Big Ambitions

Single-player business and life sim about growing companies in New York

Hovgaard Games · Released Aug 28, 2026

Reviews: Very Positive; 92% of 15K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 85% of 1,226 in 30 days
Playing now: 1,657; right now
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: 6 days ago; Sep 16, 2026

What is Big Ambitions?

This single-player 3D business and life simulation places you in New York City, starting with a small apartment and a first job arranged by your uncle. You travel around the city, manage personal needs, open and furnish businesses, stock inventory, hire staff, organize logistics, and invest in property as you expand.

For you if...

+you enjoy detailed inventory, staffing, and logistics management
+you prefer open-ended sandbox progression at your own pace
+you want life-sim needs mixed with business decisions

Not for you if...

−you want multiplayer or cooperative business management
−you dislike routine travel and hands-on inventory work

What players say

92% of 14,669 reviews are positive · 85% of 1,226 in the last 30 days

Players praise the early progression from working a job to opening, automating, and expanding multiple businesses; some also highlight the self-paced tutorial. The most common complaint is that automation leaves too little meaningful work later, turning play into repetitive management or sleeping to advance time.

Screenshots and trailer

Big Ambitions system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel i5 or similar
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 960 or similar (Minimum 2GB vram)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 12 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 126
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian.