Simulation

Graveyard Keeper 2 had more than seven hours to prove itself today, and somehow those seven hours disappeared remarkably fast. ...

Food Truck Empire looked interesting enough to make an exception to my usual reluctance toward playtests and demos, and after more than three hours, it justified the stop. ...

Anymaker has entered Early Access with the beginnings of a game I enjoyed, but also one that very clearly feels like it has only just begun. What’s here already provides a solid foundation. The problem is simply that it needs more of it: more content, more items and more reasons to keep digging into its systems. There are also plenty of smaller tweaks and quality-of-life improvements that could make the experience smoother. None of that soured me on the game; it mostly reinforced that this is exactly what Early Access is for. I enjoy the idea of making your vehicles from pieces and don’t mind the survival side being a big part. Give me the full survival mechanics though. If I need water, let me craft things to have fresh water, not just looking for bottles. ...

The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 entered Early Access today, and after seven hours, the good news is that going back to the style of the original Guild was absolutely the right direction for me. ...

Throttle Trace was supposed to be a couple hours of racing with it’s unique control scheme. Instead, it turned out to have considerably more going on in the paddock. ...

Approximately Up consumed more than seven hours of stream time while we attempted the surprisingly difficult task of building a spacecraft and trying to fly it around with the minimal amount of flight instruments as possible. ...

BioEden promises a chill journey about cleaning up a dead world and slowly bringing life back to it. ...

The Undercut: Racing Manager wasn’t supposed to take over the entire stream. It did anyway. ...

Big Ambitions has a fantastic premise. Build businesses, expand into an empire, manage the logistics behind it all, while a light life sim puts an actual person behind the balance sheet. After barely touching its original Early Access release, 1.0 (and Zero Company crashing non-stop for me) seemed like the perfect time to finally dive in for a few days. ...

Planet Coaster 2 returns to the stream nearly two years after its original release, when about eleven hours left the impression of a sequel that was mostly more Planet Coaster with water rides added to the mix. ...