''Capitalism II'' is the sequel to the

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Capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their use for the purpose of obtaining profit. This socioeconomic system has developed historically through several stages and is defined by ...

''. It was created by Enlight and published by

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in 2001. The player creates and controls a business empire. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world, including marketing, manufacturing, purchasing, importing and retailing. It has two new campaigns (Capitalist Campaign and Entrepreneur Campaign) plus an in-depth tutorial. The gameplay is very similar to the original version. One noticeable difference from the original ''Capitalism'' is that there are fewer products derived from agricultural resources. ''Capitalism II'' will run on modern versions of Microsoft Windows whereas the previous versions would not. ''Capitalism II'' has also been ported to Mac OS X by Virtual Programming. A new expanded version of ''Capitalism II'', called ''Capitalism Lab'', was released on December 14, 2012. ''Capitalism Lab'' has many new features, improvements and a new concept of challenge games. Subsequently, the following DLCs have been released for ''Capitalism Lab'': Subsidiary DLC in 2014, City Economic Simulation DLC in 2016, Digital Age DLC in 2018, and Banking and Finance DLC in 2020.

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the

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References

External links

Official Capitalism II site

Official Capitalism Lab site

Official Capitalism II and Capitalism Lab Forum
* 2001 video games Business simulation games MacOS games Multiplayer and single-player video games Ubisoft games Video game sequels Video games developed in Hong Kong Video games scored by Bjørn Lynne Video games with gender-selectable protagonists Windows games Enlight Software games Virtual Programming (company) games {{simulation-videogame-stub