Tag: sim

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…
The demo of Sucker for Love: Crush Landing is the gentle reminder I needed that dating an eldritch god wouldn’t be straightforward, actually

The demo of Sucker…

I love an obscure dating simulator, so you can safely assume the ritual performing, eldritch abomination courting experience of…
Easy Anti-Cheat is coming to Rocket League, but Psyonix promises not to get all Fortnite with it and hose your Steam Deck and Linux installs

Easy Anti-Cheat is coming…

It’s 11 years old and Rocket League has decided it’s had it up to here with cheating. In a…
Schedule 1’s latest update adds a jukebox, because drugs without music is just kind of a drag, man

Schedule 1’s latest update…

You know what goes great with drugs? Music. Or at least that’s what I’ve been told by other people,…
This dreary low-poly delivery game pairs Animal Crossing villagers with soul-crushing gig work and I can’t wait to play it

This dreary low-poly delivery…

I spent six years as a delivery guy in a profoundly depressed area, so I’m receptive when a game…