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Bret · Published by American Dream
6 user reviews — 83% positive (6 reviews) · 15 achievements
Last updated 29 Sept 2026
Start with a rundown duplex and build a real portfolio across America. Buy and finance properties, hire agencies to run your holdings, expand into hotels and businesses, and grow your wealth one disciplined decision at a time.
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Simulation, Strategy, Early Access · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
About this game
American Dream is a realistic strategy simulation about building wealth through real estate and business across the United States.
You begin with almost nothing — an inherited duplex in a modest city — and work your way up through rent, upgrades, financing, and reinvestment. Cities use real economic data, so buying in Tulsa feels very different from buying in San Francisco. Every market has its own costs, risks, and upside.
Grow at your own pace: acquire residential and commercial properties, unlock new asset types through research, travel to new markets, and scale from hands-on landlord to portfolio owner. Hire property management agencies to automate leasing, repairs, and day-to-day operations so you can focus on your next acquisition. Expand into hotels, launch businesses, and invest as your empire grows.
Success is not luck — it is capital discipline. Decide when to buy outright or finance, which tenants to accept, when to upgrade, and how to allocate cash across your portfolio. Setbacks are real, but so is the payoff: a portfolio that eventually earns more in a day than most people make in a year.
If you want a tycoon game that feels grounded, strategic, and satisfying — where the fantasy is earning your way to the top — American Dream is your path.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Any
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: N/A
- VR Support: None
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
BUG PATCH (V0.3.1)
Bug Fix: Resolved an issue where lease termination by a tenant could cause game progression to halt. Players will no longer experience a stalled game state in this scenario.Read full article on Community Announcements (Megamankiller10)Patch NotesOfficial
DEPTH UPDATE (V0.3.0)
American Dream — V0.3.0 "Depth Update" Release NotesNew Features1. Market PacingListing refreshes now cost money, with escalating fees: one free re-roll per city/property type/month, then the cost doubles on subsequent refreshes.Monthly inventory per city and property type is now stable, so tab-switching no longer generates a free re-roll of the market.Faster game speed (3× / 5×) is now opt-in, gated behind a warning modal. New game, load, and resume flows all respect this gate.Tuning to revisit: refresh fee curve, how "sticky" inventory should feel, whether 3× speed should cost more than an acknowledgement.2. Taxes & Profitability TrackingProgressive income tax now applies to salary, net rental income, and business income, assessed as a month-end lump sum.New lifetime ledgers per property and per business, tracking rent, vacancy, upkeep, repairs, tax, property management, loan interest/principal, and capex.New portfolio spreadsheet view — see the entire empire in one filterable table, with drill-down into the original card-based detail view.Tuning to revisit: tax bracket drag on mid-game cash flow; the ledger is meant to be the "was this actually a good hold?" source of truth.3. Credit System OverhaulCredit score now moves based on per-loan payment coverage rather than overall cash-flow positivity.Missed payments trigger a hardship window with a slower credit rebuild afterward.Foreclosure now leaves a lasting stain that caps credit recovery for an extended stretch.Credit cards behave distinctly from mortgages: utilization level affects score, and missed card payments hurt credit without triggering mortgage-style foreclosure panic.Tuning to revisit: hardship duration, miss penalties, and card utilization thresholds — this is a primary "you can actually lose" lever.4. Condition, Inspection & Renovation RiskCondition is no longer a flat 0–3 badge — properties now have typed systems (MEP/cosmetic for residential; commercial, NNN, and hotel each get their own six system...Read full article on Community Announcements (Megamankiller10)Patch NotesOfficial
Small patch
Bug FixesProperty and business appreciation rates have been rebalanced so values grow more realistically over time, preventing runaway valuations. Annual appreciation is now properly capped and dampened at high values, keeping long-term growth in check.Read full article on Community Announcements (Megamankiller10)AnnouncementsOfficial
Maintenance Mode (v0.2.2)
New Features Maintenance SystemNew Maintenance panel in the HUD (left flyout, same pattern as Assets) with a wrench icon and a badge that pulses when issues are pending.Issue cards for damage and repair requests show property, cost, unit, reported date, a per-issue Pay button, and a PM-managed badge."Pay All" pays every affordable repair in one action."Have Team Solve All" offers the same bulk pay, but only when at least one open issue is on a PM-managed property.New portfolio-wide maintenance aggregator collects issues across all properties into one list.Added a notification sound when new issues appear on tick.Notification & Event UX OverhaulRemoved the bottom notification bar.Added "Story Toasts" — non-blocking corner toasts for story auto-ack events (7s auto-dismiss, with optional manual ack).Soft tenant damage/repair events no longer clutter the notification bar; they go straight to the Maintenance panel.Added an urgent alert chip in the top status bar for foreclosure risk, lease break, loan distress, and similar issues.HUD panels now show badges: Assets (sale offer count), Maintenance (unresolved issue count), and Property Managers (pending upgrade recommendations).PM upgrade recommendations now show inline in the Property Managers panel instead of via the notification bar.MapHovering an owned city on the map now shows a portfolio tooltip: breakdown by property type (count + net/mo), businesses, and total city net.HUD & Financial ClarityNet Worth is now always visible under DTI in the player sidebar.HUD flyout panels now extend to the bottom of the viewport.Property Managers Rename"Agencies" renamed to "Property Managers" across the HUD, panels, tutorials, onboarding, research tree, financials, events, error messages, achievements, progression tooltips, and settings.Added a local vs. national distinction: "{STATE} Property Managers" and "National Property Managers."Loan ManagementAdded a refinance preview showing the new rate, new monthly payment, and courtesy...Read full article on Community Announcements (Megamankiller10)Patch NotesOfficial
The Financials Update (v0.2.1)
New FeaturesFinancials PanelNew Financials panel in the HUD, located between Assets and Job.Finances tab: Monthly profit/loss snapshots with 3/6/12-month rollups — income and expenses, per-property and per-business breakdowns, overhead summary, savings rate, and period-over-period changes.History tab: A chronological log of your property and business purchases and sales (last 200 entries).Statements are now captured automatically at the end of each in-game month.Property & Business EconomicsProperties and businesses now appreciate annually (1.5%–6.0%/year) based on their state's economic strength.Capital improvements from upgrades now increase a property's cost basis, affecting taxes on sale.Property Sales — Full Settlement ModelYou can now list financed (mortgaged) properties for sale.Selling a property now properly accounts for:Loan payoffSelling costs (5%)Capital gains tax (20% on profit above cost basis)The Property Offers screen now shows a full breakdown of sale proceeds, and won't let you accept an offer that would net you a loss.Added a "List for Sale" button to property cards and the Loan Management screen.All sales and purchases are now logged to your transaction history.Property Management ClarityProperty management costs now show the full breakdown: per-property fee, your share of the roster retainer, and collection drag.Hiring an agency now explains retainer vs. per-property fees with a clear example.Roster fees are now shown in $/month instead of a vague percentage.Quality of LifeSpacebar now pauses/resumes the game (won't trigger while typing in text fields).Escape now closes the Finance panel.Finance and Property Offers screens are now scrollable on smaller displays.Added a cleaner, more compact date format in financial screens.TutorialAdded two new tutorial steps: how to drag the tutorial box, and how to re-enable tutorials from Settings.Fixed a small wording issue in the credit score tutorial step.Bug FixesProperty SalesFixed an issue where selling...Read full article on Community Announcements (Megamankiller10)
