TinyBuild have announced the Early Access release date for Moon Moose’s narco management sim, Cartel Tycoon.

Cartel Tycoon is a business management sim inspired by the booming Latin American narco trade of the ’80s. Build up a drug cartel from scratch by growing crops, setting up distribution networks, and expanding your business into new territory. Protect your cartel’s assets from rival gangs, the police, and even foreign groups like the CIA.

You can find the new Early Access release trailer below.

Cartel Tycoon enters Early Access March 18th for Windows PC (via GOG, the Epic Games Store, and Steam).

You can find the rundown (via Steam) below:

Set in a fictionalized 1980s Latin America, Cartel Tycoon tells the story of a time when cocaine took over first the US, and then the whole world. Ridiculously rich drug kingpins rule their glorious empires, creating thousands of jobs. But at the same time, a maelstrom of violence envelops this criminal world.

Build an empire of drug production and smuggling chains while dealing with rival cartels, your rogue lieutenants, state authorities, and public opinion. Deal in marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and legal goods that are a front for your drug trade. Conquer neighboring regions and send profits climbing to unlock new upgrade paths and powerful research opportunities. Adapt on the fly to procedurally-generated events.

Authorities, rival cartels, the DEA, army and even the CIA all threaten your growing business. When you die (it never does truly end well for drug lords), take over the empire as your successor, and build your empire from the ruins all over again.

In Cartel Tycoon, failure is inevitable and violence begets more violence—but for the cunning kingpin, vast profits await.

Key features

• Grow a drug empire in the late ‘80s, dealing in marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and other goods
• Tycoon action on an epic scale with dozens of upgrade paths and endless strategic combinations
• Run huge logistical systems comprising your farms, labs, warehouses, workshops, research centers, and delivery lines
• Death is inevitable. But lieutenants with unique traits will replace their drug lord predecessors
• Evade the authorities and square off against rival cartels on the path to profit
• Features both an engaging narco story, and sandbox gameplay with endless replayability
• Original soundtrack captures the era with psychedelic and Latin American influences

Image: Steam