Enlight Software is a

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s. The company was founded by

Trevor Chan Enlight Software is a Hong Kong developer and publisher of video games. The company was founded by Trevor Chan in 1993, and their first project was the economic strategy game ''Capitalism'', which was published by Interactive Magic in 1995. In 1 ...

in 1993, and their first project was the economic

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Capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, price system, priva ...

'', which was published by Interactive Magic in 1995. In 1997, they released '' Capitalism Plus'' (an updated version of ''Capitalism'') and the

real-time strategy Real-time strategy (RTS) is a subgenre of strategy video games that do not progress incrementally in turns, but allow all players to play simultaneously, in "real time". By contrast, in turn-based strategy (TBS) games, players take turns to p ...

game '' Seven Kingdoms''. Later games include ''Virtual U'', ''

Capitalism II ''Capitalism II'' is the sequel to the business simulation video game ''Capitalism''. It was created by Enlight and published by Ubisoft in 2001. The player creates and controls a business empire. This in-depth strategy game covers almost eve ...

'', '' Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc'', '' Seven Kingdoms II'', ''

Hotel Giant ''Hotel Giant'' (), known in North America as ''Maximum Capacity: Hotel Giant'', is a business simulation game developed by Enlight Software and published by JoWood Productions for Windows. The soundtrack was composed by Bjørn Lynne. Gameplay ...

'', ''

Restaurant Empire ''Restaurant Empire'' () is a 2003 business simulation video game created by Trevor Chan. Developed and published by Enlight Software for Microsoft Windows, the player designs, owns and operates a restaurant. Gameplay The player controls the ki ...

'', ''

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'', ''Marine Park Empire'', ''

Restaurant Empire II ''Restaurant Empire II'' is the sequel to ''Restaurant Empire''. It has new features such as new themes for American restaurants, over 700 pieces of new internal and external furniture and decorations, the addition of German cuisine and the city ...

'' and ''Hotel Giant II''. In addition to developing their own games, Enlight have released several games from third-party developers in the United States, including:

MercurySteam Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L., Trade name, doing business as MercurySteam, is a Spanish video game developer based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid, Madrid. The company was founded by former members of Rebel Act Studios, w ...

's ''American McGee Presents:

Scrapland ''American McGee Presents: Scrapland'' is a game developed by MercurySteam, with American McGee as a executive producer and published by Enlight Software. A remastered version was released for Microsoft Windows on December 13, 2021. Setting Scr ...

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Nadeo Nadeo (pronounced ''NĂ-dā-yō'') is a French video game developer founded in 2000. The studio is best known for creating the racing game series ''TrackMania''. Other games developed by Nadeo include the '' Virtual Skipper'' series and '' ShootM ...

's ''

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Egosoft Egosoft GmbH (formerly Ego Software) is a German video game developer based in Würselen, Germany. The company was founded by Bernd Lehahn in 1988. Egosoft is best known for its '' X'' series of video games, a series of space simulator games no ...

's '' X2: The Threat''. Enlight's latest game is ''Capitalism Lab'', a new expanded version of ''

''. It has an improved look and feel of existing interfaces, supporting multiple screen resolutions. Its new features include enhanced simulation of the real estate market, purchases of land plots, enhanced macroeconomic simulation, the ability to build community and sport facilities, product class expertise, technology disruption, new products and a new natural resources system.

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Enlight Software Ltd.
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