Capital Kings - Idle Tycoon
Real-World Business Empire
Only for iPhone
Free · In-App Purchases
Capital Kings: Build Your Business Empire
Capital Kings is a location-based business empire game where you buy, upgrade, and dominate real-world properties to rise from landlord to global tycoon.
Compete against players worldwide in an incremental strategy game filled with ambition, city takeovers, and high-stakes economics.
Why play Capital Kings?
- Build & grow: Buy, upgrade, and collect income from millions of real businesses
- Strategic cards: Sabotage, protect, and outplay rivals with powerful cards
- Location-based gameplay: Conquer over 100M+ real-world places using GPS
- Climb the ranks: From small-town landlord to wealthy global tycoon
- Dark competitive economy: Power, politics, and ruthless business strategy
Whether you love idle games, business simulators, or manager tycoon games, Capital Kings delivers an addictive mix of empire-building and real-world competition.
Download now and start your empire today!
more Limited-Time Special Bundles
Exclusive bundles can now appear on your Home screen or in the Shop. Some are one-time offers, others are time-limited, don’t miss them.
Shop Redesign
The Shop has been upgraded to support dynamic sales and special promotions, making it easier to grab the best deals when they drop.
1.0.45 14 Feb
New Features
• Achievements are live! Show off your progress directly on your profile
• Brand new Objectives system with rewarding goals to push your empire further
• New “What’s New” popup keeps you in the loop with every update
Improvements & Fixes
• Shield timers now display correctly on bookmarked businesses
• Fixed an issue that caused some photos to upload rotated
• Emoji support added for business names with emojis
• Improved Empire screen layout for very long business names
• Fixed loading issues for RTL location names (including Arabic)
• Splash screen video now starts at a random moment for variety
• New income sound effects when claiming Tournament rewards
• Reward Widget messaging is now clearer and more accurate
1.0.44 3 Feb
What’s New in Capital Kings
• Earn More as You Play
Unlock a FREE Business Card for every 50 check-ins and grow your empire faster than ever.
• Improved Language Support
Business names and locations now display correctly for right-to-left languages like Arabic and Hebrew, making text easier to read and more polished.
• New Player Menu
A refreshed Player Menu has been added to the main screen for quicker access and smoother navigation.
Update now and keep building your empire.
1.0.43 20 Jan
We’ve made your first steps into the game smoother than ever. New account creation is now more reliable, onboarding has been refined to help you get up and running faster, and claiming customer income is easier thanks to larger tap areas that reduce missed taps. Enjoy a more seamless experience from the moment you start playing.
1.0.42 15 Jan
New Features
• Bonus Rank Targets
Push your limits and earn extra diamonds by finishing a tournament at, near, or higher than your previous rank. A new way to turn consistency into rewards. (only available once you've completed your 1st tournament)
Improvements & Fixes
• Fixed a brief visual glitch where grouped VIP and VIP Income items showed an incorrect countdown
• Slot Machine Reel 1 now stops faster for a smoother, snappier feel
• Resolved an issue where news feed map images could display incorrect locations after scrolling
As always, thanks for playing and building your empire.
1.0.41 13 Jan
Compete your way and manage your empire faster with these updates:
Leaderboards & Rankings
• Choose between Global or Country-based leaderboards
• Monthly Leaderboards now support Worldwide or Local Country views
• Net Worth Leaderboards now support Global and Country rankings
Empire Management
• New quick filters on the Empire screen: All, Upgrading, Purchasing, & Buyouts
Improvements & Fixes
• Updated the bottom menu to a sleek floating style
• Bank repossessions now appear in your player history
• Fixed an issue where grouped Income or Expense items couldn’t be claimed individually
• Fixed a bug where the sign-in screen background video wouldn’t play
Build smarter. Compete harder. Rule your empire.
1.0.40 6 Jan
[New Features]
- New home screen carousel widget to show more info
[Improvements & Fixes]
- Show Starter Pack on Home Screen
- Improved Onboarding look
- Show Card Welcome Pack on Home Screen
- Performance improvements on the following screens: Home, Income & Expenses, Nearby Businesses, Empire, and Notifications
- Updated Tournament Widget on news feed to include Tournament Name & Timer
- Removed the Tournament Ranking & Timer Widget from news feed
- Added Sound Effect to successful purchasing of items in the Store (excl. cards)
1.0.39 5 Jan
[New Features]
- VIP Alerts: Stay on top of your game! You will now receive Push and In-Game notifications immediately if someone steals your VIP status.
- Audio Experience: Added new sound effects for Check-ins, Income, and Expenses. (Don't worry, we added a toggle in Settings to turn them On/Off).
- Settings: You can now switch between Imperial and Metric systems in the settings.
- Visual Polish: Enjoy a more immersive experience with new UI Parallax effects and a celebratory popup when you secure a VIP spot.
