A business strategy game by Mantar Tech
Run a trading house through three eras: a medieval kingdom, the age of steam and a modern logistics world. Start with a single wagon and build a name that outlives you.
The Steam page is not live yet. Write to us to follow along or to join a test.
Three worlds
Each world has its own goods, roads, rivals, advisers and events. The art of every one is painted in oils, lit by fire and street lamps.
Valmora · a fantasy age of caravans
Send caravans across a mountain kingdom. Pick your guards or risk the road, pay the guilds, and keep an eye on the bandits in Stonebreak Valley.
Every house starts with a few wagons and a small purse. Where you buy, where you sell and how you survive the winter is up to you.
Ferrovia · the railway mania of 1846
Lay the lines, load the freight cars and run the works that feed a new age. Smoke, bridges and furnaces mark the map.
Houses like Fenwick & Hallam Bank and Crane Iron & Steel want the same coal, the same rails and the same ear in Parliament.
Meridyen · freight, ports and glass towers
Run trucks and convoys between refineries, ports and the city. Fuel, cement and electronics move on thin margins and tight schedules.
The present day has the same old questions: who do you trust, who do you squeeze, and what will the regulator think?
How it plays
Be a CEO is about running a house: buying, hauling, building, borrowing and deciding who you become along the way.
Set prices by moving goods, build works, borrow from the bank, hire and delegate, and study the market. Events come back to you later, because people remember what you did: the press, the workers, your family and your rivals.
Rival houses trade, raid, dump goods and, when you grow too dominant, band together against you. At the top wait antitrust inquiries, activist investors and boardroom coups.
Guided mode opens new parts of the house as you are ready. Expert mode opens everything from day one. Undo a day while you learn, or play Ironman.
Nine scenarios per world, from a family firm to a financial boom, or free trade with no end.
Share a world with friends in online rooms. Online rooms are still in testing.
Colour-blind palette, text scale, reduced motion, and gamepad and Steam Deck navigation. No microtransactions.
Screens
Real screens from the current alpha build, on the first day of a new game. Select an image to open it in full size.
Rivals
Every rival house has a head with a temperament: cautious, balanced or reckless. Meet six of them.
Status
Be a CEO is in closed alpha. All three worlds, guided and expert modes and a built-in guided tour are playable today. We are testing balance, online rooms and the first ten minutes with real players.
The Steam page and a release date will be announced here. If you would like to follow along or take part in a test, write to us.
About the art: the painted look is deliberate. Much of the artwork was made with AI tools and then selected and edited by hand, and in-game translations were AI-assisted and corrected by hand. An optional text model can run on your own PC if you choose to download it.