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Organized by some third party, but hosted on Steam.

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/upcoming_events/themed_sales/economy_2024

Games that are about capitalism, economy, or money grubbing are allowed in this event. It doesn't have to be real money—cookies count as a currency!—but the entire goal of the game should be to make money.

lmao at the not at all subtle beg for Cookie Clicker to be part of the fest. I hope it’s not.

Games that are mostly about trading or bartering are not eligible for this event. Sorry, this is an event for Capitalist titles only!

Trading and bartering is economy. And an economy isn’t necessarily about maximizing money earned. If they just wanted capitalist stuff they should have left the word economy out. It literally says capitalism or economy in the description.

I’m guessing it’s just brainworms who think economy = capitalism.

Anyway it would be hilarious if Workers and Resources applied to be in the fest.

Construct your own republic and transform a poor country into a rich industrial superpower!

Economic simulation. Prices of resources on the global market are changing over time as you play –one day you can sell or purchase steel for a $100 per ton, but in a few months the cost can rise to $200 or decrease to $50. The price of everything is connected to the cost of work and resources.

See, it’s about making money and economy. That’s what you were looking for, right?

Or what’s some game that critiques capitalism by having you take it to its logical end? The organizers could probably be tricked into accepting it.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would Victoria 3 count? Every game I have is trying to capitalism so hard that I "accidentally" transform my country into a dictatorship of the proletariat emilie-shrug

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I did capitalist America run, I "accidentally" imperialised half of the world. Very realistic, 10/10.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Bro please just one more rubber plantation slot. Just one more. Bro please I need rubber. Bro.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I actually like a lot of "economic simulator" type games, mostly transit ones like transport fever, but games like the capitalism series (lol) are also surprisingly fun. It's an evil economic system, but its logic kind of makes for a fun gameplay loop kitty-birthday-sad. It's like how the logic of imperialism gives you 4X.

I guess what I'm saying is I like when you can optimize stuff and number go up

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love transport fever and anno 1800 because I love bashing my head against the wall trying to get my supply chain to work so I can make an even bigger supply chain

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I really enjoy Anno 1800 but I'm also uncomfortable about how it just looks at the inescapable topics of slavery and colonialism and goes "let's never talk about that".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Without the moral depravity of capitalism in a world with real humans, it can indeed be fun

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

You spend the whole first day trying to make enough money to pay for a room to sleep in.

I think it fits the stated definition

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Those games can be fun but the "celebrate capitalism" motif feels like it's trying to be insincerely quirky during an especially "we're getting fucked by capitalism" acceleration phase.

Celebrating being horrible in an ironic way makes it cool, just like how Epic freeze-gamer back in the day congregated around the "Elitist Jerks" community! so-true

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

brb submitting New Super Mario Bros 2 and Noita because the theme is so uselessly vague

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I get NSMB2, but why Noita?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

but the entire goal of the game should be to make money

the eventual goal of Noita is to literally make money (transmute gold)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Oh it is? I just knew it was a magic-based rougelike with pixel level physics simulation. Seems like kind of a weird goal for that kind of game.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yeah you're playing as an alchemist seeking knowledge and great works, so naturally infinite wealth is a big point

incidentally I love picking alchemy as the theme for a falling sand type game because it's the perfect match to the mechanics of a falling sand game

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

You're an alchemist looking for the "great work" (i.e transmuting ordinary elements into gold). When you win the game everything turns to gold. Including you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

:steamfront:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[cookie clicker is sort of a critique of capitalism] (https://youtu.be/2Dx76lD8Scc)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Damn it now I gotta go beg Molleindustria to port Oiligarchy to Steam in time for the fest

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

brb putting $500 through the pokies