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Big Ambitions

Big Ambitions

Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Deep systems and addictive gameplay” (67 of 101 reviews) and “Frequent updates and active developers” (13); the most common complaint is “Late-game tedium and excessive grinding” (12). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Mar 10, 2023 Developer Hovgaard Games Platforms Windows · Mac Early AccessManagementEconomySimulationCapitalism
View on Steam ↗ $25.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

92.0%positive14,784 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 101 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12

Recommended · 558 found this helpful

“This game shows exactly why parking tickets only affect poor and mid class people. At the beginning you try very hard not to get that $125 ticket. Later, after you earn some cash you just park wherever you want and do not care. 10/10 realism”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
Recommended · 229 found this helpful

“I tried to re-create my life in this game My character became depressed and then suicidal Then my medical expenses bankrupted me 10/10 realism”

— a player, Steam review · 68 hrs played
Recommended · 38 found this helpful

“I was not expecting this game to have better car crash physics than an ubisoft game. Not a high bar but still surprising.”

— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

10,873all-time peak
0 5k 10k 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 4.8k avg · Mar 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

126achievements
3.2%median completion
0.1%rarest: Just Tap It In - Gold
76.2% of players 59.5% of players 48.9% of players 42.7% of players 41.3% of players 33.5% of players 32.2% of players 30.8% of players 25.9% of players 25.3% of players 24.8% of players 23.5% of players 23.3% of players 22.0% of players 18.1% of players 16.1% of players 14.9% of players 13.5% of players 13.0% of players 12.8% of players 12.4% of players 11.5% of players 9.7% of players 7.5% of players 7.2% of players 6.7% of players 6.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.5% of players 4.1% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 76.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
76.2%Product Pusher - Bronze — Run 1 successful retail business
63.6%Your Best Friend - Bronze — Complete 30 of Uncle Fred's objectives
59.5%Employee of the Month - Bronze — Reach level 50% of any employee skill
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Just Tap It In - Gold — Score at least 750 points in a single golf game
0.1%Arch-nemesis - Gold — Defeat all 4 Special Rivals
0.1%A Game of Love - Silver — Win at least 2 matches of tennis

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$25.99current · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$20.79lowest since tracking began2026-08-28
US25.99 USD
EU25.99 EUR
UK22.99 GBP
Australia36.36 AUD
Canada31.19 CAD
Japan3,337 JPY
Brazil86.66 BRL
China94.47 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$14 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$31

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-08 09-28 10-20

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 23, 2026
Big Ambitions Build 3682 - Hotfix

Hotfix time! We got your reports over the weekend and we're here to fix them! Changelog Fixed can't enter 4 22nd St Warehouse entrance Fixed vehicles become invisible after parking underground. Your m

Sep 16, 2026
Big Ambitions Build 3680 - Patch 2 Notes

It's time for another patch! The team has been hard at work on our second patch, with fixes and improvements for many of the issues you've reported! Lots of optimization Lag when loading the Contacts

Sep 10, 2026
Big Ambitions Build 3675 Hotfix

Hello everyone!! Our big patch 2 is finishing up and will be released soon! But for today we wanted to push a hotfix to address some AI concerns. As always - we've been following along with all of you

Sep 01, 2026
Big Ambitions 1.0 Build 3672 - Patch Notes

Hello Ambitious People! First of all, we want to thank you for an amazing release weekend! We hit our new record concurrent players with over 12,000 of you! That was an amazing weekend, and we hope yo

Aug 28, 2026
Big Ambitions 1.0 FULL RELEASE

Big Ambitions is here! Build your business empire and overtake your rivals as you grow from rags to riches in New York City. After years of hard work, we are extremely excited to share this BIG moment

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Management · Economy · Simulation · Capitalism · Life Sim · Sandbox · Singleplayer · Time Management · Immersive Sim · Inventory Management · Resource Management (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, U…
Achievements99
Official sitehttps://www.bigambitionsgame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5 or similar Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 960 or similar (Minimum 2GB vram) Storage: 12 GB available space