[Improvements & Fixes]
- Map Performance: The map system has been updated for better speed and stability. We also added movement and zoom inertia for a smoother navigation feel.
- Connectivity: Forcing a connection retry is now instant (no more up to 5-second wait), and internet access error messaging has been clarified.
- Leaderboards: Fixed a layout issue where numbers would shrink if the location name spanned multiple lines.
- UI Tweaks: You can now tap to immediately dismiss the Diamond popup.
1.0.37 03/12/2025
[NEW FEATURES]
- Starter Pack from the Shop
[IMPROVEMENTS]
- Enhanced logic for managing failed store transactions and recovering pending purchases
1.0.36 01/11/2025
[NEW FEATURES]
- Added Free Starter Card Pack to the Shop
- Ability to purchase Card Packs from the Shop
1.0.35 10/10/2025
[NEW FEATURES]
- Check-in Cards now show up on players history
Added Business Cards
- Reduce Upgrade Time
- Add Purchase Shield
- Increase Business Value
- Increase Daily Income
- Reduce Daily Expenses
- Break Pending Paperwork
- Owner Customer Income multiplier
- Boost Check-in Rewards for customers
[IMPROVEMENTS]
- Better messaging / error handling when can't get location on check-in screen
- Pulling down to do a refresh on the Check-in Screen now refreshes the location (instead of just the data at the current location)
[BUGS]
- Income & Expenses screen - If the Sold Business name was too long it would wrap to the next line without using the full space available.
- Quick Help for Business Screen "Owner Reward" was showing incorrect calculation.
- On slow connections if you left the screen before the results were returned then returned to that screen the results would not be sized correctly making the data looked garbled
- Fixed the European number format extra space in font again
1.0.34 08/10/2025
[UPDATES]
- Simplified app icon
- Added loading icon to splash screen after 1.5 seconds
- Cooldown between connection issue message boxes
[BUGS FIXED]
- Splash Screen game name was not showing on smaller iPhones
- Names wrapping on the Hall of Fame (i.e. K.S.G)
- August Tournament Name wrapping on Player Profile
- Business Screen - VIP Help was saying 5 check-ins required instead of 3 (reported by Spoosh)
- Check-in Screen - If it's loading new data and the screen is black and you tap the screen where a business was it would open that business screen
- Home Screen - Fix issue where it would occasionally load all items on top of each other for a few milliseconds
Business Cards are coming soon!
1.0.32 15/09/2025
[NEW FEATURES]
- Daily reward for each of the first 7 days you play
[BUGS FIXED]
- Not showing the out of funds message box when you don't have the funds to pay grouped expenses
- Business Value gain info box - Fixed wording to make it clear (Thanks Zec)
Please use discord (link in the game menu) to give feedback, suggestions or bug repots.
1.0.31 20/08/2025
[NEW FEATURES]
- Hall of Fame
- View Previous Months Tournament Results
- Claim Tournament Prizes
- Show Best Tournament Results on Player Profile
- Tournament Prizes Breakdown Screen
1.0.30 14/08/2025
[NEW FEATURES]
- Quick Sell a business to the Bank (from the Business context menu)
- Unlock Diamond after every 25 check-ins
[IMPROVEMENTS]
- In game notifications when a business is repossessed by the bank + how much you received back (dollars & diamonds)
- In game notifications when a business drops a level & tells you how many diamonds you were refunded
[BUG FIXES]
- Fixed an issue where swiping to close a screen sometimes causes the Main screens to swipe at the same time,
- Fixed an issue in Player History where, if a player bought a business from another player and had uploaded a custom profile image, the purchase would incorrectly appear as being -made by the Capital Kings Bank.,
- Business Screen - If a pending purchase is more than 24 hours it wasn't showing the days i.e. instead of 1 day 0 hrs 53 min it was just showing 0 hrs 53 min.
1.0.29 06/08/2025
[NEW FEATURE]
- Income Header now shows breakdown of Day / Week / Month income
[BUG FIXES]
- Halved the spacing between digits formatted with spaces like 1 000 000 (i.e. Mainly for regional settings for countries like Sweden & France - thanks Mystical for reporting)
- Card now auto refreshes automatically when finished and you have scrolled down the screen
- After showing the Card selection screen you cannot swipe right to go to the side menu
1.0.28 01/08/2025
You can now win cards from the slot machine!
Play your cards on the Check-in screen to boost your strategy and gain an edge.
This is just the beginning - new card types are on the way soon!
[NEW FEATURE]
- Check-in Screen Cards
[BUG FIXES]
- Tapping the profile of the person who joined from your invite didn't correctly load the players profile (only their profile image)
- Tapping to edit your Display Name, Bio, & Profile doesn't always open the screen
1.0.27 29/07/2025
We've made your Capital Kings experience smoother and more enjoyable with this update! Here's what's new:
Improvements:
- Earn Rewards for Feedback: Share your game feedback and earn 5 diamonds!
