Business sim · Strategy · Educational
Nouns Empire
Trade. Invest. Take over.
A business empire game with the Nouns: trade stocks, currencies, bonds and commodities, build a property portfolio, and run activist campaigns, hostile bids and leveraged buyouts while learning how real markets work.
- Genre
- Business sim · Strategy · Learning
- Price
- Free, no ads, no sign-up
- Modes
- Rise to Billionaire, a 12-scenario career with 3 stars each, the Chart Simulator and Free Play
- Markets
- 16 Noun companies, 6 currencies, 3 Treasury bonds, 5 commodities and 18 properties in 6 districts
- Deals
- Stake building, poison pills, greenmail, tender offers, white knights, proxy fights, LBOs, special dividends, division sales and IPOs
- Learning
- Academy cards in 8 subjects, chart-pattern tips and a quiz after every scenario
- Plays on
- Phones, tablets and computers
What is Nouns Empire?
Nouns Empire is a business empire game. In Rise to Billionaire you start as an unknown Noun with $1,000 and a day job. Every wealth tier you reach, from Side Hustler and Day Trader to Landlord, Activist, Corporate Raider and Tycoon, opens a new desk, more leverage or new deal powers, until you join the billionaires.
Every company on its stock market is run by a Noun: Noggle Optics, Clippy Soft, Box Logistics, Gnome Gardens and twelve more, each with its own profits, dividends, debts, divisions and board of directors. Prices move with earnings, the economy and the news, and every desk shows candlestick charts with moving averages.
Behind the markets sits a living economy. Growth and inflation drift, the Noun Reserve raises and cuts interest rates, bond prices move with yields, currencies follow risk appetite and interest-rate differences, and commodities jump on supply shocks. In the Deal Room you can build a stake, go hostile with a tender offer, win board seats in a proxy fight or buy a company with borrowed money in a leveraged buyout.
Every mechanic has a real-world idea behind it. Professor Wallet briefs you before each scenario, the Chart Simulator teaches candlesticks, trends and stop-losses one candle at a time, the Academy explains each concept in plain words, and a quiz at the end of each scenario checks what stuck. The companies and people are made up and nothing in the game is financial advice.
Nouns Empire screenshots
Features
Rise to Billionaire
Start with $1,000 and a day job. Ten wealth tiers unlock new desks, more leverage, angel investments and finally hostile takeovers on the way to $1 billion.
Candlestick charts
Every stock, currency, bond and commodity has candles or a line, 1, 3, 6 or 12 months of history, moving averages and volume.
The Chart Simulator
Trade a chart one candle at a time: go long or short, set a stop-loss and a take-profit, and try to beat buy-and-hold while tips point out hammers, engulfing candles, breakouts and crossovers.
A real economy
Growth, inflation and a central bank drive every price. Rate hikes sink long bonds and growth stocks; panics lift gold, the yen and Treasuries.
Noun Town property
Buy condos, shops, hotels and office towers with fixed or variable mortgages, renovate tired buildings, build on empty lots and refinance to grow.
The Deal Room
Compare price, fair value and the sum of the parts, then build a stake, approach the board, launch a tender offer or start a proxy fight.
Twelve scenarios
Opening Bell, Bubble Trouble, Rate Shock, Carry Me Home, Black Gold, Landlord of Noun Town, Credit Crunch, Activist Awakening, Hostile Bid, Barbarians at the Gate, Crisis Mode and Nouns Empire.
The Academy
Short cards from P/E ratios and duration to carry trades, cap rates, poison pills, candlesticks and the Sharpe ratio. Cards unlock as the ideas appear in your games.
Ranks and trophies
Earn XP from stars, quizzes and trophies and climb from Intern to Noun Mogul.
Rival tycoons
The Whale, Shark, Crown and Fox race you up the leaderboard and bid against you for companies.
How to play
- Press Rise to Billionaire to start from nothing, or Career for guided scenarios.
- Tap a company, bond, currency, commodity or building to see its chart and numbers, then use the ticket to trade.
- Every day starts with The Noun Times: the lead story, a market wrap, company and economy news, your inbox and any decisions waiting. Then open the markets, trade, and press Next day (or skip ahead to the next news).
- Reach each wealth tier to unlock the next desk, more leverage and bigger deals.
- Practise reading charts in the Chart Simulator whenever you like.
Controls
Mouse & keyboard
- Click
- Open a desk, pick an asset, trade
- Space
- Next day
- F
- Skip ahead to the next news · stop
- Enter
- Place the trade typed in the ticket
- Esc
- Close a card · menu
Touch
- Tap
- Everything: desks along the bottom, assets, tickets
- Buttons
- Briefing, Next day and To news at the top
- ?
- Open the Academy card for any number
Nouns Empire questions
Is Nouns Empire free?
Yes. It is free to play in your browser, with no ads and no sign-up.
Does it use real money or real companies?
No. Every company, person and market is made up, and nothing in the game is financial advice. The ideas behind it (P/E ratios, duration, carry trades, candlesticks, cap rates, tender offers) are the real ones.
Who is it for?
Anyone curious about how markets and deals work, from teenagers to finance students. The early tiers and scenarios start simple and later ones add leverage, takeovers and crises.
How long does it take to become a billionaire?
Several in-game years: a few hours of play. The game saves as you play, so you can Continue later.
Does it work on phones?
Yes. The desks sit along the bottom of the screen and every button is big enough to tap.
Ready to play?
Free in your browser on phones, tablets and computers. No download, no sign-up.
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