Idol Manager
I put 88 hours into this game. The most standout part of it was the writing really had no business being as good as it was in this game, that is pretty clearly low budget and lacks some polish. I think if they would have kept fixing some of the bugs and polishing it for a month or two more before releasing, it could have easily been so much better and they could have charged twice as much. Also, having the 18+ version as DLC. I used the decensor patch (which turns it into more of an ecchi game, nothing hardcore), and while it didn’t make the game any better at the core, it did add a certain level of spice to elevate the experience.
– Real player with 95.3 hrs in game
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This is the kinda game that I stayed up til 5am playing multiple times and when I finally reached the story mode ending early this morning I immediately asked my roommate “hey what do I do with my life now.” (Obviously the answer is to get the remaining endings and achievements but like. first playthrough is done there’s no going back to it.)
The story was a lot more interesting than I was expecting, but even without it the business sim part holds up imo. It’s really easy to get attached to the idols, and it’s fun and satisfying to help them earn fame and awards and such. Definitely don’t do what I did and buy this the week before two big projects are due though. For the sake of my grades I have to leave it alone for a while lmfao.
– Real player with 51.0 hrs in game
The Hundred Year Kingdom
Welcome to an untouched new world.
Only you—the Creator—and a mythical young goddess who calls herself an oracle exist here.
Share times of laughter, tears, and joy as you combine your skills and powers to guide the emergence of a brand new civilization.
Behold what becomes of your world after a century of growth.
・Develop a civilization from the ground up over 100 years in this simple turn-based simulation.
・Construct buildings and cultivate land to create and nurture a civilization with the help of a mythical young goddess who calls herself an oracle.
・Your world will be free of complicating elements like diplomacy, war, and calamities. Rest assured, barbarians won’t invade and Gandhi won’t launch a nuclear attack on your beautiful world!
・How you care for your civilization is up to you.
The Hundred Year Kingdom lets you build and care for a civilization in a world of your own making.
Set up and reshape your world with realms covered in mountains, vast seas, thick savanna, or whatever you like!
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My Universe - Cooking Star Restaurant
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– Real player with 17.5 hrs in game
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Very nice cooking game.
Repetitive after a while, but at least you learn new recipes.
– Real player with 8.3 hrs in game
Seaside Cafe Story
I am in love with this game! The mix of 2d, 3d and pixel art is one of the most adorable visuals I have seen in a while :D
Then there´s the combination of time management with budgeting plus juggling different recipes in the menu and that adds to the difficulty that made me struggle for a bit before getting the hang of it (but I´m still almost always broke XD)! The price this game is set at I´d say is more than fair and my kudos to the people that put together this charming game :)
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
It’s a cute game and I’m having fun with it.
I think certain things could be made clearer to the user though. I failed my first run and almost wrote a negative review based on the experience. It was my fault but I feel like if I had better visual cues I wouldn’t have mad the mistake I did. I spent too much money. I didn’t realise I was buying from the more expensive market cause foolish me thought it would have it’s own tab or something. I was much more aware of the exclamation mark and red numbers second time around.
– Real player with 5.0 hrs in game
Game Tycoon 2
- First of all, this is not a Game Dev Tycoon! These two games may share similar topic, but the concepts are different. *
I’m recommending this game, because I enjoyed both first and second game in series, and there are only few games of this genre available. Sure, it has it’s pros and cons, but I think that true fans will find a way to enjoy it.
The game it self may be clunky, with not so sharp graphics, but underneath it is a true tycoon game. Tutorials may be better, but at the end it is us who needs to discover the whole game (yes, game developers wanted to be mysterious).
– Real player with 28.2 hrs in game
Not a bad game, but, frankly, it fails to reach the “standard” quality of the genre,
If you want to check, I own the majority of the “game development” games on Steam (and also some “small” non-Steam productions).
I have put this game at the end of the list and I’m really sorry to say this.
The main problems are:
- there is a good tutorial, but this doesn’t help to understand how a game… sell! There is a strange feedback system that helps very little (there is a quality rating and a “professional” rating: this could work, but, at the end, only makes you create the best games on the market and see them selling very little…)
– Real player with 13.2 hrs in game
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– Real player with 9.6 hrs in game
This is half a decade old game that just get ported & translated to Steam, so the reviews here aren’t good because it’s kinda disappointing game for this era’s expectation. But back then It was pretty decent (4.5 star rating on DLsite).
