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27 Games Considered

Best PC simulation games	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
89 Cities: Skylines	$29.99	Very Positive	City Simulation
-- Factorio	$20.00	Overwhelmingly Positive	Realtime Strategy (RTS)
-- Assetto Corsa	$44.99	Very Positive	Racing
-- RimWorld	$30	-	Sandbox, Strategy, Survival
-- Kerbal Space Program	$40.00	Overwhelmingly Positive	-

Cities: Skylines

Top Pro

Large scale

At a total of 36sq.km of area to use (compared to SimCity 4), there is a large amount of room to build and play. See More

Top Con

Resource Heavy

If your computer doesn’t have decent specs, don’t expect to be able to run this game smoothly. See More

IB's Experience

I have had the game for almost 3 years now and it has been amazing. I have watched this game grow and become what it is today. While it was expensive to buy, I would not want a refund. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:City Simulation

Top Pro

Steady Stream of new content via DLCs

DLCs are optional, they do go one sale. Plus when a new DLC is released a bit of the content is released into the base game. See More

Top Con

Expensive

If you want more gameplay features, you have to buy expensive DLC, but you can get them on sale sometimes. See More

Jasper B's Experience

Great game I have many hours in it! See More

Top Pro

Depth of field

There is a depth of field effect that will blur distant buildings, which mimics Sim City's diorama effect. It can of course be adjusted with a slider as to how much or little to use. See More

Top Con

Can be difficult to glean what one has done wrong in game

Cities: Skylines has difficulty letting the player know what they have done wrong, which results in a lot of head scratching. See More

Top Pro

Large Amount of Workshop Mods & Assets

With almost 150 thousand assets and mods, you can totally change the gameplay and look of the game See More

Factorio

Top Pro

Endless solutions

With proper planning users can "code" together very precise ways to create all the things needed for the game, some in very inventive ways that can differ quite a bit. This allows for tons of replayability. See More

Top Con

Still in Alpha

The game is still in Alpha which means there will be bugs as well as missing features. See More

Matt Alhazred's Experience

One of my favorite games of all time. And that's saying something. I have a steam library of over 800 titles. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Genre:Realtime Strategy (RTS)

Co-Op:16+ Player Online (100+ has been done)

Top Pro

Massive and infinite procedurally generated world

The playing world is as large as you want to explore, it automatically generates it as you explore more areas. See More

Top Con

Can become rather repetitive

There's really little payoff for being able to build really long chains of automation, it usually results in being able to open a new tech tree which allows the player to continue the process of building automation chains ad infinitum, which, admittedly can become rather boring after a while. See More

Top Pro

Charming old school graphics

While not the most technically advanced graphics the look of the game is much like a game from the 90s but seeing it in action when an assembly line starts moving there is an impressiveness to it that suits the game quite well. See More

Top Pro

Under active development

The game is still in Alpha which means endless future possibilities. See More

Top Pro

Cooperative or PvP building

Factorio also supports multiplayer, allowing many players to cooperate and assist each other, or work against each other in PvP. By default, multiplayer games run the CO-OP freeplay scenario where all players work together to launch a rocket with a satellite into space. See More

Top Pro

Incredibly well designed mechanics and crafting

The crafting, building, and combat mechanics are just amazing. The feeling of spending hours learning how to build your first factory, optimizing it, then setting out to build outpost factories while defending them from alien hordes is just amazing. This is not a game for the stupid. It requires planning, and of you really want to build amazing things then at least a rudimentary knowledge of programming is helpful to take full advantage of the circuit mechanics. Simply put its one of the best resource management and base building games of all time. See More

Assetto Corsa

Top Pro

Mods, mods, mods

One of the best features of Assetto Corsa is its mod support. The unlimited variety mods bring for car and track selection is already astounding and will only get better with time. See More

Top Con

Single player is a bit lackluster

The single player mode for Assetto Corsa has all the expected components for a racing game, earning medals in one tier of racing to advance to the next, but still all in all feels a bit thin. Being that the official release is only 1.0 hopefully there will be more added to the game in the future. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Controller Support:Partial

Top Pro

Supports 900 degree rotation of gaming wheel

Assetto Corsa supports gaming wheels and 900 degree rotation while using them. What is even more enjoyable is that the cockpit view animates 1:1 with the rotations of the players gaming wheel while used. See More

Top Con

Isn't nearly as worthwhile without racing wheel

The experience is build around a racing wheel, so if you can't invest the minimum 150 USD into a wheel with force feedback, it's not nearly as entertaining. See More

Top Pro

Partially supports VR

While missing some components like screen overlay Assetto Corsa is not fully playable while using VR, though it is still a coll concept to toy around with. See More

