Midwest 90: Rapid City is a tycoon simulation about running a business under extreme pressure.

Build, optimize, and expand a 1990s roadside diner in a collapsing economy, where your main ingredient is monster meat.

Every system connects. Every decision has consequences.

Build a Profitable (and Questionable) Food Empire

• Research and develop dishes using harvested monster ingredients
• Design your menu around customer behavior, buffs, and risk
• Experiment with additives like missourite to boost profits, or side effects
• Expand your diner, improve efficiency, and scale operations

Manage Systems, Not Just Survival

• Hire and prepare staff to keep service running under pressure
• Balance supply chains, pricing, and customer satisfaction
• Decide what matters more: margins, safety, or reputation
• Adapt to changing conditions in a collapsing local economy

Defend Your Investment

• Set traps and prepare defenses around your restaurant
• Survive unpredictable nightly monster incursions
• Protect your customers, staff, and infrastructure
• Treat defense as part of your operating costs, not just combat

Your Choices Shape the City

• Make high-impact business decisions that affect Rapid City
• Support the community, or exploit it
• Navigate a branching narrative with grounded, human characters
• Uncover the truth behind the monster outbreak

How far will you go to keep your business alive?