Ever dreamed of being an entrepreneur, starting your own company and rising to the top of the business world? In Business Tycoon Online you can do just that as you are thrown into the cut-throat world of business, where instead of sniping, you headhunt, and the most powerful weapon is impeachment.

What is Business Tycoon Online?

Business Tycoon Online (or BTO for short) is an online multiplayer game played solely in an internet browser window. Players do not have to install any software and BTO is completely free to play as long as players like.

Players take the role of a tycoon in Liberty City, where they must control each aspect of their business empire, from managing their stores and employees, to creating a factory and making goods to buy and sell, to even pitting their employees against other tycoons in territorial battles. Players can band together to form powerful guilds and then go toe to toe with others as they compete for prestigious City Hall and Committee positions where they gain dominant powers to be wielded for good or for tyranny.

A Business Empire Begins:

Upon registering an account, players can choose one of four industries to ply their trade in. Each industry offers the chance to create different store types and gives other in-game advantages. The industries are:

Entertainment – Build an empire with stores such as Billiard Halls, Arcades, Jazz clubs and more. Player cans enjoy a 5% decreased tax rate
Sales – Open markets, bookstores, gift shops and eventually malls! Sales insiders enjoy a 5% production and raw material supply rate increase from their factory.
Catering – Tycoons get to run hotels and resorts and receive a -50% employee salary cost bonus.
Service – Manage stores such as barbershops, massage parlors, and tattoo shops. This sector has a 10% increased success rate of recruiting talented employees.

After choosing your desired industry, the game allows you to choose your first employee – a secretary to assist you with your daily tasks. Your secretary will help you prepare for your daily work routines, as well as receiving your in-game messages and giving you helpful notifications.

After choosing your secretary, it’s off into the business world. The game gives you a series of quests to complete, which help you on your way to establishing stores and hiring employees. The quests will state your objective, and your reward for completing the quests. Beginners with find a helpful animated arrow which shows exactly where they need to click to thoroughly learn all sections of the game. The ‘Close guide’ option is helpful to established players, who are already familiar with the game.
Once they have gotten the basics down, players can grow their company by opening more stores and hiring more employees, they can also join up with other players in a guild or even go through the process starting their own guild and becoming guild president. Guild presidents have the difficult task of recruiting players as well as running and upgrading their guilds but they are also granted the high distinction to be able to run for City Hall. Here is where the big battles are fought as presidents battle it out to become City Hall Chairman.

Conclusion:
Overall Business Tycoon Online is one of the most fun and well-rounded Browser MMORPGs we have found yet. With its unique concept of Business simulation, it truly stands out from the crowded free MMORPGs that revolve around might, magic and mana. Because it requires skill and strategy instead of spells and swords, Business Tycoon Online is the perfect game for those looking to flex their intellect instead of their brawn.

Pros:
-Unique and innovative style of gameplay
-Active and passionate player base responsible for equally active in-game and chat and forums
-Constant events and promotions that reward active players

Cons:
-New players may find depth and complexity of the game slightly overwhelming.
-Routines can get repetitive over time
-Interface can become sluggish on slower internet connections

If Score is needed: 8.5 out of 10