RimWorld

Top Pro

Unique gameplay, endless replayability

RimWorld is procedurally generated, and can create very interesting stories. There is a huge diversity of events and things to do in this game, from romance and affairs to natural events and mechanoid raids. There's always a reason to start a new game, even after horrific failure, and no two runs will EVER be the same. Watch the trailer to get a little taste of the gameplay - it's slightly outdated but carries the point across. See More

Top Con

Can be overwhelming to those new to the genre

Anyone who knows Dwarf Fortress and the incredible micromanagement skills it takes can relate to RimWorld. There's a lot to learn, and while you can easily tone down the difficulty and make things nice and slow, if you've never played simulation games this can knock the wind out of you. See More

Specs

Genre:Sandbox, Strategy, Survival

Top Pro

Robust mod system

Mods are available both manually and through Steam Workshop, and its system of mod management provides detailed debug logs as well as easy reordering, and doesn't seem to add too much overhead. See More

Top Pro

Very complete, especially for an Early Access title

Despite being in Early Access still, RimWorld only has a few bugs and the aspects of the game feel well fleshed out. See More

Top Pro

Good developers

The devteam works hard on this game to iron out bugs, bring new features in and keep everything fresh and fun. RimWorld entered the beta stage in November of 2017 and is well on its way to release, with tons of content being added in regular updates. See More

Top Pro

Highly in-depth combat system

RimWorld actually uses a custom combat engine and can simulate medical details down to shot-off toes, organ failure, bleeding rate, and various diseases/medical conditions. The combat is very diverse and well polished. See More

Kerbal Space Program

Top Pro

Huge modding scene

There's a plethora of mods available that can change every single aspect of the game. See More

Top Con

Steep learning curve

Kerbal Space Program is not really a pic up and play title. There is much to learn before grasping the core concepts f the game, See More

Kobold's Experience

Devs ruined it with the new EULA See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Top Pro

Teaches orbital dynamics & rocket design fundamentals in an accessible manner

The physics engine does a reasonably accurate job of replicating the fundamentals behind both orbital dynamics and rocket design, so by going through the tutorials and experimenting, you're actually learning some real rocket science. See More

Top Con

Some visuals are poorly done

While the rockets, buildings, and even the Kerbals look pretty good, the environments and particle effects are a bit lacking. See More

Top Pro

NASA working on a mission pack for the game

While not released yet NASA is working on a mission pack for the game. See More

Top Con

The game was sold to Take-Two Interactive, who have since changed the game's EULA and added DLC.

Top Pro

In constant development

KSP is a shining example of early release done right. The currently available game is fun to play, and the developers are constantly adding new major additions. See More

Top Con

EULA change is considered an illegal action in the EU and may pose a threat to the modding community in the future

Top Pro

Fun sandbox mode to experiment with rocket designs

The rocket designer lets you experiment with as many different rocket designs as you can think up. The designer is based on components such as engines, fuel cells, structural elements and various other items such as parachutes. See More

Top Con

Kerbal Space Program is spyware.

"By installing and using the Software, you consent to the information collection and usage terms set forth in this section and Licensor's Privacy Policy, including (where applicable) (i) the transfer of any personal information and other information to Licensor, its affiliates, vendors, and business partners, and to certain other third parties, such as governmental authorities, in the U.S. and other countries located outside Europe or your home country, including countries that may have lower standards of privacy protection; (ii) the public display of your data, such as identification of your user-created content or displaying your scores, ranking, achievements, and other gameplay data on websites and other platforms; (iii) the sharing of your gameplay data with hardware manufacturers, platform hosts, and Licensor's marketing partners; and (iv) other uses and disclosures of your personal information or other information as specified in the above-referenced Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time. If you do not want your information used or shared in this manner, then you should not use the Software." "The information we collect may include personal information such as your first and/or last name, e-mail address, phone number, photo, mailing address, geolocation, or payment information. In addition, we may collect your age, gender, date of birth, zip code, hardware configuration, console ID, software products played, survey data, purchases, IP address and the systems you have played on. We may combine the information with your personal information and across other computers or devices that you may use." See More

Top Pro

Motivates you to learn

Kerbal Space Program puts into perspective how amazing the advancement of the human race is. It inspires you to learn our history, how we got here, and what we can do proceed. See More

Top Con

Graphics are not the most detailed

The graphics of KSP are not the most detailed but they work non the less. See More

Top Pro

You just can't get bored with it and you will learn a lot

A "physics" game about space. Build rockets, space planes, space stations, rovers, landers, probes. Explore planets, moons, capture asteroids. With the addition of mods you can even test warp drive, set up a communications network, colonize a planet, mine for resources and much much more. It can even simulate our solar system (the in-game one is very similiar, although smaller to encourage new players. Learn orbital mechanics. Inspire yourself to learn about space and space travel history of human. This game is not only fun - it is inspiring. The game is under heavy development but is already playable (and gives a ton of fun!). Works very well under Linux (64bit as well). See More

Top Pro

Construction sandbox for building and launching rockets

Kerbal at its core is a rocket building and launching sandbox. See More

Top Pro

Since EULA is a big issues Devs added the ability to select older versions.

