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About the game

CRE Tycoon is a free browser game about commercial real estate. You start as a rookie broker with $100,000 and play a 10-year career one month at a time: you win listings, find buildings for clients, collect commission cheques, then buy buildings of your own, lease them up, upgrade them, refinance them and sell them. A new month arrives every real hour, so it is built for short sessions on a phone, and it plays on a desktop too. It is made by Erik Egelko, a San Diego real estate professional with a background in property management and commercial brokerage.

Fact sheet

Title
CRE Tycoon
Genre
Business simulation / tycoon, about commercial real estate
Platform
Web browser, on phone and desktop. No download or install.
Price
Free. No ads, no in-game purchases.
Career length
120 months (10 years); one month arrives every real hour, up to 6 banked
Buildings
157
Districts
4: Downtown South, Midtown, Port District, Uptown
Ranks
14, from Rookie to City Legend
Starting cash
$100,000
Saves
On the player's device; sign-in is optional and only for the global leaderboard
Developer
Erik Egelko, San Diego, California
Play
play.cretycoon.com
Contact
[email protected]

Features

  • A 10-year career of 120 months, with a final net worth at the end and a perk to carry into the next career.
  • Two ways to earn: commissions as a broker, and rent, refinances and sales as an owner.
  • 157 buildings in 4 districts, across multifamily, retail, office and industrial.
  • Real deal steps: make an offer, choose a down payment, take a loan, get through escrow, refinance or sell.
  • A market that moves: loan rates change, districts rise and fall, and rival investors buy the bargains you pass up.
  • 6 upgrade tracks per building: Management, Systems, Curb appeal, Amenities, Tenants, Tech.
  • Prospecting as quick games of chance: a scratch card, a prize wheel and a slot machine.
  • 14 ranks to climb, from Rookie to City Legend.
  • An optional global leaderboard. Everything else works without an account.

Screenshots

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Phone screen: a $262,500 commission cheque for selling The Shipyard for $5.25M, with a Hold to deposit button.
A commission cheque
Phone screen: the Cold Calls scratch card on the Pipeline tab, showing three premium symbols and a premium buyer lead with $4.65M to spend.
Prospecting: cold calls
Phone screen: the deal sheet for Madison Center Plaza, a Class C retail building, with asking price, offer price, cap rate, occupancy and down payment choices.
The deal sheet
Phone screen: the Upgrade tab for Old Town Center, listing six upgrade tracks with their cost and the value each adds.
Upgrade tracks
Phone screen: the month-end reveal showing a net worth of $20,515,637, up $866,833 this month, split into commissions, rent, cash costs and building values.
Month-end net worth
Phone screen: the month-end market page: a rival bought a building, loan rates rose, four new listings, Midtown cooled off.
The market at month end
Phone screen: the Portfolio tab with a list-it-for-sale offer, net worth of $20.5M, and a bar splitting cash from equity if sold.
The portfolio
Phone screen: the career-complete summary after 10 years, with final net worth, buildings owned, deals closed, and a choice of perk for the next career.
The end of a career
Desktop screen: a sidebar with the five tabs, the month's cards as an inbox, an escrow problem open in the middle, and the City Ledger on the right.
Desktop layout

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Contact

For interviews, review questions or anything not on this page, email [email protected]. More about who makes the game is on the About page, and recent changes are on What's new.

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