Big Ambitions

Buy92%

Very Positive · 15k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows
  • macOS

Hovgaard Games · Management · Aug 28, 2026

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Price
$25.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
126
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
22
Full audio1 of 22
Subtitles0 of 22

Should I buy Big Ambitions?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 83 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 15k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
37% of themes are praise27% are divided36% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
83 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Filled with complex world mechanics, Big Ambitions leaves YOU solely in charge of everything from hiring and scheduling employees to stocking shelves and, early on, running between businesses to mop the floors at night until you get all positions covered; all in persuit of building a name for yourself in the NYC business owner legends book.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Now I’m about 14 hours into a fresh Story Mode run on Normal difficulty, and I’m hooked.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
i am not like this in real life. this game brings out a dark inner instinct that i would put on the spectrum of "oil baron" but i have too much fun/radical success to worry about the implications for my moral character. amazing outlet for evil desires, good graphics and engaging economic/entrepreneurial system, easily one of my favorite games ever!
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Despite it being a 6-year old gaming laptop able to run AAA games only from the 2010s, I can get a stable 60 FPS with medium settings on this game.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay83 reviews
Difficulty20 reviews
Graphics8 reviews
Performance5 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
60% still recommend
Bugs
75% still recommend
Monetization
67% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
92% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Multiplayer
100% still recommend
Controls
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$25.99

The lowest we've tracked is $17.24.

6 points recordedtoday · $25.99

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