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Big Ambitions

Big Ambitions

Hovgaard Games · released Aug 28, 2026

IndieSimulationPC

Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

Steam page ↗Metacritic ↗
86
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Big Ambitions 1.0 FULL RELEASE” (3d ago)

80%
At launch
92%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
68%
Player sentiment
92%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews92%871000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)92%86558
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 28, 2026) · 340 reviews sampled · 558 total reviews in window · weighted 238.1 up / 20.4 down · computed 34m ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 80
    Movies Games and TechMovies Games and Tech
    trust 58Mar 27, 2023

    “Big Ambitions is a business sim on a level I've not seen before. Incredibly immersive with only minor annoyances make this a big ambition that paid off. [Early Access Score = 80]”

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Patch history

  1. Big Ambitions 1.0 FULL RELEASE
    Aug 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Big Ambitions Full Release is TWO WEEKS AWAY
    Aug 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. Participate in 1.0 Beta Testing
    Aug 3, 2026
  4. EA 0.11 Build 3542 - Patch Notes
    Jul 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. EA 0.11 Build 3540 - Patch Notes
    Jun 25, 2026
  6. EA 0.11 Build 3538 / 3539 - Patch Notes
    Jun 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. EA 0.11 Build 3537 - Patch Notes
    Jun 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. EA 0.11 - The Workshop Awakens
    Jun 18, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. EA 0.11 Preview Build 3530 / 3532 / 3534 - Patch Notes
    Jun 15, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. EA 0.11 Preview Build 3527 / 3528 - Patch Notes
    Jun 11, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. EA 0.11 Preview Build 3523 - Patch Notes
    Jun 5, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  12. EA 0.11 - The Workshop Awakens: Preview
    Jun 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. EA 0.10 Build 3468
    Jun 3, 2026
  14. EA 0.10 Build 3464 / 3465 / 3466 - Patch Notes
    Apr 14, 2026
  15. EA 0.10 Build 3463 - Patch Notes
    Apr 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  16. EA 0.10 Build 3461 - Patch Notes
    Mar 26, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  17. EA 0.10 Build 3459 - Patch Notes
    Mar 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  18. EA 0.10 Build 3458 - Patch Notes
    Mar 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  19. EA 0.10 - No Business Like Show Business
    Mar 11, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  20. EA 0.10 Preview Build 3456 - Patch Notes
    Mar 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  21. EA 0.10 Preview Build 3451 - Patch Notes
    Feb 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  22. EA 0.10 Preview Build 3447 - Patch Notes
    Feb 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  23. EA 0.10 - No Business Like Show Business: Preview
    Feb 12, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  24. EA 0.10 Update Is Almost Ready!
    Jan 26, 2026
  25. EA 0.9 Build 3233 / 3234 - Patch Notes
    Nov 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  26. EA 0.9 Build 3230 - Patch Notes
    Nov 11, 2025
  27. EA 0.9 Build 3226 - Patch Notes
    Nov 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  28. EA 0.9 Build 3218 - Patch Notes
    Oct 7, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  29. EA 0.9 - The Struggle
    Sep 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  30. EA 0.9 Preview Build 3216 - Patch Notes
    Sep 26, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  31. EA 0.9 Preview Build 3208 - Patch Notes
    Sep 9, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  32. EA 0.9 Preview Build 3204 - Patch Notes
    Sep 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  33. EA 0.9 Preview Build 3184 / 3188 - Patch Notes
    Aug 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  34. EA 0.9 Preview Build 3178 - Patch Notes
    Aug 19, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  35. EA 0.9 Preview Build 3163 - Patch Notes
    Aug 14, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  36. EA 0.9 - The Struggle: Preview
    Aug 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  37. EA 0.8 Build 3017 - Patch Notes
    Jun 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  38. EA 0.8 Build 3014 / 3016 - Patch Notes
    May 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  39. EA 0.8 - Optimization #3
    May 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  40. EA 0.8 Preview Build 3009/3013 - Patch Notes
    May 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window

…and 52 earlier patch announcements.