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Big Ambitions

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.

DEV: Hovgaard GamesPUB: Hovgaard GamesAppID 1331550

Is Big Ambitions still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

97.5
Exceptional

Elixir Rating

92% of 14,868 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 91.5. The developers have shipped 9 substantial updates in the past six months, adding 6.0.

reception 91.5·support +6.0·Exceptional

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$25.99

Development

Insufficient evidence

Last heard from developers

20 days ago

Historical posting rhythm

every ~7 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

9

Current silence

cannot be judged

Our news coverage needs a fresh check; missing posts are not evidence that development has stopped. 9 substantial updates recorded in the past six months, 3 classified as major.

Last successful news check: Oct 6, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC. This is when we checked Steam, separate from when the developer last posted. A fresh check is needed before judging current activity.

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Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

releaseAug 31, 2026

Big Ambitions Exits Early Access with 1.0 Full Release

After an extended early access period, Big Ambitions has launched its 1.0 full release on Steam. The game casts players as a New York City entrepreneur building a business empire from the ground up.

What changed

The 1.0 release introduces several additions on top of the existing game:

  • The Hamptons — a seventh neighborhood featuring mansions and a retail strip
  • New furniture described as stylish additions for homes and businesses
  • Minigames and activities offered as diversions from the business management loop
  • Additional changes are listed in a full changelog linked from the announcement

The developer, Hovgaard Games, framed the announcement as the culmination of years of development work and extended thanks to its community for feedback and support throughout early access. The studio also signaled that patches, content updates, and DLC are planned going forward, though no specifics were provided in this announcement.

For players who have been following the game through early access, the 1.0 release marks the point at which Hovgaard considers the core experience complete — with The Hamptons rounding out the game's map of New York City neighborhoods.

Two years of development

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53 announcements · 20 substantial · 7 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsSep 23, 2026
Big Ambitions Build 3682 - Hotfix

Hotfix time!We got your reports over the weekend and we're here to fix them!ChangelogFixed can't enter 4 22nd St Warehouse entranceFixed vehicles become invisible after parking underground.Your missing vehicles should reappear when you load…

Community AnnouncementsSep 16, 2026
Big Ambitions Build 3680 - Patch 2 Notes

It's time for another patch!The team has been hard at work on our second patch, with fixes and improvements for many of the issues you've reported! Lots of optimizationLag when loading the Contacts appLag when nearing the Columbus Circle ro…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 10, 2026
Big Ambitions Build 3675 Hotfix

Hello everyone!!Our big patch 2 is finishing up and will be released soon! But for today we wanted to push a hotfix to address some AI concerns.As always - we've been following along with all of your feedback, and the use of some AI texture…

Community AnnouncementsSep 1, 2026
Big Ambitions 1.0 Build 3672/3674 - Patch Notes

Hello Ambitious People!First of all, we want to thank you for an amazing release weekend! We hit our new record concurrent players with over 12,000 of you! That was an amazing weekend, and we hope you're all enjoying the game so far!And wit…

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PCGamesNAug 30, 2026
Capitalist tycoon game Big Ambitions is a New York "life sim on steroids," and its 1.0 launch is living up to its name

Big Ambitions 1.0 is finally here after three years in early access, and it's about growing huge corporations to make New York City yours. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Capitalist tycoon game Big Ambitions is a New York "life sim on ster…

Community AnnouncementsAug 28, 2026
Big Ambitions 1.0 FULL RELEASE

Big Ambitions is here! Build your business empire and overtake your rivals as you grow from rags to riches in New York City.After years of hard work, we are extremely excited to share this BIG moment with you all! Whether you've been here f…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 14, 2026
Big Ambitions Full Release is TWO WEEKS AWAY

Hello AmbitioneersThe time is nearly upon us for the Big Ambitions 1.0 release! Thank you all for your support during our early access period as we've developed and tweaked Big Ambitions with your encouragement and feedback! And don't worry…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 3, 2026
Participate in 1.0 Beta Testing

Hello everyone! It's August!We've officially entered the final stretch before Big Ambitions 1.0. We know many of you are eagerly waiting for the release date announcement - and we're excited to share it in the upcoming weeks! We'll be shari…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 7, 2026
EA 0.11 Build 3542 - Patch Notes

Hello Ambitious People!We have an update today for you to fix a few issues and add some better error tracking in general!Changelog:Fixed issue causing factories to report delivering their entire "up to" number even when they didn'tFixed som…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 25, 2026
EA 0.11 Build 3540 - Patch Notes

Hello everyone!Thanks for bearing with us as we fixed the GE Force Now issue, things seem to be working now with the previous patch, but please let us know if you experience anything strange! A couple players were getting stuck at 9% Loadin…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 23, 2026
EA 0.11 Build 3538 / 3539 - Patch Notes

Hello to you all!We have another patch for our EA 0.11 release based on your fantastic feedback everyone! Thank you!3539 - GE Force NowWe believe we have successfully found and fixed the issues players using GE Force Now were experiencing! …

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Community AnnouncementsJun 19, 2026
EA 0.11 Build 3537 - Patch Notes

Hello everyone!The response and feedback to our EA 0.11 release has been amazing so far! Your support has continued to energize the team! GE Force Now We have found that a small number of players are having some big issues in the new versio…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 18, 2026
EA 0.11 - The Workshop Awakens

Hello Mods and Modders! It's time for EA 0.11!Are you ready to mod? Because we're ready to see what you create to make the world of Big Ambitions...better? Or at least different!And if mods aren't your thing - don't worry, we have a few oth…

