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Capitalize

Released

JL Games StudioDiscovered Sep 21, 2026

About the game

"Do you want to get rich? Start playing." ✔ Manage your budget like in real life (rent, groceries, leisure). ✔ Invest in the stock market (ETFs, stocks, gold) and watch your money grow (or crash!). ✔ Create companies and take them public (IPO).

Original Steam description

Capitalize

From 18 to retirement — one life, one budget, your choices.

You’re not a spreadsheet. You live a life: first job, rent, surplus, investing, companies — through retirement. Capitalize is an educational financial life sim: compounding, DCA, the 4% rule, treasury and IPO, learned by playing. Not a lecture. A life.

Contents

  • Jobs & training — climb, switch tracks, unlock roles
  • Bank & budget — income, bills, surplus; transport is a budget line
  • Housing — rent, buy, renovate, mortgage
  • Broker — ETFs, stocks, bonds, gold, savings / life-insurance envelope (AV), DCA
  • Business — Starter, Growth, Empire tiers, treasury and IPO
  • Online career — Steam profile, leaderboards (normal / realistic)
  • Steam Achievements and in-game documentation
  • 11 languages

Systems

  • Job — from first paycheck to specialist careers (sales, finance, IT, health, trades…)
  • Budget — groceries, fun, subscriptions, housing, transport (city pass → car-equivalent)
  • Bank — monthly cash-flow, loans, net-worth view
  • Broker — ETF baskets, stocks (educational parodies), bonds, gold, AV envelope (euro fund + units)
  • Companies — found, pay dividends, reinvest, scale, then take it public
  • Retirement — year-end report, 4% income, financial independence

Who is it for?

Ideal if you want to learn finance by playing: a real budget, markets, business — without a boring spreadsheet. You live the consequences of your choices, from 18 to retirement.

Educational simulation, not personalised financial advice. Inspired by real life, still fiction.


Demo and release information

No demo is verified in the current check data. This does not mean the game has never had a demo; check its Steam page for current availability.

Steam demo, playtest and Early Access: what is the difference?

Information & artwork: Steam · Last checked UTC