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Train Sim World 4 and how The Sims ironically inspired the simulator’s approach to community generated content

Train Sim World 4…

Features This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 392 in January 2024. Every month we run exclusive…
Tavern Keeper’s item design tool is so good one player made a tabletop D&D set where you can actually read the stats on the character sheets

Tavern Keeper’s item design…

I’ve fallen hard for Tavern Keeper, a sim where you manage an inn in a fantasy realm filled with…
Microsoft Flight Simulator isn’t just for nerdy dads anymore: Boeing will start using its tech to train actual pilots

Microsoft Flight Simulator isn’t…

The most recent incarnation of Microsoft’s long-running flight simulator series is a genuine marvel, whether you fancy yourself an…
Why I love driving around oddball Japan in Promise Mascot Agency

Why I love driving…

Everything in Japan has a mascot. Towns, sports, corporations, train stations—even prisons have mascots themed around local delicacies. In…
Surviving Mars: Relaunched is a solid but inessential remaster for one of the best city builders around, but I’m extremely excited about what comes next

Surviving Mars: Relaunched is…

Surviving Mars: Relaunched is an unusual remaster, though this is not particularly clear at a glance. Remasters tend to…
Even in early access, Tavern Keeper already feels like the fantasy pub sim of my dreams

Even in early access,…

It’s a normal day in my tavern. A talking skeleton has lurched in and is standing at the bar…
‘I briefly burst into tears’: After 11 years of work, the dev of this fantasy sim is ‘elated and grateful’ to reach Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam only 3 days after launch

‘I briefly burst into…

Fantasy management sim Tavern Keeper has only been out on Steam for three days but it goes back a…
6 years after the original, Planet Zoo 2 is finally happening and may be out next year

6 years after the…

The zookeeping sim Planet Zoo launched six years ago today, and it was pretty good: “Another strong (yet stressful)…
As if being a gas station attendant in Roadside Research wasn’t stressful enough, I’m also an alien who has to research humans while trying not to poop goop everywhere

As if being a…

If there was an award for grossest sounds per minute, I’m positive that the Roadside Research demo would take…
Like scratching scratchers but don’t actually want to blow money on the lotto? Try the demo for Scritchy Scratchy, a ridiculously moreish clicker game

Like scratching scratchers but…

I’ve never actually purchased a scratchcard with my own money—all of my experience taking a coin to that crumbly,…