Community AnnouncementsJun 15, 2026
EA 0.11 Preview Build 3530 / 3532 / 3534 - Patch Notes

Greetings, Business Moguls!We have one more patch for you here that should clean up the remaining issues in the EA 0.11 - The Workshop Awakens: Preview branch before it's fully released! Changelog 3524:Fixed achievements weren't all firing …

Community AnnouncementsJun 11, 2026
EA 0.11 Preview Build 3527 / 3528 - Patch Notes

Hello again everyone! In case you missed the post last week, EA 0.11 - The Workshop Awakens: Preview has begun! But clearly a lot of you DIDN'T miss it because the workshop has already begun to fill up with new mods, which is so exciting!An…

Community AnnouncementsJun 5, 2026
EA 0.11 Preview Build 3523 - Patch Notes

Hello, Business People! In case you missed the post yesterday, EA 0.11 - The Workshop Awakens: Preview has begun! Some of you have already started playing and noticed a couple bugs and had a little feedback, so we have our first EA 0.11 pat…

Community AnnouncementsJun 4, 2026
EA 0.11 - The Workshop Awakens: Preview

Hello Mods and Modders!Let's preview EA 0.11! Are you ready to mod? Because we're ready to see what you create to make the world of Big Ambitions...better? Or at least different! And if mods aren't your thing - don't worry, we have a few ot…

Community AnnouncementsJun 3, 2026
EA 0.10 Build 3468

Hello everybody! Today we just have a tiny patch for EA 0.10 to ensure tomorrow's EA 0.11 Experimental release doesn't cause problems between new mods and EA 0.10 blueprints! Oh yeah - I just said EA 0.11 Experimental is coming! We had a sl…

Community AnnouncementsApr 14, 2026
EA 0.10 Build 3464 / 3465 / 3466 - Patch Notes

Hello everyone! 3466 Update -Here's one extra fix to cover some cases where VoogleMaps could still trigger this issue! 3465 Update -Thanks for the continued bug reports! With those, this new fix should prevent this issue now! Tiny patch tod…

Community AnnouncementsApr 8, 2026
EA 0.10 Build 3463 - Patch Notes

Hello everyone!It's time for a new patch for Big Ambitions!ChangelogFixed import index being incorrectly low, resulting in low export prices for items like expensive jewelry and electronics.Now, when there are active businesses selling an i…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 26, 2026
EA 0.10 Build 3461 - Patch Notes

Hello everyone!Welcome to all our new players, and welcome back to everyone else! It's time for a new patch for Big Ambitions!ChangelogFixed can't click Pier 6 or 9 while the building is hiddenFixed Logistics Menu help linkFixed (hopefully)…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 16, 2026
EA 0.10 Build 3459 - Patch Notes

Monday Patch!Let's start the week with an update!Hello everyone! We got a few bug reports over the weekend, so we fixed them in this patch!Returning With an Older Save?Older saves (EA 0.8 or before) probably won't load directly into 0.10. H…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 13, 2026
EA 0.10 Build 3458 - Patch Notes

A Small Patch for the WeekendHello! We hope you're enjoying EA 0.10: No Business Like Show Business We have a little patch for you here to fix a couple small issues we found before the weekend kicks off!ChangeLog:Took addition steps to ensu…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 11, 2026
EA 0.10 - No Business Like Show Business

Hello Ambitioneers - it's time for EA 0.10!There's a LOT of new stuff in this update, so let's walk through it all!EA 0.10 brings Cinemas, Theaters, a Factory revamp, massive optimization and more!Cinemas / TheatersRoll out the red carpet! …

Community AnnouncementsMar 10, 2026
EA 0.10 Preview Build 3456 - Patch Notes

Patch Time!Hello everyone! It's time for another patch for the EA 0.10 Preview Branch! This patch cleans up EA 0.10 and gets things running smoothly now! We should have cleared the bugs you have all reported, plus added the proper "two-floo…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 19, 2026
EA 0.10 Preview Build 3451 - Patch Notes

Hello again!We have a bigger patch for you today for the EA 0.10 Preview Branch! This should knock out a bunch more little bugs, and a couple big ones too!Stuck at Installation FirmOne big bug that should be squashed - if you were stuck try…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 13, 2026
EA 0.10 Preview Build 3447 - Patch Notes

Hello! Glad you're already enjoying the EA 0.10 Preview Branch!We got a few bug reports and wanted to clear a few of them before the weekend, so here we go!Changelog:Updated some help filesFixed some help file weren't translatedUpdated cine…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 12, 2026
EA 0.10 - No Business Like Show Business: Preview

Hello Ambitioneers! We know you've been waiting for the big EA 0.10 update, and the preview branch is finally here! Bringing you Cinemas, Theaters, a Factory revamp, massive optimization and more!Phew - Who's ready to preview and test this …

Community AnnouncementsJan 26, 2026
EA 0.10 Update Is Almost Ready!

Hello everyone!We've seen the anticipation building as everyone is asking "Where's the update?" And we're excited too! The whole Hovgaard team has been working hard getting EA 0.10 ready, and it's looking really good!The only problem is we'…

Community AnnouncementsDec 4, 2025
Studio & Future Insights #4

Long time no talkHi everyone! I'm Jonas, the founder of Hovgaard Games. It's been almost a year since my last studio update. Considering how much has happened at the studio since then, I think it's time for another update. 1.1 Million Copie…