- Seamless Startup: Enjoy our brand-new instant splash screen and loading video - no more staring at blank grey screen while the game opens.
- Enhanced Location Services: Clear instructions and quick access buttons now guide you if location services are turned off, both device-wide and specifically for Capital Kings.
- Friendly Onboarding: New players now see helpful information explaining why location permissions are important, right before requesting access.
- Improved Sign-Up: The Save button on profile image selection clearly indicates when it’s disabled, making sign-up smoother.
- Quick Login Boost: Significant performance and reliability enhancements for Quick Login - jump back into action faster than ever!
Bug Fixes:
- Correctly shows "No Internet Access" message instead of confusing server errors when offline.
- Fixed text wrapping issue on Purchase Shield timer, keeping everything neatly displayed.
- Quick Login now handles token expiry gracefully, preventing endless retry loops.
- Improved Quick Login error messages clearly indicate issues like server downtime or internet connection problems.
- Grouped expenses now accurately display as negative amounts—no more confusing plus signs!
- Resolved a sign-up issue where slight image dragging incorrectly disabled the Save button.
Keep building your empire - these upgrades are just the beginning!
1.0.26 09/07/2025
Improvements
• Businesses on the Income & Expenses screen are now grouped (like VIPs) when you have more than 3 to claim or pay.
• Store purchase errors now show clearer messages.
• "Exchange Diamonds" description now states it does not count toward tournament profit.
• Removed duplicate owner info in player empire view.
Bug Fixes
• Fixed player referrals not working.
• Disabled business upgrades when there’s an active bid.
• Fixed Purchase Freeze timer not showing correctly (timezone issue).
• Tournament Timer now displays the correct time based on timezone.
• Tapping below headers on Income & Expenses, Check-in, or Empire screens no longer causes them to expand.
• Fixed owner name truncation when it contains a period (.).
• Fixed VIP name line breaks caused by periods in names.
• Fixed upgrade timer getting cut off or wrapping to a new line.
1.0.25 07/07/2025
Push Notifications are now requested later during gameplay, not immediately at launch.
Bug Fix: Notifications now work correctly for new players.
1.0.24 28/06/2025
Added Hebrew font support
[Bug Fixes]
- Fixed an issue with Owners Name getting cut off on Business screen when name contains certain special language characters
- Fixed an issue on the new feed Purchase Item where Location name didn't align when name contains certain special language characters
- Fixed Settings screen not loading
1.0.23 27/06/2025
New Features
• When opening the Search screen from a business, the search location now defaults to that business’s location
• Tapping "Clear" in the Search field now refreshes the list with nearby businesses
Bug Fixes
• Fixed the sticky header not showing when you scroll down the list on the check-in screen
• Fixed an issue where the Purchase Shield timer didn’t reflect the user’s local time correctly
• Fixed issue with Settings screen not showing
1.0.22 26/06/2025
[NEW FEATURES]
- Onboarding (to help new players get started)
-> Tasks & Rewards (note for existing players rewards have has been adjusted to balance accordingly)
-> The Header panels are now clickable on the Income & Expenses, Check-in, and Empire screens. Clicking them shows extra help.
-> Messages on the Income & Expenses, Check-in, and Empire screens for when you have no data.
-> Added FAQ message on the Home Screen for the first few days after joining
- Search Screen now auto returns businesses near the location of the map.
- Search Screen now shows the business value and your balance at the top of the screen.
- Slot Machine now shows the Pay-outs & Odds (tap the information icon)
- Added FAQ screen (accessible from the Main Menu, and also from the bottom of Help Screen)
[CHANGES]
- On claiming your Business Income it now displays a "Claimed" message below the button.
- Business Income / Expenses it now adds 24 hours from the end time that you had to claim the income (instead of 24 hours from the time of claiming the income/expense) this way it's a consistent 24 hours.
- Added a confirmation dialog box on upgrading a business
- Claiming VIP Income summary now shows the time until it becomes active again.
- Income & Expense screen the Business Income button now displays the amount of time remaining to claim the income before you lose it.
- Minor UI Tweaks to most screens.
[BUG FIXES]
- VIP Income summary now shows the correct number of businesses
- Fixed Slot machine stops working if you switch screens whilst it's spinning.
- Check-in Screen - The satellite animations will now show until data has been returned from the server
- If you fail to claim business Income (lost connection etc.) it now correctly removes the amount from your balance (instead of double adding it)
1.0.19 25/06/2025
- Updated Income & Expenses buttons to support larger numbers
1.0.17 18/06/2025
- Added World news feed
- Bug fixes
1.0.13 04/06/2025
Limited-Time Special Bundles
Exclusive bundles can now appear on your Home screen or in the Shop. Some are one-time offers, others are time-limited, don’t miss them.
Shop Redesign
The Shop has been upgraded to support dynamic sales and special promotions, making it easier to grab the best deals when they drop.
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