Steam Winter Sale: Seafarer, the Ship Sim
Dive into the world of commercial shipping as you patrol the seas and learn to love ISO 668 cargo containers.
Simulation Game
The Best Simulation/City Builder Games of 2024
These are the simulation / city builder games I have played during 2024. It’s not a comprehensive list! Some gems in here, though.
It's not writer's block, it's distraction
I wanted to write about Origins 2024, but then I just got to wondering if I could write an aquarium simulator for an ASCII terminal, and eventually this happened.
The Golden Years: 30 Something
The Golden Years: 30 Something is a life simulation game that highlights the importance of balancing work, life, and everything in between. The game features multiple different endings depending on the choices you make throughout the game.
1926: The Golden Age of Aviation
Experience the golden age of aviation in this flight simulator set in the 1920s.
23 Fathoms: A Cold War Era Submarine Simulator
Number: 23. Genre: Submarine Simulator. Title: “23 Fathoms”. Outline: In this submarine simulator, you are the captain of a nuclear submarine on a secret mission. You must navigate the treacherous waters, avoid detection, and complete your mission without being detected. In the grand tradition of Silent Hunter, “23 Fathoms” puts you in the captain’s chair of a nuclear submarine. As you navigate the treacherous waters, you must avoid detection while completing your mission. The game features realistic submarine physics and gameplay, as well as a dynamic campaign that changes based on your choices. ...
Social Game Review: Lucky Train
When a Japanese friend I’d met in Treasure Abyss invited me to try A Bit Lucky’s “Lucky Train”, I thought immediately of the legendary train sim “Densha de GO!”. The description sure sounded like it. Build trains and send them from your town to those of your friends, past country scenes you design. I was absolutely there. Well, I was close. You do build trains, and you do send them from your town, but you don’t go with them. Lucky Train is a fairly simplistic city sim, except instead of built around a town hall or castle, it’s built around a train station. As you progress, you raise a town and later a city around that train station. In your city, the only thing anyone wants to do is leave – by train. ...