Ruthless Returns

Ruthless Returns

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Description

A satirical business game where everyone acts at once. Build your company, sue your neighbours, hide the money offshore, and offer world-class parental leave, or slash it for profit. Richest CEO after three fiscal years wins. By brilliance if you can. By dirty tricks if you must.

Single-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerRemote Play Together

Released

August 15, 2026

Price

Free

Platforms

Windows

Developer

South Harbour Studios

Publisher

South Harbour Studios

CasualFree To PlayIndieStrategy2DBoard GameCapitalismCard GameChoices MatterEconomyFunnyHand-drawnLocal MultiplayerMultiplayer

About

THE HOUR OF RECKONING IS COMING.

Ruthless Returns is a satirical business board game where ALL players act simultaneously, every single round. No downtime. No mercy.

PICK ONE CARD. PASS THE REST. Each fiscal year you get a hand of 8 cards, 7 Wonders-style. Hire lawyers, launch shitstorms, plant shady evidence, poach your neighbour's star employee, or just quietly build the best product on the market. Every path can win.

THE COURTROOM IS THE EXECUTIONER. Lawsuits resolve at year-end in a courtroom ceremony with verdicts, gold and blood. Nine out of ten bankruptcies follow a lost case. Two merciless commentators cover the bankruptcies live.

SATIRE WITH TEETH. Offshore accounts, greenwashing, spin doctors, lobbyists and a board of directors with demands. The Panama Papers universe, except this time it's the people at your table doing the scheming.

  • 1-6 players: solo vs. a sharp AI (three difficulty personalities), shared screen, or online multiplayer with open lobbies, chat and team play (2v2, 2v2v2, 3v3)
  • 214 cards, each with its own artwork + 4 expansions included (The Board, Headhunters, Lobbyists, The Entrepreneurs)
  • 14 entrepreneurs with unique perks and fully voiced personalities
  • A physical board game edition is on its way to Kickstarter
  • Also playable right in your browser at , on desktop, tablet and mobile. Steam and browser players share the same online lobbies