Hipster Cafe
Ever wanted to design, build and manage a café on your very own home computer? Really? OK then… welcome to HIPSTER CAFÉ.
Use your trust fund to buy up some old warehouse building in the run down part of town then market it to the nouveau riche in a cynical attempt to drive up property prices. Can you successfully navigate the shifting waters of pop culture in order to market your eatery to the wealthiest demographic?
-Optimise your food menu to cater to the palates of the great and the good.
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I Lost My Luggage
I Lost My Luggage is a chaotic organization game, where you work in a lost and found facility. Organize the lost luggage in any way you like. Just make sure to remember where to find them when the forms describing them are printed out. As the game progresses, your inventive organization strategies will be tested against the accumulating chaos. You are accompanied by your work-from-home supervisor who facilitates hilarious story elements.
There’s lots of forms:
People lose their luggage a lot. They can fill in forms of their lost luggage, sending them directly to the printer in your office. The descriptions get more and more complex throughout the days.
And lots of luggage:
New items come in three times a day, so they can pile up real fast. But don’t worry, if you organize well, you’ll be fine!
Match the forms with the correct item:
If you drop the wrong item off, the conveyer belt will gladly give the item back to you. Feel free to try it again!
Organize the incoming forms:
Organization is key, also when receiving a lot of forms. Organize them on the bulletin board or in a nice big pile. It’s up to you!
Have some fun:
Taking breaks improves your productivity. Hit a kobe or do something else to blow some steam off. Bill will be right there with you!
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Hospital Tycoon
While the story mode is awful and leaves much to be desired, it’s definitely worth starting if you’re a first time player or someone who is returning to this game after a few years. For me, getting to episode two of the first season was enough to get me going in sandbox mode.
EDIT: I need to mention that the garbage cut scenes in the story mode can be skipped with the space bar. Trust me, you’ll want to. It’s really painful to watch.
In sandbox mode, this tycoon becomes one of my favorites. The quirky models, SFX, and customization features really come to life once you’re able to run the hospital how you’d like. As long as you start small and only purchase/build when you absolutely need it, it can be kind of a breeze as well. Again, I’d suggest starting the story mode solely for the tutorial aspect, though. I haven’t seen similar menu systems in use in other games I’ve played and the quick run through in that first episode and a half really helped me pick up where I left off.
– Real player with 17.1 hrs in game
It’s as if Theme Hospital and [a paired-down version of] The Sims had a bit of a romance and then this popped out!
Therefore, a lovely little bit of reminiscence [with a twist!] for those of us craving a Theme Hospital fix, with a lil extra cherry on top!
I don’t know if it’s just nostalgia, but I think I do still consider Theme Hospital the better [more polished] of the two [still available on GOG.com I think?]…… but this is a refreshing [yet still pretty retro!] lil take on that previous classic, with some added soap opera drama thrown in!
– Real player with 14.4 hrs in game
Startopia
Be warned that this game is old and the interface feels all 20 years of its age.
However, if you can stomach old games, this is one of the true classics from its era. A space station management/tycoon game with a lot of heart and humor. Numerous ways to build your station, several ways to challenge yourself or just relax and mess around.
I’ve played this off and on for two decades and still own the original disc so my hours on Steam only reflect buying it again here for convenience.
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Of interest to fans: The original development company obviously went out of business, the game transferred ownership for a number of years to Square-Enix who did nothing with it and then released the game back to the care of one of the original developers.
– Real player with 91.5 hrs in game
To date, I have purchased just over 15 games on Steam. Some of them have been complete wastenados of my money - one in particular I shelled out a lot for and only got a couple of hours of semi-enjoyment out of it. Startopia is the exact opposite of that game - I paid very little for it and, so far, I’ve gotten more hours of fun out of it than any other game I’ve purchased on here.
You’re managing a space station which is being visited by nine different alien types, each with their own preferences and skills. You have to build facilities to ensure these aliens are healthy, well-rested, well-fed, entertained and other things like that, make sure any aliens who cause trouble get rehabilitated, keep the station clean, and make sure you have enough energy to keep it all running. You’re aided by this artificially intelligent being called VAL who often peppers his advice with a degree of snark and you get occasional visits from a trader named Arona who I swear is a cross between a Vogon and Moneybags from Spyro 2.
– Real player with 74.2 hrs in game
Youtubers Life
This game has some good ideas and it really is fun to play.
I had a problem were my PC was broke and I didnt have enough money to buy/replace the current pc but I did have enough money to buy one if there was a option to sell or scrap the current pc to buy a lower one to keep making videos.
The weird voice in movies and shows are annoying and could be redone a bit.
This game can be hard if you over spend what you earn and try to move up fast.
Also I dont see why can’t the wife get a job or something instead of hog up my CPU and consoles?
– Real player with 133.5 hrs in game
A Playable Nightmare
I’m just going to start this off by saying I have never played a game that simultaneously has made me stressed out, bored, and actually exhausted like this game has. I also never thought this sentence would come out of my mouth, but I’d rather play Bad Rats (which makes me extremely sad). So lets explore this mess.
So the art and music isn’t groundbreaking obviously. I’m not hating on that, honestly as much as art and music help a game they don’t make or break it unless it’s part of the point of the game.
