a move in one sector ripples into others, which is what makes different strategies and playthroughs genuinely play out differently.
Is the game finished?
Not entirely. It is still in active development, and some planned features are not in the game yet, while loading times can drag and crashes have been a recurring complaint. The upside for patient players is a complex simulation with real depth already in place, and developers who respond to bugs quickly. If you want a polished, complete package today, wait; if you want to grow with a deep sim, it is worth a look.
