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Great work! Is there a place I can checkout for good quality non spammy "business simulation" games?

adventured 6y ago
I'll refer one that I don't see mentioned very often, that is my favorite business simulation game: Capitalism / Capitalism Lab (latest version). It has been around for about 25 years, the author keeps working on the concept. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_(video_game) https://www.capitalismlab.com/ https://www.capitalismlab.com/
- stupidcar 6y ago
  This is a really amazing sim, and I'm surprised how under-the-radar it is. It's kind of Dwarf-Fortress-esque in how it has this slightly antiquated presentation, but hiding behind it is an incredibly deep sim, where the author keeps on adding new features.
mcrae 6y ago
My favourite is AirWay Sim [0], a massively-multiplayer online airline simulation. Incredibly detailed business sim financially — with full financial statement generation - as well as operationally. One must decide on hubs, airplane types, fuel hedging, scheduling.. the list is endless. I’ve spent a non-trivial portion of my free time in university building airlines in this game. Highly recommended. [0] https://www.airwaysim.com/ https://www.airwaysim.com/
robbs 6y ago
I really enjoyed the Aerobiz games on SNES.
pncnmnp 6y ago
Here are some interesting business simulation games from MIT Sloan: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/simulations/Pages/Overview.aspx https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/simulations/Pages/Over... My personal favorite is: Platform Wars (https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/simulations/platform-wars/Pages/default.aspx https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/simulations/platform-w...)
- glaberficken 6y ago
  Thanks! Platform Wars is excellent. Took a few runs to beat my competitor
aasasd 6y ago
I asked a similar question on the previous thread about SimRefinery. For my criterion of a ‘more serious’ simulation, the answers were Capsim and Capitalism Plus. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23241152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23241152

I'll refer one that I don't see mentioned very often, that is my favorite business simulation game: Capitalism / Capitalism Lab (latest version). It has been around for about 25 years, the author keeps working on the concept. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_(video_game) https://www.capitalismlab.com/ https://www.capitalismlab.com/

stupidcar 6y ago
This is a really amazing sim, and I'm surprised how under-the-radar it is. It's kind of Dwarf-Fortress-esque in how it has this slightly antiquated presentation, but hiding behind it is an incredibly deep sim, where the author keeps on adding new features.

mcrae 6y ago

My favourite is AirWay Sim [0], a massively-multiplayer online airline simulation. Incredibly detailed business sim financially — with full financial statement generation - as well as operationally. One must decide on hubs, airplane types, fuel hedging, scheduling.. the list is endless. I’ve spent a non-trivial portion of my free time in university building airlines in this game. Highly recommended. [0] https://www.airwaysim.com/ https://www.airwaysim.com/

robbs 6y ago

I really enjoyed the Aerobiz games on SNES.

pncnmnp 6y ago

Here are some interesting business simulation games from MIT Sloan: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/simulations/Pages/Overview.aspx https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/simulations/Pages/Over... My personal favorite is: Platform Wars (https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/simulations/platform-wars/Pages/default.aspx https://mitsloan.mit.edu/LearningEdge/simulations/platform-w...)

glaberficken 6y ago
Thanks! Platform Wars is excellent. Took a few runs to beat my competitor

aasasd 6y ago

I asked a similar question on the previous thread about SimRefinery. For my criterion of a ‘more serious’ simulation, the answers were Capsim and Capitalism Plus. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23241152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23241152