The big festival for "capitalism and economic games" started yesterday on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/category/capitalism_economy?snr=1_4_4__118
Fun fact: One of my first games on PC back then was "Capitalism"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_%28video_game%29
You were the main owner of a listed corporation and had to build up profitable production chains while avoiding insolvency or being bought up by competitors.
The whole gaming industry is a real money-printing machine, if you look at the hype surrounding $TTWO (+1.41%) for GTA or the constant results for $PDX (+0.19%) are considered.
Here are a few of the "pearls" that are included in the sale.
(To be taken with a grain of salt, of course.)
1. you've always wanted to crypto mine without getting real returns but still spending money on electricity?
Then try the Realtime Mining Simulator!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1567480/Realtime_Mining_Simulator/
2. you want to burn other people's money in projects?
Then try your hand at a government tax revenue simulator!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1300610/Taxer_Inc/
3. the official hedge fund managers are doing everything wrong and you could burn more money?
Check out the hedge fund manager simulator.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2310900/Hedge_Fund_Tycoon/
4. technical analysis without the risk of losing money?
How about the "Trade Bots - A technical Analysis Simulation"?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1899350/Trade_Bots_A_Technical_Analysis_Simulation/
(Well, Trading View could do that too, but it's about the principle).
What do you think of the gaming industry?
Is it more of a gimmick or serious enough for investment?
I actually see the big danger for investments in the hype-driven market, at least for large publishers. On top of that, there are constant shitstorms because of sometimes trivial things.
