Other Real Cash Games

Browser Games:

Market Glory-This is probably the most well-known 'economic/military strategy game' that uses a real-world value economy. In this game, you can open companies (or work for others) that produce all manner of products and materials that are used in game. You can also fight with other players, and invade other countries. They have been introducing many changes not well-received by the player base over the last year or so, which has caused their exchange rates of in-game currencies to tank. I've too much invested to walk away, so I do essentially the bare minimum to just collect my salary. It is still possible to make some sort of profit in this game, but much like M.A. and E.U., once you develop a winning strategy, they introduce some new change that makes your investments (time and/or money) basically worthless. Still fun(ish) to play, and doesn't take much time. Not sure what a brand new player could earn with/without investing, but my account is netting me roughly a real euro every third or fourth day.

Goal Tycoon-This is a sibling game to Market Glory, they share many of the same concepts, and many products produced by Market Glory players are sold to and used within Goal Tycoon. In this game, you assume the role of a football(soccer) club manager, complete with players, and a park. I'm not a sports fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I do like management style games. This game is really in its infancy, so expect some crazy (nearly game breaking) changes to continue to roll out if you join this one. This one is really deposit-pushy. Under the current meta-game, I don't see non-depositing players to be able to play for more than a few months, before running out of players, as they do age and retire. Not sure about netting real profits from this one, but there are some rather large bonuses in the upper leagues, and extra tournaments.

Anno1777-Another 'economic/military strategy game' with companies, fights, etc. Haven't been on this game in a while (I don't even currently have an active account) but last I saw, this game was dominated by one specific group. I was heavily invested in this game, with my own private land with a full arsenal of functional companies, but I managed to go more than 23 days without logging in, which apparently means my account was deleted, and all assets assimilated into the owner's pocket. I don't know how hard it is to profit from this game, but I know how easy it is to lose everything in ~3 weeks. :(

Corporation Master-This is a newer one, similar to other 'economy/military' types. I would say this game is in a playable alpha-state, but it seems to be profitable for many that invested from the start. There's new content being rolled out, but it's pretty quick and easy to just log in, work, and leave.

App-Style Games (hosted on websites):

Dungeons and Treasures-I only played this one briefly, but if you know of the old console-style raycasting dungeon crawlers, then you know this game. The concept is that each month, all players reset back to nothing, and the game provides 1 dungeon daily for free. You can spend money to buy more dungeons to explore, better gear to make it through them faster, things like that. The premise is that if you move quickly enough, or get lucky enough, you can sell your spoils to other players. If I remember, there's also some sort of reward paid each month (in game currency) depending on how far you got in that month. As far as profits go, I really have no idea, I only played this one for a couple days before forgetting about it.

Golden Towns-This one is made by the same people as Anno1777, in which you manage small city set in a gold-rush setting. You start with a handful of buildings that don't decay, and a couple people that never die to work them, and you build more buildings to expand your city. You can buy/sell/trade your resources to other players. The key word for this game is 'decay' which, if you are an Entropia player, you know that one well. Golden Towns is insanely decay heavy, so I'm not really sure what this game is like further in. I've never deposited to this one, but it's sorta fun as long as I have been able to manage before running out resources to maintain what I had built.

That's about it that I can think of as far as real cash games I have played. I've had limited success with some, and completely crashed and burned with others. I have heard of some others, but have never played them: (GoldenWars or GoldenAge or something like that? ProEconomica. Wurm Online.)

Do you have any to add?

It is a pretty neat way to pass some time every day, but be forewarned that the game is possibly on the down-hill slope towards crashing. If you decide to get into the game, be sure to get in touch with me, I'll be happy to teach you the basics and answer any questions you may have.

They are clever in writing their terms so that they have the right, at any time, for any reason, to say "Too bad, all the money you've paid into this game is mine, and there's no way for you to get it back."

I don't recommend depositing into games like these unless you really feel comfortable just tossing money in the trash, but if you stick with them long enough, you can get to the point even without ever depositing that you can withdraw some money. A few minutes a day playing a game for a few bucks is worth it to some people.

I'm certain that the T.o.S. for EU is written in nearly the same adage, but I haven't read it in almost 10 years.