This also funnily helps with mod/version issues. See More

Top Pro

Excellent construction sandbox for building and launching rockets

KSP at its core is a rocket building and launching sandbox. When creating a rocket you can place engines, fuel cells, structural elements, and even parachutes, allowing you to build a rocket in any shape and size. The end result can even look like a giant doughnut, which might be difficult to get it into outer space. Even if you fail, the entirety of the process is really enjoyable. See More

Top Pro

Tons of stuff to do

Build rockets, space planes, space stations, rovers, landers, probes. Explore planets, moons, capture asteroids, set up a communications network, colonize a planet, mine for resources and much more. It can even simulate our solar system. See More

Stardew Valley

Top Con

Pixel games are ugly

Pixel games are really ugly... See More

Top Pro

Weather system that forces the player to adapt

Each day in the game may feature different weather depending on the season in the game. From rain to snow to natural disasters, each forces the player to adapt their workload to that days forecast. This keeps the player on their toes and forces them to plan for events to make sure they have the needed supplies for when different disasters happen. See More

Tokic's Experience

Specs

Genre:Farming Simulation, Role-Playing

Co-Op:Online and Local, up to 4 players

Top Con

Can get really repetitive

Living on a farm is a lot of work, so you'll have to repeat the same tasks quite often. This includes tilling land, planting seeds, chopping trees, and many other farm related activities. While it's normally pretty fun and relaxing, it can get incredibly tedious during long play sessions, especially if you're just trying to progress. See More

Top Pro

Great soundtrack

When you work on your farm, go fishing, explore or just walk around the town you'll be accompanied by a really nice soundtrack. It's sometimes upbeat, sometimes soothing, and sometimes even melancholic, with every track matching each location and season perfectly. There's also a wide variety of instruments used, including a piano, accordion, banjo, synths, and many others. This allows you to listen to the soundtrack for hours without getting tired of it. Sometimes it's very hard to believe Stardew Valley and its soundtrack was produced by just one person. See More

Top Con

Townspeople schedule is difficult to keep up with

The game asks the player to meet everyone in town, while there is mini map that shows where townspeople are, certain townsfolk are missing from this map such as shop keepers. This makes it difficult to keep up with who is where. See More

Top Pro

Great freedom in designing your farm

When creating your own farm you aren't just limited to plowing fields for planting crops. You can also dig wells, put down fences, and even build various structures such as barns or stables. This allows you to build a farm that firmly matches your goals and sense of aesthetics. See More

Top Con

Lacks polish in some areas

Menus feel odd in that some controls work in some areas while not in other such as item management when using chests. There is also a lack of information in the game on how to do things, which means the player must figure it out through trial and error. While this is much like an old school game it would be nice to have a few things explained in order to not miss anything important in the game like certain festivals. See More

Top Pro

A great mix of genres

While Stardew Valley is primarily a farming simulator, it also has social interaction elements and combat elements. The social interaction elements allow you to interact with people around the town. You can befriend them, get quests from them, hang out with them, and even find a significant other to go out with and eventually marry. It can be very addictive to max out your relationship with everyone. The combat elements are introduced when you unlock the dungeon, allowing you to battle creatures such as slimes, golems, and even mummies. While the combat is pretty simple, having you just swing your weapon, it's very satisfying to whack away at enemies. If farming ever starts feeling stale you can try either of these to mix it up, allowing you to keep the game fresh for a longer time. See More

Top Con

Large amount of grind

While it is the bread and butter of the gameplay, the amount of work that needs done from the start is quite a lot and so you will be doing the same thing over and over again. The whole farm is dilapidated, meaning everything needs cleaned up, weeds need cleared, rocks need cleared, tress need cleared, the whole house needs rebuilt. this amount of what are basically chores may not appeal to all as it is quite a feat to take on. See More

Top Pro

Very fulfilling to play

Stardew Valley is a very simple game where you're free to do anything and everything at your own pace. This includes building your farm, planting and harvesting crops, and exploring the world among many other things. It will feel enjoyable no matter how fast or slow you do it. This coupled with the colorful/pleasing art style and the great soundtrack makes it an extremely pleasing experience. See More

