About CRE Tycoon

Who makes it

CRE Tycoon is made by HulaGames, an independent game studio in San Diego, California. It was designed by a real estate professional with a background in property management and commercial real estate brokerage, and that is where the game's deals, loans and buildings come from.

Why it exists

Commercial real estate is mostly learned on the job: what a cap rate means for a price, why a half-empty building can be a bargain, what a refinance does for your cash, why a broker's commission can be bigger than a year's rent. Most games about property either flatten all of that into a board game or turn it into city building.

CRE Tycoon puts you in the job instead. You learn the ideas by using them: you pitch a listing, find a buyer a building, sign an offer, lease up what you bought, and decide whether to sell, refinance or hold. The numbers are simplified and the city is fictional, but the moves are the real ones.

What it is today

• A 10-year career of 120 months. You open your own firm as a rookie broker with $100,000.
• Play at your own pace: a few months at a time, or a whole career in one sitting.
• 275 buildings across 4 districts: Downtown South, Midtown, Port District, Uptown.
• 14 ranks, from Rookie to City Legend.
• Business plans from a quick Fix-Up to a full Redevelop, upgrade tracks, refinancing and selling.
• Promotions with their own full-screen stage, features earned by doing that arrive as unlock cards, career paths with crests, a team to hire, and trophies.
• Rival investors racing you for #1 in the city, and the Skyline Herald when a month makes the news.
• A final net worth at the end of the career, a yearly Wrapped to share, and an optional global leaderboard.
• It runs in your browser on a phone or a desktop. It is free, with no ads and no purchases, and your save stays on your device.

It is still being worked on. The What's new page lists what changed and when.

Get in touch

Questions, bug reports, ideas, or press: use the HulaGames contact page. For logos, screenshots and a fact sheet, see the press kit.

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