Tag: Simulation

This is where you will find the best simulation games. From city builders to managing businesses, and living alternate lives, we cover it all! Perfect for strategy lovers, creative thinkers, and immersive gameplay fans.

Buildings Have Feelings Too Review
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Buildings Have Feelings Too Review

Developed by Blackstaff Games and published by Merge Games we bring you Buildings Have Feelings Too. The exciting new puzzle game where you build up a city. Released on the 22nd April 2021 Buildings Have Feelings Too is available now on Steam. Do Not Get Your Buildings In A Twist! So join me as I check out the first of the many sim building titles I intend to check out this year. If you enjoy this, don't forget to check out my other articles on the website. Gameplay Buildings Have Feelings Too falls into the fun simulator category. The main aim of the game is to build up your city, however, it isn't quite as straightforward as you think. Because these buildings have feelings, they liked to be in certain spots, they like different views and most of all they want nice neighbours. For exa...
MotoGP™21 Review – Fast, Loud, Whilst Standing Proud!
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MotoGP™21 Review – Fast, Loud, Whilst Standing Proud!

MotoGP™21 is finally here, and man, what a blast you will have! Brought to us from the renowned Milestone, who develop and publish this game. Milestone has brought us some fantastic games. These include games from MotoGP™, WRC, MXGP, and more including RIDE. So with such a large roster of racing games, Milestone certainly knows how to handle speed. MotoGP™21 - Keeping It Fast, Loud, Whilst Standing Proud! I got the chance to play MotoGP™21 on the PlayStation 5, and it was incredible. Check out my previous review here. Let us know in the comments if you're going to play this game. Now it's time for us to delve right into the gameplay, can Milestone win pole position with MotoGP™21? Let's find out! Gameplay Upon launching the game, I was greeted with a few choices to start my journey in ...
Endzone: A World Apart Review – It is Chaos Out There!
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Endzone: A World Apart Review – It is Chaos Out There!

Endzone: A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic city builder set around a group of terrorists who blew up nuclear power plants all over the world and plunged the world into chaos. One hundred fifty years later, humanity returns to the surface. Your goal is to build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world. They are threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms, and droughts. The game is developed by German game developers, Gently Mad and published by Assemble Entertainment, and is out now for PC on Steam! ENDZONE: A WORLD APART - HELP US GROW! Gameplay I do enjoy city-builder sims, especially finding one set around a nuclear fallout/apocalypse. As you can probably imagine, your main goal is to build a settlement and make sure your settlers are happy, soun...
Cartel Tycoon Review – Every Day I’m Smugglin’
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Cartel Tycoon Review – Every Day I’m Smugglin’

There seems to be a tycoon game for everything nowadays from managing lemonade stands to zoos, however, there seemed something appealing to me about business sim Cartel Tycoon by devs Moon Moose.  Published by TinyBuild and currently in early access, perhaps it's the intrigue behind the cartels in Breaking Bad or even taking down the Santa Blanca in Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Cartel Tycoon, the best illegal fun you can have legally? Time to put on my fake moustache, don my "El Chapo" hat and build my empire!  If you have taken on the might of Cartel Tycoon, leave us your thoughts in the comments! Gameplay Set in 80s Latin America, Cartel Tycoon is centred around the era when cocaine became a money-making commodity in the US.  With each cartel came a huge number of industries to launde...
Isolationist Nightclub Simulator Review – A Solitary Dance Off
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Isolationist Nightclub Simulator Review – A Solitary Dance Off

Isolationist Nightclub Simulator by Edwin Montgomery and Myshkin Entertainment releases today on PC!  The game is designed as a casual walking simulator whereby a mysterious plague has shut down life on Earth and you have entered the simulation from the safety of your bunker.  I could do with some of this right now, lets get it on! Isolationist Nightclub Simulator - The Escape You Are Looking For? If you enjoy this review, make sure to follow Thumb Culture across all major social media platforms! Gameplay So what comes to mind when you think of a nightclub?  For me, it is a mixture of awesome lighting, people, drinks, dancing and of course some amazing music to while the time away. There is no real game to play as such in Isolationist Nightclub Simulator, it has been created as ...
Table Tennis Pro – Become The Ping Pong Master
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Table Tennis Pro – Become The Ping Pong Master

