The fun thing most of these games aren't even truly capitalist. City builders like Cities Skylines, Tropico and Anno have little or no free market and you're just in control of a centralized planned economy.

The only truly capitalist games I saw on that list are X4 and Offworld Trading Company since you play as a single private owner competing with others on the market.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

idk, space warlord organ trading simulator seems pretty spot on for late capitalism

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My friends who play PDX games with me and know my politics sometimes tease me about the game using currency or referencing profitability. And then I remind them that we're all meticulously planning our economies with virtually nothing left for a privileged class to decide. And our decisions, though made in a context of imperialism, aren't being made for personal wealth but state power.

[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Except when you're playing Victoria and the capitalists decide it's time to build the 34th arts academy with the building capacity it took you sweat and blood to build.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 10 points 10 months ago

The first game it has shown me is...

WORKERS & RESOURCES: SOVIET REPUBLIC

Gabe knows some irony

[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip -5 points 10 months ago

Cope

[+] GiveMemes@jlai.lu -6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cities skylines is definitely a capitalist economy as you literally make your earnings by changing tax rate and the only thing you control insofar as unmodded goes is zoning and city services lmao

[–] OmenAtom@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Its not capitalist, its a planned economy. Taxes can exist outside of capitalism

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This just in: America not capitalist. You have exactly as much control as the average American town/city does in that game. Control of zoning and road development isn't a "planned economy" lmaoo. The entire game is based in and around a capitalistic society and the demand created by said society in your town for it to grow that's the whole reason for the demand bars.

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You also don't really have to worry about satisfying the demands of huge multinational corporations. So it's pretty idealized, as though capital has no undue influence on state-level political decisions.