Fund Manager: Buy Side
Released 20 September 2026 · PC · Indie, Simulation, Strategy
An asset-management simulation about other people's money. Raise capital into a public ETF and a private fund, earn fees, and grow the firm. Three worlds move on rates, FX, commodities and earnings — not random numbers — and every price is a trade between thousands of bots on a live order book.
Story
Manage money. Keep it. You are not a trader. You run an asset-management firm. Investors hand you their money, you run it in funds, and the firm keeps only the fees it earns for managing it. It is other people's money, but the name on it is yours. Money comes in, and money leaves. Good returns pull investors in. Deep losses send them away. When investors pull money out of a fund, that is a redemption, and you have to raise that cash by selling. If you hold a lot of thinly traded stock, selling pushes down the price of what you still hold, and the lower price brings more redemptions. That loop is the heart of the game. Two products, two rulebooks. The public ETF can be bought and sold by anyone, every day, and lives under regulation: no oversized position in one stock, no portfolio full of names you cannot sell. The private fund takes money from a few investors and can use a lock-up (no withdrawals for a set period) and a gate (a temporary halt on redemptions). Raise the gate, and your reputation collapses the moment you do. When too much money comes, close the door. Good numbers bring in more money than you can put to work. There is only so much stock you can buy, so...
Gameplay
Manage money. Keep it. You are not a trader. You run an asset-management firm. Investors hand you their money, you run it in funds, and the firm keeps only the fees it earns for managing it. It is other people's money, but the name on it is yours. Money comes in, and money leaves. Good returns pull investors in. Deep losses send them away. When investors pull money out of a fund, that is a redemption, and you have to raise that cash by selling. If you hold a lot of thinly traded stock, selling pushes down the price of what you still hold, and the lower price brings more redemptions. That loop is the heart of the game. Two products, two rulebooks. The public ETF can be bought and sold by anyone, every day, and lives under regulation: no oversized position in one stock, no portfolio full of names you cannot sell. The private fund takes money from a few investors and can use a lock-up (no withdrawals for a set period) and a gate (a temporary halt on redemptions). Raise the gate, and your reputation collapses the moment you do. When too much money comes, close the door. Good numbers bring in more money than you can put to work. There is only so much stock you can buy, so cash piles up, cash lags the index, and lagging sends investors away. So you can close a fund to new money (a soft close). The price is the fees you give up. A closed ETF cannot issue new units, so its...
Features
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Release details
Fund Manager: Buy Side is a Indie, Simulation and Strategy game by Dal Studio. Fund Manager: Buy Side came out on Sunday, 20 September 2026 on PC. This date comes from Steam and was last checked on 20 September 2026.
Frequently asked questions
When did Fund Manager: Buy Side come out?
Fund Manager: Buy Side came out on 20 September 2026.
Which platforms is Fund Manager: Buy Side on?
Fund Manager: Buy Side is on PC.
Who makes Fund Manager: Buy Side?
Fund Manager: Buy Side is developed by Dal Studio.
What kind of game is Fund Manager: Buy Side?
Fund Manager: Buy Side is a game of these genres: Indie, Simulation and Strategy.