How it works

Own the market, one buyout at a time.

Private Equity Tycoon is a persistent, browser-based investment & merger MMO. You run your own PE firm on a shared, always-on market — buying real-feeling companies, fixing them, and flipping them against thousands of other players and AI rivals.

The living market

A market that never sleeps

The world runs on ticks — each tick is one in-game day, resolving around the clock whether you're online or not. The marketplace stays stocked with hundreds of companies across sectors: healthy cash-cows, high-growth bets, distressed turnarounds, and ripe merge targets. Prices drift, deals age, and rivals move — so timing is everything.

The core loop

Buy. Build. Flip.

Acquire

Scout live listings and strike. Place tick-based bids — structured with equity, bank financing and seller financing — and outmaneuver rival offers, or slam a Quick Buy to close a primary listing instantly. Every rejected or outbid deal shows up in the feed, so the whole market feels your moves.

Bids vs rivalsQuick Buy — instantEquity · bank · seller notesDue-diligence reports

Build

Turn what you own into something worth more. Merge two companies in the same sector — deciding on brand, communications, asset sales, staff overlap and the surviving site. Hire turnaround advisors, cut costs, and rebrand to reposition. Restructure distressed firms into profitable powerhouses before their next report.

Mergers & synergiesTurnaround advisorsStaff & cost cutsRebrand / rename

Flip

Then cash out. List a portfolio company on the secondary market and pocket the spread — bid amount minus any seller note — the moment a buyer bites. Read the cycle, time your exit, and bank the upside before your rivals catch on. Climb the leaderboard as the sharpest operator in the game.

Secondary salesTime the exitLeaderboard glory

A living economy

Systems that keep the pressure on

Daily P&L

Every tick runs profit & loss on your whole portfolio — winners compound, weak firms bleed cash.

Debt & leverage

Fund deals with bank and seller financing — loan cycles come due, so manage your leverage.

Distress

Run a company into consecutive cash-negative ticks and the market auto-lists it — bargains for whoever's watching.

Challenges & rewards

Complete objectives to earn cash, points and perks that fuel your next play.

Rivals & players

AI rivals bid, list and scheme in the feed — while real players compete for the same deals.

Leaderboard

Net worth is rolled up periodically — outbuild the field and rise to the top of the table.

Fair play

Skill wins — not your wallet

Free to play at launch

Private Equity Tycoon opens up completely free. Later, an optional Partner Pack adds convenience — extra advisor slots, due-diligence credits and quality-of-life stats — never power you can buy. No pay-to-win, ever. Early players get founder perks.