What Players Say

"Being a high school student in a third world country, I couldn't immediately afford to buy WSR so I had to make do with the trial version. I spent many nights after school playing the game. While my friends played Counterstrike, I played Wall Street Raider. Long story short, I'm now an equity analyst at a brokerage firm here in the Philippines."

"Thank you for WSR. Now I am a trader in Morgan Stanley's mutual fund subsidiary in China. WSR taught me a ton of value investing and much more. I hope in the future when I could head a department, I would force all my analysts play WSR, which is better than any training in my opinion. Your product has inspired me through my career. WSR is priceless for me."

"I know you get a kick out of this stuff, so I thought I'd let you know that I'll be joining a rather large activist hedge fund this summer, in no small part because of playing WSR."

"I recently read on your website that you might be done making updates. I wanted to send a quick email to let you know how much it has meant to me. My best friend and I used to play it all the time as teenagers. I am now in my 30's and my job involves trading options. I owe a lot to you and the game for helping me find my passion for the stock market."

"I've been fascinated by this game since I was a wee one. Now at 46 I work in finance and have managed hedge funds. I've always been curious about the game internals. Thanks for making such a neat and unique simulation."

"Keep up the good work, your game got me into trading, now I make my living on it. Fun to play this game and feel like Warren Buffett for a day."

"I've been playing and enjoying WSR since I was 11 years old (1987). WSR either directly taught, or caused me to seek out and learn, a fairly large number of business skills that allowed me—a high school and college dropout—to rise as high as I wanted in several corporations."

"I first played your game 10-12 years ago while in high school, got addicted, and while I haven't played it in years, I can say it taught me a lot back then and compared to my actually being in the hedge fund world now, it's very realistic."

"I am a civil engineer and got to say your game has sparked my interest. Now I am about to start studying an applied finance degree majoring in investment!"

"A lot of my finance knowledge comes from having played WSR. My wife, who's in business school, had also benefited second hand. Much cheaper than a finance degree or whatever."

"Sir, you have created one of my favorite games of all time. I have been playing this since I was 12, and definitely got ahead at work because I can read balance sheets and financial reports better than most other 27 year olds."

"Big fan of your game. I am an investment banker and fund manager professionally so yes this is more of my entertainment crossing into my day job!"

"I must admit I initially wrote off WSR purely due to graphics and UI. That said, I did end up trying the game because it seemed nice to play on an airplane. In the meantime this has developed into what can only be described as an addiction—the depth and complexity in WSR is something I have not found in any other game, ever. I think over the years you have really grown a masterpiece of a game."

"Much in the same way as a pilot trains in a semi-virtual reality cockpit simulator, a financier can train on your simulator to internalize investment management concepts. By allowing anybody who owns WSR to play through infinite variations of economic scenarios in a realistic environment, you're enabling us to grab these fundamental concepts more easily."

"I have thousands of hours playing WSR and have been incredibly frustrated by every one of them. I think that that is what makes a great game. A game is something that should not be easily beaten or mastered. I would never 'beat' the game twice in a row. This is the sign of great work in game design."

"For me the best simulator, not only a game, in history. I'm used to investing in leveraged ETFs, so I'm excited to see how they work in WSR."

"I've been trading since '05 and full time since '17, and nothing I've played has come even remotely close to this. I've spent 100+ hours with this since early June. It's so fun I've kept on trading even though I'm on vacation."

"This is the best tycoon game I've ever played in terms of realism. If a player doesn't know what he's doing, he'll go broke fast. 20 years of new games and they get more superficial—too much money spent on graphics and not enough time spent on mechanics."

"The game is the gold standard for investing or trading. As an equity analyst in real life, I find the game to be a very addictive and accurate depiction of finance."

"This game is a masterpiece for finance-passionate people like me. I learned about the way a swap works years before covering the subject in business school, thanks to Wall Street Raider!"

"Let me start by saying that your game has completely ruined my social life. All I do any more is just sit in front of my computer and try and make the stock in my fictional company go up, it's horrible."

"I downloaded the new version but broke up with my girlfriend who subsequently erased the game to spite me, convinced as she was that I liked the game more than I liked her. She was right. The game is awesome."

"I first played this game a few years ago and thought it had ceased to exist, so when I found this new version I was thrilled. I've left the house a few times since then, for food, etc."

"I wanted to let you know that I've spent at least 30–40 hours playing WSR since... last Friday."

"Your software is an evil tool from the satanist liberal-metacapitalists to enslave our children. Well, make that adults. I'm suing you and there's nothing you can do to stop it."

"One more question for you: given our litigious society, could the author of an extremely addictive software be held liable for the loss of wages and productivity experienced by a roofing salesman using said software? The answer to this one is actually for my rent-co-paying girlfriend."

"I'm a Mac user and the only reason I have Windows installed is for WSR!"

"Thank you for hunting me down by snailmail. Yours was the first shareware I ever paid for and I still play the old DOS game. Got your card yesterday. Stayed up all night playing, ordered this morning. Good thing it came while I'm on vacation."

"Strange isn't it? You must be a genius to write a game that a person can't stop. I lost track of time last night!"

"The game has been my companion many nights over the years—it has survived two wives and a slew of girlfriends."