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World Basketball Tycoon

Icehole Games · Strategy First · 2013-11-18

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 18, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

WBM Tycoon is a fresh look in sports strategy games that combines the classic manager game with the financial management and development of a Tycoon type game. As the Club Owner you must generate (or loan) the necessary funds in order to expand the club's facilities, raise the financial level and improve the team's roster.

World Basketball Tycoon is a 2013 Simulation game priced at $3.99, with a Very Negative review sentiment (16% of 108 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
16%
positive of 108 reviews
Very Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (12 reviews).
  • · Top 42% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.3k–8.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 108 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2022-02-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 15 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120132025Week of 2013-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.372015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-11-09 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-02-27 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992018-02-02 — best price $9.992018-05-06 — best price $9.992018-07-17 — best price $2.992018-11-20 — best price $1.992019-04-11 — best price $0.602019-08-29 — best price $0.452020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-05-07 — best price $0.452020-09-21 — best price $0.452020-12-28 — best price $2.692021-01-20 — best price $2.992021-02-10 — best price $2.992021-03-05 — best price $1.012021-03-24 — best price $2.692021-04-16 — best price $1.012021-05-05 — best price $2.692021-05-25 — best price $2.992021-06-26 — best price $2.692021-08-20 — best price $1.012021-10-09 — best price $8.092021-11-21 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-05-05 — best price $2.992022-08-04 — best price $0.442022-12-09 — best price $2.692023-04-03 — best price $0.552023-11-20 — best price $0.592024-04-11 — best price $0.602024-09-09 — best price $0.602025-02-10 — best price $3.992025-08-08 — best price $3.992025-12-11 — best price $0.602026-05-21 — best price $3.992026-08-21 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Greek, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish

Player tags

SportsBasketballManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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