I very rarely give a review even if its a goat-ed game but i have to take the time to leave one here. Really only 2 other games compare to this one for me, Capitalism Lab and Software inc. Less so for the latter. The biggest difference for me with GC is that i can solely focus on the economic synergies and not have to deal with building and managing a city or an office. Don't get me wrong, I love those game aspects
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Have you ever dreamed of running your own car company? Thousands have tried, and many have failed.
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- Release date:
- 14 January 2022
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- Recent Steam reviews:
- Very Positive
- All Steam reviews:
- Very Positive (940)
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Have you ever dreamed of running your own car company?
Thousands have tried, and many have failed. What made business leaders such as Henry Ford, William Durant, and Karl Benz so great? Could you ever accomplish what they did?Now is your chance to find out. GearCity is a realistic historically focused economic simulation of the global automobile industry. Unlike tycoon games, GearCity has not been simplified. It is a complex, realistic, in-depth management sim that will take several hours to grasp and hundreds of hours to master. Thousands of players across the globe and industry professionals from automotive engineers to economics professors have praised the game’s intricate details.
GearCity offers a wide variety of design and business choices.
Create chassis, engines, transmissions, and vehicles. Manage production lines, supplies, prices, and employees. Build factories and distribution branches. Set marketing and racing budgets. Negotiate with benefits unions. Adjust dividends on your subsidiaries and enact a hostile takeovers in a feature-heavy stock system. Produce munitions and military equipment for governments at war. Let your imagination free and choose your own path.Armed with its realistic economic simulator.
GearCity offers several maps with hundreds of cities. For a little less micromanagement, the game also includes territory based maps which are broken down into a few dozen regions. Each map has historically accurate purchasing power, population, population growth, inflation, interest and market growth rates. With correct settings most maps have near historically accurate sales figures, hundreds of static AI and infinite dynamically generated AI competition. All maps also include thousands of historical events that shape world and automotive history such as the Panic of 1907, World War 1, the Post War Recession, The Great Depression, and many more large and small events that will affect your decisions.If you’re looking for a more realistic, modern version of Detroit or Motor City (Oldtimer), or if you’re looking for a business simulator as in-depth as the fabled Capitalism, or perhaps you’re tired of over-simplified tycoon games and want something much more detailed, look no further. GearCity will fulfill your desire. It is the definitive automotive business management simulator.
Recommended system requirements
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- OS:
- XP
- Processor:
- 1.2 GHz
- Memory:
- 1 GB RAM
- Graphics:
- 128 MB
- DirectX:
- Version 9.0
- Storage:
- 6 GB available space
- Additional Notes:
- 32-Bit Version
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- OS *:
- Windows 7 64-Bit
- Processor:
- 3 GHz
- Memory:
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics:
- 512 MB
- DirectX:
- Version 9.0
- Storage:
- 10 GB available space
- Additional Notes:
- 64-Bit Version
User reviews
joker24jq
Recommended | 09 Mar 2026
31.2h played
Helpful: 2
Jmac
Recommended | 18 Feb 2026
15.2h played
If you love economic sims and have an interest in automobiles i highly recommend this title, it does a lot right and what this single developer accomplished on his own after years of hard work is really fantastic.
Helpful: 2
Tigerrbalm
Recommended | 06 Mar 2026
56.3h played
Awesome game.. Looks are deceiving.. Complex and enjoyable... and frustrating LOL
Helpful: 1