Games like Cartel Tycoon

The closest matches to Cartel Tycoon: Tropico 6, Prison Architect, Endzone - A World Apart, Anno 1800, and Drug Lord Tycoon. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Cartel Tycoon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tropico 6, Prison Architect and Endzone - A World Apart — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and dark, and single out its automation and campaign missions. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

Cartel Tycoon is a challenging business simulation set during the 1980s and 1990s narco trade era. Developed by Moon Moose and published by tinyBuild, the game tasks players with building and managing a drug empire, capturing cities, automating supply chains, and deploying lieutenants to expand their operation. Players must balance growth against rival thugs and law enforcement while earning loyalty from the local population to avoid the inevitable downfall that claims most cartel leaders. Reviewers highlight the automation rewarding smart base layouts, the colorful period-accurate characters and slang creating an atmospheric experience, and supply chains demanding deep strategic planning. The game offers campaign-missions with progression through long sessions of challenging micro-management, and runs as playable on Steam Deck. It holds a 72% positive rating from over 1,200 Steam reviews.

About Cartel Tycoon: Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.