Become the ping pong master in Table Tennis Pro. Published and developed by GrassGames. It is a free-to-play game and can be downloaded from the GrassGames website. Table Tennis Pro lets you channel your inner ping pong master and become the best. Channel Your Inner Ping Pong Master With Table Tennis Pro Become the master of the table and swing your paddle to victory. Let us know in the comments your thoughts about Table Tennis Pro, and if you swung to victory against some pretty tough opponents. Check out my previous article here. Gameplay Having not played too much ping pong or table tennis in real life, I was looking forward to getting started. I was all set to release my inner ping pong champion until my first opponent absolutely handed me my dinner on a plate. I started as a newbi...
Academia School Simulator Review – Top of its class?
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Academia School Simulator Review – Top of its class?

Academia School Simulator is a management game that let's you build the school of your dreams, everything from construction, staff and down to the crest of the school. This was released by Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc back in 2017 for Steam. Academia School Simulator the companies second game release and first in this genre. Have you ever wanted to run your own school? Then this is certainly the game you've been waiting for. Academia School Simulator - Angling For An A? As School Principal, you get to watch your students as they get bullied, find love, flunk exams, and try to survive the battlefield known as school. After looking at the steam page for this game I was super excited to play before I jumped in. Memories of Prison Architect flooded into my head and got me excited. I'll discu...
Rise: Race The Future Review – Drifting Wet Fun On Four Wheels!
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Rise: Race The Future Review – Drifting Wet Fun On Four Wheels!

Rise: Race The Future is a car racing game developed and published by French portable game wizards VD dev.  Set in the near future whereby your car can race not only on roads but also on water, how would it fair on the Nintendo Switch? Rise: Race The Future - Slip sliding away! How do you find the game? Do you agree with my review? Leave a comment down below and while you're here check out my last review! Gameplay I have played many a driving game in my gaming life, some nice and easy, others really tricky.  For me, the thrill of racing is being made to feel that you have worked hard for that win.  When I was given Rise: Race The Future to review (referred to herein as Rise) I really did not know what to expect, only one way to find out really! Essentially, Rise is a rally game ...
Ride 4 Review – Rev Rev Whine!
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Ride 4 Review – Rev Rev Whine!

Hot on the heels of its release on PC and PS4 and Xbox One, Ride 4 is now out for PS5.  Developers Milestone have promised a fully immersive experience making full us of the PS5's controller's box of tricks. So does it live up to the promises and the hype? Read our Ride 4 review to find out Ride 4 Review - The Ride of Your Life? If you have played both the PS4 and PS5 versions of Ride 4 we would love to hear from you in the comments below. Let us know whether you think the PS5 version is truly a step up. You can check out our review of the PC version here. Gameplay It is clear from the start that Ride 4 is not for the casual gamer. There is a steep learning curve and there is simply no margin for error. At the start of the game, you are asked to create an avatar. The range of optio...
Phoenix Point Year One Edition Review – XCOM’s Got Competition.
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Phoenix Point Year One Edition Review – XCOM’s Got Competition.

From developers Snapshot Games is Phoenix Point. A strategy and turn-based system game that pits you with the task of saving the planet from an alien race that intends on wiping out all life on earth. So let's dive into this Phoenix Point review. Phoenix Point Year One Edition Review - It's An Alien Eat Alien World If you go into Phoenix Point thinking that it's an XCOM clone then you may be right but it does so many things that XCOM lacks. After all, it is designed by Julian Gollop who created the original XCOM way back in 1994. If you enjoy this review then why not check out my latest post here and the rest of the Thumb Culture on Social Media. Gameplay Some say its a spiritual successor to the original XCOM and some say it's just a complete clone that offers nothing new but whil...