BUSINESS SIMULATION GAMES
Review of the Best Games
What are the best business simulation games that people are playing? There's really no simple way to answer that question, but we can look at the numbers to see how may people are playing, and we can give you our personal opinions on the best business sims.
Our criteria for inclusion among the best business simulation games:
1. It has to be realistic
2. It has to be fun
3. It has to be popular
4. It has to be user-friendly
So without further ado, these are our top three picks for best business simulation games.
Business Tycoon Online
Made by Dovogame, this business simulation game is now being played by over 600,000 people worldwide. Straightforward, easy to play, and very fun with lots of cool plot twists and interesting spins on traditional business simulators. Business Tycoon Online has a little bit of everything in it: realistic financial accounting, business interaction, trade and commerce, empire building, and even shady business deals and corporate sabotage. This games tops the list for us. When it comes to business simulation games, it's the best overall.
Virtonomics
Very realistic and at times intense because of its realism, Virtonomics finds its way into our best business simulation games list. Virtonomics has over 700,000 registered users and is perhaps the longest running business and econonmimc simulation game on the internet.Virtonomics is not the easiest game to play, in fact it takes some real studying to get a full grasp of how to play and interact within the simulated Virtonomics business model. But once you have it down, playing is a breeze. Virtononmimcs is a great game for people who are interested in business simulation game without any fluff or extras. It's more 'business' and less 'game'.
eRepublik
A very intricate and beautifully designed business simulation game that has a little bit of everything in it. The best thing about eRepublik is that it does a good job of reflecting the nature of the 21st century business world and 21st century life in general. Another of eRepublik's many great features is the ability to just log in for a few minutes everyday and keep you game alive. You won't exceed in the game or learn your business know-how nearly as fast playing this way, but you can still enjoy the game and learn a lot over time with just a few minutes of regular interaction. There are currently several hundred thousand people playing eRepublik from all over the world.
There are so many other games that we did not mention here that are also excellent business sims. It's tough to narrow down any 'best of' list and this one's no exception. To see complete lists of the best business simulation games available, see our business simulation games list.