You are Adventurer’s Inn manager trying to mindbreak the female adventurers. The more famous your inn is, the more chance good female adventurers will come to stay. Gather materials to decorate your inn and provide good food & drinks to make people stay and drug them. Slowly break them to make them work for you.
– Real player with 8.7 hrs in game
Anime Studio Tycoon
Needs a better translation, I am aware that the developer said he paid a guy on fiver for the translation, however I am also aware that that guy run it through google translate. The game needs more features including an indepth tutorial, the game is rather bare bones and very difficult, which it fine, I would appreciate more QOL quality of life features. The AI pathing is terrible. The boxes for text are very small.
– Real player with 60.4 hrs in game
It is like a game dev tycoon but too complex and also hard. Game is quite stable I didn’t notice any bugs so far but I hope developer will make it little easier to play. It is hard if you are casual player, it will take few attempts to understand how the game works but after you understand it you will start having fun with it.
– Real player with 33.5 hrs in game
HunieCam Studio
This game saved my life.
I am 34.
My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and adopted our son together. They are now both 4 years old.
When we were going through our separation, I found myself lost and miserable. I was self destructive. I got so mad one day from everything spiraling out of my control that I punched some concrete in a moment of overwhelming emotion. That caused me to break my 5th metacarpal in my right hand… my working hand… my games hand.. the hand that I held and carried my children to bed with.. the hand I desperately needed to make sure I could continue to provide.
– Real player with 82.9 hrs in game
While those expecting another HuniePop were pissed by the lack of porn and dialogue, I feel like the developpers warned us about this a long time ago during development: the only thing in common would be the characters and the sexual theme. Nobody would complain about Mario Kart not being a platformer - it’s just a Mario-themed kart game. Well this is just a HuniePop-themed management game. And a good one too.
The biggest flaw with the game is that it plays a bit like a game of Risk or Settlers; sometimes you go for a bad strategy and quit halfway through because you know you’re loosing, sometimes the end is anticlimactic. Your first few games might not feel very rewarding as you try to work out a reliable strategy.
– Real player with 72.2 hrs in game
Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists ~Ateliers of the New World~ / ネルケと伝説の錬金術士たち ～新たな大地のアトリエ～
When I first started playing it - I was clueless to what all was going on. That being said I was ecstatic about this being a hardworking bosslady with NO time countdown like the previous games had been… ummm yeah. 6 hours later - I realized after my advisor came in my office and told me that he was taking me back to the capitol for not reaching my task given, THAT IT WAS REAL. Needless to say I was very disappointed to know this was in fact cruel on time management. The second time around I knew not to mess about; starting production and gathering as soon as I could and it made it a little bit easier being prepared for the future goal tasks when they unveiled.
– Real player with 94.1 hrs in game
This is my first game of the Atelier series.
I saw recommendations of Atelier games but never tryed one because they are always so expensive.
But i have to say its worth the money.
Characters: 10/10
Lovely Characters and everyone of them with their own little story.
Music: 10/10
It is really relaxing to listen to this music while manage the production etc.
Alchemy: 5/10
It´s not that advanced but for new players to the series its really good to understand the base mechanic of the whole system.
– Real player with 87.2 hrs in game
Shining Song Starnova: Idol Empire
Lore-wise, this game is awesome. One of the things I felt was missing from the visual novel, Shining Song Starnova, is that in many of the game’s arcs, it is never clear HOW this idol group ascends to the top of the idol world as the narration heartily proclaims. For the focus of the visual novel, which is about each girl’s development into a worthy leader, such a detail isn’t particularly necessary. However, my curiosity remained until this game.
This game makes abundantly clear the trials necessary to take this up-and-coming idol group to the top and it delivers that story wonderfully. Obviously, this isn’t the deepest visual novel around, but seeing the cast of idols you lead grow and develop is still an enjoyable experience.
– Real player with 100.9 hrs in game
Overview
A Business Management-Strategy game from the franshise Shining Song Starnova. Here you play as Nishiyama Kaoru, the producer for the Idol Group Starnova, where you’ll manage every aspect of the idol business, from building room in the office, to managing the Girls wagers, the income-outcome, the jobs you negociate to send the girls to, and there abilities to not only do the jobs well, but also perform the Lives.
Art Style and Sound
The Art is half Anime style in story pieces, just like the Starnova Visual Novel, and the other half is the chibi style where the girls, the business man, and about everything looks chibi. It’s pretty well detailed overall, and gorgeous.
– Real player with 51.6 hrs in game