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Big Ambitions

Hovgaard Games · 2023-03-10

Steam

IndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 10, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

5,462
playing now
93%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,547
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 20h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$25.99
steam price (US)

5,462 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

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,(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5,462 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,636 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~205/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 267k–601k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,352 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.40 at Steam (2026-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $25.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.3k3.3k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 3,310 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,020 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.5k3242026-08-06 22:00 — 553 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 326 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 732 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 610 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 450 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 958 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 708 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 518 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 1,046 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 716 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 360 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 788 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 623 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 361 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 756 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 553 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 324 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 892 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,043 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 409 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 743 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,037 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 595 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,178 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,352 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 680 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 882 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 3,434 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 5,462 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$25.99$15.402023-03-102026-07-102023-03-10 — best price $20.692023-06-29 — best price $18.392023-08-17 — best price $18.392023-11-21 — best price $20.692023-12-22 — best price $20.692024-01-08 — best price $19.542024-02-19 — best price $19.542024-03-14 — best price $18.392024-04-01 — best price $20.692024-06-27 — best price $18.392024-07-14 — best price $17.242024-08-26 — best price $18.392024-10-07 — best price $18.392024-11-18 — best price $18.392024-11-27 — best price $18.392024-12-20 — best price $18.392025-01-06 — best price $18.392025-03-13 — best price $18.392025-04-26 — best price $18.392025-06-02 — best price $18.392025-06-27 — best price $17.242025-08-16 — best price $18.392025-09-29 — best price $17.242025-10-13 — best price $22.992025-11-19 — best price $22.992026-01-12 — best price $22.992026-03-19 — best price $17.242026-06-08 — best price $17.242026-06-25 — best price $17.242026-07-10 — best price $25.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

12k02026-08-26 19:15 — 6 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 99 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 91 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 971 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 1,631 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 1,013 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 407 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 403 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 993 viewers2026-08-29 11:12 — 2,651 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 3,053 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 2,562 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 1,123 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 944 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 11,973 viewers2026-08-30 01:12 — 11,610 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 10,489 viewers2026-08-30 04:12 — 10,271 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 132 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 793 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 2,289 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 4,830 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2,547 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
75.9%
earned "Product Pusher - Bronze"
14.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

21 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,9330%99

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DEconomySandboxLife SimTop-DownCapitalismManagementSimulationEarly AccessSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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