Fit check
Is Plutocracy worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want company ownership and market competition rather than battlefield control
- Simulation fans interested in combining business decisions with political maneuvering
- Players who prefer long-form economic planning with optional delegation of routine management
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct tactical combat, military campaigns, or battlefield unit control
- Players who prefer a narrowly focused business simulator without political intrigue, labor conflicts, or covert actions
- Players looking for a short, self-contained scenario rather than a broad empire-building campaign
Our take on Plutocracy
Rather than treating strategy as territorial conquest or military command, the game makes corporate ownership, legislation, labor relations, and political connections the central structure. Influence is built through markets and institutions, with legal and illegal actions both shaping economic expansion.
What is Plutocracy?
Plutocracy is a business and political simulation set during the era of the first US billionaires.
Acquire controlling stakes, merge companies, form trusts and monopolies, issue stocks and bonds, and expand through infrastructure and technology. Political influence includes lobbying officials, sponsoring campaigns, promoting legislation, and building relationships with politicians. The simulated economy connects industries and tracks prices, GDP, and unemployment across the country. Company operations can be managed manually or delegated to appointed directors. Labor decisions affect production, profitability, strikes, accident rates, and unions. The game also includes sabotage, supply disruption, stock-market influence, media use, luxury goods, auctions, property, and relationships with 15,000 characters. Illegal actions can lead to court punishment.
How Plutocracy plays
- 01Company Acquisition
- Buy controlling stakes, merge firms, absorb competitors, and combine businesses into trusts or monopolies.
- 02Political Influence
- Lobby officials, sponsor campaigns, promote legislation, and build relationships with politicians to pursue business interests.
- 03Economic Simulation
- Company activity affects interconnected industries and national measures including prices, GDP, and unemployment.
- 04Delegated Management
- Appointed directors can take over routine company processes instead of leaving every operation under manual control.
- 05Labor Decisions
- Changes to production targets, working hours, and wages can alter profitability while increasing risks involving strikes and accidents.
- 06Character Network
- Shareholders, officials, and politicians are among 15,000 characters with interests, fears, and ambitions that can affect play.
- 07Covert Competition
- Available tactics include sabotage, supply disruption, tax evasion, stock-market influence, and media use, with illegal actions subject to court punishment.
- 08Luxury Assets
- Auctions, property, horses, rare collectibles, vehicles, yachts, and aircraft provide status and relationship-building opportunities.
Plutocracy compared to similar games
Plutocracy centers on company acquisition, market control, political lobbying, labor decisions, and national economic indicators. Xenonauts instead focuses on a multinational military organization, squad-based battles, and recovering alien technology, while Old World follows historical empires across generations through leadership, marriage, heirs, and state management.
Plutocracy: platforms & release
Is Plutocracy worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want company ownership and market competition rather than battlefield control. Skip it if: players seeking direct tactical combat, military campaigns, or battlefield unit control.
Where can I download Plutocracy?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Plutocracy's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Plutocracy on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
