Indie · March 10, 2023

Big Ambitions (2023)

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Your bank balance is tiny, but your ambitions are big. With a little help from your uncle, you get an apartment and your first job. But then it's up to you to achieve success and take over New York City any way you like. Slowly build multiple small businesses, grow them into huge corporations, or carve your own unique path – the possibilities are limitless in this vast business sandbox. You've never played anything like this! Go from a small apartment and public transport to luxury suites, fast cars and designer furniture. Put your money into investment funds and real estate. Succeed, fail, rebuild. But remember to take care of yourself, sleep and stay happy on your rise to the top. Do you have what it takes to build your own empire? Go from nothing to the most prominent tycoon in New York. Start a business, work smart, make it thrive and enjoy your life. How do you want to be successful? How far can you push it? How long can you make it last? Start your own gift shop, supermarket, coffee shop, law firm, clothing store, liquor store, florist, and more. You decide what success is - whether it’s a single shop, a chain of fast-food restaurants, a huge corporation, or making millions developing websites. Take out a loan, rent a building, design the logo, renovate the store, get stock, manage your money, hire staff, and build your infrastructure. Soon, you may have to start importing products from the harbour and distributing them through a network of warehouses. A bigger business means managers. Hire HR Managers, Logistics Managers, and Purchasing Agents. They all need desks and computers, so you’ll need a fancy headquarters. Need a delivery truck? Travel to a dealer and buy one. Need food? Go to a supermarket, but make sure you have a refrigerator at home. Big Ambitions is a life sim where your character has to physically interact with the world to survive and succeed. Enter any building in New York and buy it. Go from a small apartment to a dream penthouse in midtown, a luxurious townhouse in Hell’s Kitchen, or a series of skyscrapers. Fill each with furniture that suits your style and standing. Invest your hard-earned cash in real estate to grow your empire. Take over the city piece by piece. Spend your wealth however you wish. Buy a big SUV, a speedy sports car, or the new luxurious Mersaidi S500. Maybe risk it all at the casinos or put your money into investment funds and reap the rewards. As you progress, you always need to ensure you get enough sleep and stay healthy and happy. Enjoy the journey, for as you grow older, you’ll discover that money can’t buy you time... or can it? Big Ambitions takes what you love about the viral sensation ‘Startup Company’ to even greater heights.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Early Access · 437
  • Management · 397
  • Economy · 295
  • Simulation · 263
  • Capitalism · 256
  • Life Sim · 231
  • Sandbox · 174
  • Singleplayer · 164
  • Time Management · 159
  • Immersive Sim · 158
  • Inventory Management · 153
  • Resource Management · 150
  • 3D · 137
  • Top-Down · 134
  • Third Person · 130

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume10.7k Steam reviewsTop 24% in Indie
Positive rating93% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 37%
Concurrent peak460 playersTop 14% in Indie by live player count
Engagement hours33 h averageTop 16% for session depth among Indie

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Turkish
  • Italian
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

93%Very Positive · 10.7k reviews

10.0k positive · 750 negative

Curator recommendations

11.3k

Peak concurrent players

460

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

33h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

13h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

22h

Current engagement

Achievements

99

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 10, 2023
DeveloperHovgaard Games
Base price$17.24 -25%
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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