Video games are often written off as useless entertainment, but the truth is that they have a lot to offer. For business, they can provide valuable training and information in a medium that’s fun and easy to understand. Read on to learn about 50 games that are both fun and good for business.

Business Strategy

Get a look at strategy, markets, and more in these games.

  1. Competitive Strategy Game: You’ll be able to decide which markets you’d like to enter, what you’ll produce and how much, what to charge, and more in this business strategy game.
  2. Zapitalism: In this game, you’ll make investments, corner the market, and create stores.
  3. Business Tycoon: Create a corporation that will dominate world markets in this game.
  4. Crazy Factory: In this game, you’ll be the owner of a derelict factory, which you’ll have to work to improve and manage.
  5. Harry the Handsome Executive: Help Harry navigate the hass of ScumCo to protect his job security in this game.
  6. IndustryPlayer: IndustryPlayer simulates strategy, investment and more from an entrepreneur’s perspective.
  7. Gazillionaire: Gazillionaire is a business simulation for grade schoolers.
  8. IndustryMasters: In this massive multiplayer game, you’ll play real time against others in business strategy.
  9. Identity Hero: In Sun’s game, you’ll take on the challenges of an IT manager, avoiding a variety of threats.
  10. Lemonade Stand: The Lemonade Stand game is all about supply, demand, and customer satisfaction.
  11. Dope Wars: Although most business people will not benefit from learning about drugs, this game has a lot to teach about moving product.
  12. Better Business Game: Play the Better Business Game to learn about managing the social and environmental issues that come up in business.
  13. Planet Green Game: Learn all about energy conservation and consumption in this game from Starbucks and Global Green USA.
  14. The Environment and the Economy: Through this game’s focus, you’ll learn about how the environment can have an effect on business.
  15. The Office: Based on the popular TV show, The Office will allow you to live a day in the life of a Dunder Mifflin employee.
  16. Billionaire: In this game, you’ll play the part of a businessman in Billionaire City, where you can create companies, collect rent, and decide on investments.
  17. The Corporate Machine: Build your own company to take over the world in this game.
  18. Diplomacy: Although this game is political, you can learn a lot about negotiation through it.
  19. Profitania: Be the best manufacturer in Profitania, and you’ll learn about strategy and winning the open market.

Economics

These games can teach a lot about economics and finance.

  1. Capitalism II: You can build a business empire through this game.
  2. Eurogame: This online market game will show you a year in business managing different companies and investments.
  3. Stock Market Game: In this game, you’ll be given money to invest and learn with on the stock market.
  4. Wall Street Raider: Play Wall Street Raider to learn about corporate takeovers, the stock market, and the government on Wall Street.
  5. Iowa Electronic Markets: Play this online futures market where you’ll be paid off based on real-world events.
  6. Beat the Market Online: Play these simulation games to learn about microeconomics and managerial economics.

Specific Industries

These games are useful whether you’re training for a job or just want to learn more about what someone else’s work is like.

  1. Casino Empire: Play Casino Empire to find out what it’s like to own a casino.
  2. Cake Mania: Work as a cake maker in this game with your own kitchen and challenges.
  3. The Sports Store: This business simulation game will show you what it’s like to operate a sports store.
  4. Monopoly: This old board game classic is now available as a video game, and its lessons are still valuable today.
  5. Build-A-Lot: In this game, you’ll buy land or houses, sell or rent them, and develop lots of different real estate.
  6. Real E$tate Empire: In this game, you’ll buy houses and flip them for profit.
  7. Intel IT Manager: Intel’s IT game will allow you to hire, fire, and manage an IT department.
  8. Interstellar Pizza Express: In this game, you’ll run a pizza delivery store that offers online orders, and you’ll have to make decisions about hosting, traffic spikes, and infrastructure for the system.
  9. INNOV8: This simulation game from IBM is all about business process management.
  10. Monopoly Tycoon: In this real estate game, you will buy and rent property, start ventures, and more.
  11. Casino Mogul: Play this game to build, manage, and keep afloat the casino of your dreams.
  12. TV Station Manager: Make big decisions about ads, air times and TV shows in this game.
  13. McDonalds: This flash game will allow you to manage the McDonald’s corporation, controlling important sectors including agriculture and the headquarters.
  14. Hotel Giant: Improve your managerial and planning skills in this game that focuses on the hotel industry.
  15. The Movies: Play this game to learn how to run a movie business.
  16. The Political Machine: This game will teach you about politics, marketing, image, and more.
  17. Traffic Giant: The Traffic Giant game will allow you to play as a manager of a public transportation system that runs between various towns.
  18. Sally’s Spa: In this game, you’ll operate as a spa owner, performing services and dealing with clients.
  19. Tino’s Fruit Stand: Compete against big business with Tino and fill orders for customers.
  20. Big Oil: Build an Oil Empire: In this game, you’ll play the role of an oil company owner and work with the market.
  21. Airlines 2: Control an airline business including the fleet, routes, and finances in this game.
  22. Hot Shot Business: You’ll learn about demand, business and more in this Disney game that simulates six different business models.
  23. Diner Dash: In Diner Dash, you’ll wait tables and learn what work is like for the waitstaff at your favorite diner.
  24. Hell’s Kitchen: Culinary entrepreneurs can play this game to see how Gordon Ramsay runs his kitchen.
  25. The Kitchen: Learn about food preparation, safety, and the culinary business through this game.

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