Cartel Tycoon

July 26, 2022 Moon Moose tinyBuild
Simulator Strategy Indie
Series X|S PC PS5
About

Cartel Tycoon is a story-driven business sim inspired by the '80's narco trade. Expand and conquer, stave off rival cartels and authority attention, earn people's loyalty and try to overcome the doomed fate of a drug lord with too much power.
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Set in the fictionalized '80s Latin America, Cartel Tycoon tells the story of a time when the cocaine took over first the US, and then the whole world. Ridiculously rich drug kingpins rule over glorious empires, creating thousands of jobs. But a maelstrom of violence threatens this criminal underworld from within.
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Release Date July 26, 2022
Developer Moon Moose
Publisher tinyBuild
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Action, Sandbox
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