– Real player with 99.5 hrs in game
Arcade Paradise
Welcome to Arcade Paradise, the 90’s-fuelled retro arcade adventure. Rather than washing rags for a living, you decide to turn the family laundromat into the ultimate arcade. Play, profit and purchase new arcade machines, with over 35 to choose from, to build your very own Arcade Paradise!
#### Rags to riches… literally!
Take the laundromat business made up of dull chores from washing clothes to throwing out the trash, and turn it into a booming arcade with the coolest games in town raking in all the money!
#### Insert Coin
Over 35 arcade games, each fully realized with its own gameplay, stories, missions and high scores to set! Inspired by 3 decades of gaming, from early vector games right up to the 32-bit era.
#### Here comes a new challenger
Insert a second coin and play against a friend in a number of co-operative & competitive arcade games up to 4 players locally.
#### Set the high scores
Prove yourself across each game, set your high scores, make your favourite arcade game more popular and upload to the online leaderboards.
#### Soundtrack worthy of the cassette collection
From the individual games to choosing what song to put on the jukebox inspired by some of the great records of the early 90s, the soundtrack captures the heart of a bygone era.
#### The greatest gaming era ever
Hello 90’s. If you could smell this game, it would smell like memories. Everything from the look and feel of the arcades, to using the latest PC connected to the mind-blowing dial-up connection, all have been recreated with pure love.
#### Gerald in the Riviera
Doug Cockle (famous for his voice acting in Victor Vran and The Witcher series) plays the role of Ashley’s berating father. Being too busy in the Riviera to see King Wash for himself, you will receive many phone calls from Gerald sharing his wise words of advice and constant reminders to fix the toilet.
Grand Casino Tycoon
My intension to get the game was to try a new management simulation game and the idea of planning/constructing a casino with all the entertaining requirements for the guests was the selling point for me. My first interactions with the game weren´t as good as I hoped, because I had some issues starting it on my end and it took me some time to get used to the user interface. After those initials obstacles I was surprised by the gameplay, and it made a lot of fun to build the casino and keep all the guests happy. As the game progresses it gets way harder and with more guest types it also becomes a challenge to keep most of them entertained.
– Real player with 11.1 hrs in game
What bothers me the most about this game is if you take your time to get it right. You will never be able to accomplish your goals. You will always be in debt. There are also items that do not seem to attract any players. You lose money, because the object in question is useless, but you absolutely need it to advance in your goals. I believe this game has potential, but it doesn’t feel complete.
– Real player with 11.0 hrs in game
Music Band Manager
Verdict: 3/10
Becoming a mix of band manager and music band becomes in reality a click feast that tests your patience and resilience in a very simple simulation environment. Better look somewhere else or buy with a huge discount.
PrivateJoh’s personal (re)view:
Personally, I feel Music Band Manager is lacking in many aspects. Gender possibilities are not really explored. 2D graphics are generic at most, and not particularly engaging. Initially, the humor might bring a smile to your face, but it becomes old really fast.
– Real player with 23.7 hrs in game
Wanted More
So i bought this game when it was on offer at £2.69 (or there about) and to be honest it is only worth this much!
What i wanted was in band augments, broken instruments, band members leaving, sex, drugs and rock’n’roll!!
What i got is a very tame game in so far as no one falls out with anyone no one gets tired EVER!!! There is no time management in fact you can have you “band” work every day of every week of the year and they never drop from fatigue (i would recommend that you DO work them every day), on top of this you can get them to rehearsal and write songs (as they say no rest for the wicked).
– Real player with 18.6 hrs in game
Parkasaurus
Okay, so I’m a huge fan of zoo-based park management games, right? I’ve spent a good portion of my childhood pretty much wasting away on them. Zoo Tycoon, Wildlife Park, Jurassic World Genesis, Zoo Empire, you name it. But I’ll be honest, when I first saw Parkasaurus, I really did not think I would enjoy this game all that much. Probably because it’s been so long since we’ve had a really good zoo management game (ZT2 Ultimate Collection is still considered the best by many zoo management fans, myself included, and that was released in ’08, so 10-11 years ago now), coupled with my own initial dislike for the ridiculously huge-eyed goofy art style and the fact that it’s solely focused on dinosaurs. Personally, I just didn’t have high expectations here.
– Real player with 319.3 hrs in game
☆The Old(est) Fashioned ‘Zoo Tycoon'☆
Parkasaurus has been on my wishlist for I dont know how long.
Right now, it’s the steam summer sale and I’ve been looking at games to distract me during the long heated summer hours.
I’ve been interested but I never really wanted to put £20 on it, like, it looked fun, but it’s…isometric? …Ehhh….
What I hadn’t realised was that the game is actually full on, low-poly style 3D! It’s not completely isometric art, and I appreciate that so much for a reason I’ll explain down below. I have played 4.5 hours so far, definitely going back for more, and this has let me play through two campaign levels (there’s loads left to do!) and the tutorial level.
– Real player with 25.6 hrs in game
Sep’s Diner
Great fun, but less than two hours long.
Really good fun though.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
A fun, yet somewhat challenging cooking management game. If you enjoy games like ‘Cook, Serve, Delicious!’, ‘Cooking Dash’, & you like the idea of playing theses games in VR, then Sep’s Diner is definitely a game you should check out.
(I had won this game back in August, during a contest that Scale-1 Portal held.)
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game