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Cartel Tycoon

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App ID 1220140
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher tinyBuild
Franchise tinyBuild
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Electron Container, Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 30057056
Last Record Update 14 July 2025 – 21:53:04 UTC ()
Release Date 26 July 2022 – 16:02:24 UTC ()
😏 74.08%
3k reviews
52
In-Game

Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.

Additional Information

Developer Moon Moose
controller_support partial
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher tinyBuild
Store Release Date 26 July 2022 – 16:02:30 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/carteltycoon
https://x.com/CartelTycoon
https://www.youtube.com/carteltycoon/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 26 July 2022 – 16:02:24 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 14 July 2025 – 21:52:54 UTC () (1752529974)
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review_score 6
review_percentage 76
Detected Technologies (?) Electron Container, Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_GeForce_Now SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Sentry SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 10 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 7728502
  • configuration:
    supported_inputother
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
Early Access Release Date 18 March 2021 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 2 January 2020 – 16:58:28 UTC (), in changelist #7469364
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes

Tags

🗺️ Top-Down 🌐 RTS 📊 Resource Management 🌫 Atmospheric 💼 Management 🌲 Survival 💡 Strategy 🏠 Building 🏦 Economy 🖥️ Simulation 🧱 Sandbox 🏙️ City Builder 🎶 Soundtrack 🏠 Base Building 👤 Singleplayer 🌾 Agriculture 🛖 Colony Sim 🎲 RPG 💥 Action 👻 Roguelite

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp14 July 2025 – 21:53:01 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

  • 52 players right now
  • 86 24-hour peak
  • 2,244 all-time peak 31 July 2022
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Store data

  • 33,712 followers
  • #3539 in top sellers
  • 2,724 positive reviews
  • 845 negative reviews
  • 76.32% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 27,314 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Mostly Positive
  • 74.08% SteamDB Rating
  • 2,724 76.3% positive reviews
  • 845 23.7% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
26 July 2022 – 16:02 Steam Release -
24 May 2024 – 14:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Prestige Collection - Build Your Own Bundle (May 2024) -
7 June 2024 – 17:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: tinyBuild IGN Live Showcase -
27 August 2024 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Summer Superstars Collection -
10 December 2024 – 19:03 ⇄ Humble Bundle: tinyBuild IGN Live Showcase Encore -
20 December 2024 – 15:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Winter Superstars Collection -

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How many players are playing Cartel Tycoon right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 52 players live playing Cartel Tycoon on Steam.

Cartel Tycoon had an all-time peak of 2244 concurrent players on 31 July 2022.

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