Project Highrise is a management sim game that allows you to build and manage your own tower. You must manage basic needs, desires of tenants, take on contracts and loans while making sure to turn a profit. The game offers two modes - Sandbox Mode, where you are given total freedom; and Scenario Mode, where you are given specific tasks with certain constraints.
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Arcade Paradise is a story-driven game that lets you renovate a rundown laundromat and turn it into a local hit arcade. Unlock 30+ individual arcade titles, mostly based on classic arcade hits, and upgrade your arcade to attract more patrons. Enjoy the underlying element of familial strife, while completing maintenance tasks like picking up trash and unclogging the toilet.
What we like:
Variety of arcade games
Well-paced upgrade loop
Interesting story elements
Mini-game style maintenance tasks
What could be improved:
Can be grindy
Time limit restricts how much you can play the games
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Yes, Your Grace is a captivating kingdom management game where you make tough decisions as King Eryk. Inspired by Slavic folklore, this RPG brings you a world of monsters, arcane practices, and quirky characters. Can you keep your people happy in this challenging medieval adventure?
What we like:
Enjoyable story with multiple endings
Excellent writing
Beautiful soundtracks
Outstanding pixel art
What could be improved:
No manual save (you'll have to finish the day to auto save)
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Cult of the Lamb is an eerie triumph of dungeon crawling and society-building. As the titular Lamb, your job is to gather devotees to worship an imprisoned elder-god and defeat four heretic bishops. You will wield a randomly chosen weapon and uncover tarot cards to power up. You need to manage your cult, keep them faithful and make sure they are fed, cleaned, housed and preached to.
What we like:
Unique two part gameplay with dungeon crawler and cult management simulator elements
Darkly cute art style
Sharp gameplay
No choice in weapons or power ups for each run so no two runs are ever the same
What could be improved:
Short time limit in labyrinths to ensure that dead bodies are buried and prayers offered or risk dissent among followers
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Lemon Cake is a charming indie bakery management game where you bring an old bakery back to life with the help of a friendly ghost. From growing your ingredients to baking over 40 mouth-watering pastries, you'll have fun juggling orders, keeping customers happy, and managing your daily menu for bonuses. With adorable art style, cute animal characters, and fun features like a cat cafe and greenhouse, this is a game that will keep you entertained for hours!
Grow: Song of the Evertree is an awe-inducing experience firmly planted between an adventure game and a sweet casual farm game. The game is beautiful with opportunities to explore the world around you and keep it casual with the gameplay, whilst feeding you the story. You get to customize your character and go on a journey to save the Evertree and nurture the world back to health from the Withering. You even get your very own sweet dragon companion!
What we like:
Beautiful art style & music
Customizable character
Relaxed gameplay
Dragon companion
Non-binary characters supported
No punishment or rush for doing things wrong
What could be improved:
Slow going
Not strictly accessible in terms of customization options
RimWorld is a life simulator and management game set in a remote planet in the distant future. It features a unique character generation system to create complex personalities with flaws, drives and needs, as well as a story generator that creates unexpected scenarios for players to face.
What we like:
Unique character generation system
Story generator creates unpredictable scenarios
Tons of mods for everything
Includes interaction bubbles to show interactions as they happen
Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator is a simulative and realistic game that puts you in control of your own winery. From choosing the vines to selling the wine, every decision affects the quantity and quality of your product. With a strong atmosphere, interesting characters, deep mechanics, and a beautiful art style, this game is a must-play for wine enthusiasts.
What we like:
Strong atmosphere
Interesting characters
Deep mechanics
Beautiful art style
What could be improved:
Lack of captivating gameplay
Slow and tedious pace
Disconnection between story and player progression
Prison Architect is a management/strategy game where you must manage an unwilling and unruly population in a prison setting. You must establish order from cooperative parts, feed and house prisoners, and even "get rid of them" them if necessary. There is also an economy of contraband that you must manage, as well as a metagame of making your warden rich by selling the prison to others.
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.