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title: Businesses and tycoon games
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  A business turns investment, capacity and customer service into revenue that
  funds further development.
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    title: 'Factorio: Content'
    url: 'https://www.factorio.com/game/content'
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  - id: source-fc1e96448c00cb53
    title: Shop Titans
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/'
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Businesses and tycoon games
    description: >-
      A business turns investment, capacity and customer service into revenue
      that funds further development.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/rpg-shop-titans-01.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: Shop Titans
      sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/'
      originalUrl: >-
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      credit: 'Kabam Games, Inc.'
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or
        publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT
        and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: Selling crafted equipment for gold
      alt: Selling crafted equipment for gold
      markers:
        - x: 56
          'y': 25
          label: The price shows proceeds before the sale is confirmed
    tips:
      - Show net profit after costs and service time.
    examples:
      - title: Shop Titans
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/'
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  Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design
  examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests.
  Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not
  every proposed variant.
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# Businesses and tycoon games

id: settlement-management--t099
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/settlement-management--t099
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/settlement-management--t099/

A business turns investment, capacity and customer service into revenue that funds further development.

## At a glance

![Selling crafted equipment for gold](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/rpg-shop-titans-01.webp)

[Shop Titans](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The price shows proceeds before the sale is confirmed

- Show net profit after costs and service time.

- [Shop Titans](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/)

## How it works

A business turns investment, capacity and customer service into revenue that funds further development.

## Variants

### Mechanic variants

<a id="t099-variants"></a>

- Price changes customer flow and expectations. <a id="t099-v1"></a>
- Capacity limits the number of completed orders. <a id="t099-v2"></a>
- Reputation affects future customer demand. <a id="t099-v3"></a>
- Expansion increases recurring operating costs. <a id="t099-v4"></a>

## Design example

A small bakery buys another oven and then faces a shortage of counter staff.

Prototype check: Test profitability below full capacity, including idle equipment and staff costs.

## Context and limits

Organization management allocates space, time, staff and services among competing needs. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant.

- [Factorio: Content](https://www.factorio.com/game/content) (id: source-96be186d8ada50a0)
- [Shop Titans](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258080/) (id: source-fc1e96448c00cb53)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors