LUGANO BAY TYCOON

A small pier, a business to grow

Start with a small boat rental on the shores of Lake Lugano and build your waterfront business, one investment at a time.

Choose which boats to buy, set your prices and look after your customers. Reinvest your earnings in new piers, shops and decorations as the bay changes with the seasons.

Expand your fleet, open an ice cream shop or prepare for the next event? You decide how to grow.

Build and care for your fleet

From red car-shaped pedal boats and pedal boats with slides to dinghies, motorboats, electric boats, water taxis and party boats: unlock new vessels and find the right mix for your business.

Weigh costs against earnings, adjust rental prices and schedule maintenance and repairs. More boats mean room for more customers, but also more services to organise and expenses to manage.

Bring new businesses to the waterfront

Build piers to add moorings and expand your business with kiosks, ice cream shops, chocolate shops and souvenir shops.

Unlock new products as you progress, and pair boat rentals with offers in your shops. Every customer has preferences, a budget and limited patience: a successful day also depends on how you welcome them.

Make the bay your own

Decorate designated spaces along the promenade with benches, planters, tables, parasols, lanterns and more.

Choose where to place them, rotate them and move them as your business grows. Watch local residents stroll by and stop in the spaces you have furnished, and make your corner of the waterfront more inviting.

Every season brings new decisions

Summer brings more visitors, winter slows the pace and a thunderstorm can change your plans.

Keep an eye on the weather, decide when to recall your boats and prepare for changes in demand. Sergio’s advice and the Journal help you keep track of goals, results and new opportunities.

Create offers and take part in events

Choose offers for families, relaxing outings or short trips, tailoring your service to the customers you want to attract.

Take part in optional events with goals and rewards, or accept contracts for hotels, school trips and the sailing club. At the end of the day, check your reports to see how rentals, purchases and visitor numbers went, and plan your next move.

Build your reputation

Keep customers happy and reach milestones to unlock new ways to develop your business.

Grow your operation until you earn the bay’s permanent operating concession. Once you have reached that goal, continue in free play with everything you have built.

Play at your own pace

Lugano Bay Tycoon is a single-player management game with a peaceful atmosphere and prices, investments and maintenance to look after.

Adjust the simulation speed and pause whenever you want to plan ahead. The boats navigate on their own: you manage the business and can take a moment to watch life on the lake.

Single-player · English, Italian, French and German · Autosave

Inspired by Lugano

The bay reimagines Lugano’s shores, promenade and mountains in a stylised setting, rather than recreating the city to scale.

Even the distinctive red car-shaped pedal boats are inspired by those found on the real lake.

A personal project

Lugano Bay Tycoon is my first game on Steam, born from the wish to create a management game set in a place close to my heart.

During Early Access, I will continue working on the game and gathering your suggestions to improve its balance, clarity and management experience.

Thank you for being here and bringing your own corner of Lugano to life.