Tag: sim

Bugtopia is my next insect idle game obsession and I promise I’m not mad about the grind at the beginning which makes you sell your own bugs

Bugtopia is my next…

The second you combine bugs and idle games, I’m sold. Staring at sprites of tiny creepy-crawlies is rapidly becoming…
Nothing beats putting all my little stuff on my many little shelves in a super cozy shop sim like Thrifty Business

Nothing beats putting all…

Man I just love a game where I move all my little stuff around on my little shelves. I…
‘We hear you’: RoadCraft dev will address early negative feedback with hotfixes, free new vehicles, and a ‘Hard Mode’ with systems like fuel management

‘We hear you’: RoadCraft…

The early reception for RoadCraft, the new driving sim from the developer of MudRunner and SnowRunner, was—like the washed-out…
This hardcore driving sim about rebuilding towns after natural disasters is, surprisingly, a super-chill hangout game for up to 4 friends

This hardcore driving sim…

I’m not much of a driving enthusiast, so I steered clear of Saber Interactive’s Mudrunner in 2017 and flaked…
As the follow-up to one of the greatest city builders, Anno 117: Pax Romana has a big toga to fill, and I think it might deliver the goods

As the follow-up to…

I do not typically recommend completely tanking a city’s economy, potentially ruining the lives of all of its citizens…
After raising over $800 million from its community, Star Citizen’s developer delays the release of a new ship upgrade as players baulk at having to pay for it

After raising over $800…

The only thing more astonishing than Star Citizen‘s ability to extract funds from its community is the eagerness with…
Understandable AI paranoia has inspired a developer to change the handcrafted character art in its upcoming sim: ‘They look a bit AI’

Understandable AI paranoia has…

Generative AI sucks for so many reasons, from its impact on the environment to the skyrocketing cost of RAM,…
Birdwatching Notebook is meant to be a relaxing idler, but it drove me to new depths of unlock-obsessed birdmania

Birdwatching Notebook is meant…

I love being outdoors with the excuse of watching the birds, but given it has rained every single day…
I didn’t expect to kidnap alligators, save Woodstock or give people dysentery in a game called Transport Fever 3—but here we are

I didn’t expect to…

The humble transport management sim is a venerable, fundamental part of PC gaming that’s been inspiring an obsession with…
This Factorio-ish sim is threatening to devour hours of my time, and I haven’t even gotten to the part where I make my own starships yet

This Factorio-ish sim is…

Friends, I have a disease. Not, uh, not one of the bad ones, I mean a disease of the…