Top Pro

You have freedom to choose to play one aspect of the game or all of them

Such as farming, fishing, mining, forestry, exploration and meeting people. This allows for many elements to explore in the game that expands the gameplay but also allows for freedom of choice in what to do and when to do it. See More

Top Pro

Convenient auto save feature

There is no manual saving in the game, it auto saves when sleeping or or moving on to the next day. This is convenient as the player does not need to remember to save, which could lead to accidental lost data. This system also prevents the player taking advantage of the randomly generated mines, as it could be too easy to exploit for rare items. See More

Top Pro

Catchy and relaxing music

For a game that is meant to have large amounts of time spent in it, the music is quite relaxing, which is nice as it does not get on the players nerves. See More

Top Pro

Long playtime

The game is reported to taking over 10 hours for one season in the game, of which their are four season in a year. Which means it can take 40 hours just to get though the first year in the game, of which there can be many. This means a user can easily sink in 100s of hours into the game, making for quite a bargain for a $15 game. See More

Top Pro

Good selection of game options

The games options see resolution support, controller and keyboard support, of which the controller support even has a rumble feature (for those that have controllers with rumble support). Keyboard support also has built in key-bind support, for those that do not have a separate key-bind support app. See More

Top Pro

May get Mac and Linux port

Currently the game only runs on Windows machines, but the developer has stated that a Mac and Linux port are among their top priorities. See More

Top Pro

There is always more to do

Just like in the real world, operating a farm is a lot of work, especially if one is set on expanding said farm. The game works just like this in that the player is always driven to expand on what they have, be it growing more crops, raising more animals or just improving ones house and equipment. This makes for a game that drives the player to keep playing just a little bit longer to get just one more thing done. See More

Top Pro

Deep customization options

There is quite a lot that can be crafted in the game, from fence posts to chicken coops. Discovering how to build these and then deciding where to place them is one of the best parts of the game as you can build/design a farm to your liking. See More

SPINTIRES

Top Pro

Excellent physics

The in game physics give a wonderful distinction in feel for the different vehicles and how they perform in the environments. See More

Top Con

Camera can be unweildy

There is no cockpit camera view in the game, the only camera view is this odd over the shoulder camera that can make it tough to see what one is doing while driving. It does help when trying to hook up to and pull another truck out of the mud, but an additional camera view would be helpful for driving in particular. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Mud

The mud in SPINTIRES is so detailed and accurate, it has not been simulated this well in a game before or since. See More

Top Con

Wonky over the shoulder camera

For a simulation game the lack of a cockpit view is disappointing, what makes this worse is the over the shoulder camera angle can get obscured by the larger vehicles. See More

Top Pro

Has Steam Workshop support

You can get all the mod's etc through Steam Workshop, which creates a community where one can enjoy the added elements brought forth by the available mods. See More

Top Pro

Assortment of vehicles

There is an assortment of vehicles to choose from ranging from small Jeeps to large trucks with attachable trailers. See More

Frostpunk

Top Con

Limiting experience overall

Frostpunk's main scenario only runs about 45 in-game days (6-12 hours). There is no sandbox mode where you can keep growing and building indefinitely, making it a rather limited simulation experience overall. This may be disappointing to those who would prefer to keep their city going as long as possible. See More

Top Pro

Engaging moral choices

You can enact and carry out laws in your city that will affect both the survival and happiness of your citizens in interesting ways. These moral choices add an entertaining and engaging depth to gameplay. For example, if your workers are frostbitten, you can house them in hospitals which costs resources. Otherwise, you can choose to amputate them which effectively takes them out of your workforce, yet they still have to be housed, kept warm, and fed. Children can be kept protected and warm, or you can send them off in the frozen wasteland to work like the adults. Every single action you take affects how content or upset your population is. Whether you keep them safe and warm, or make tough calls in the name of survival is your choice. These systems must be carefully balanced if you want to succeed. All in all, Frostpunk offers no shortage of interesting moral choices for you to make. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:City-building, Survival

Top Con

Hard to learn how to play

Hard to learn how to play. See More

Top Pro

Unique premise

Frostpunk takes place in a steampunk-themed 1886 England. A freak snowstorm has wiped out most of the world's population and plunged Earth into a deep freeze. As the last remaining bastion of humanity, you'll be building and managing an outpost as you fight the weather and human nature itself. It's out of this dark and desolate post-apocalyptic premise that allows the game to offer a lot of grim, yet interesting gameplay choices. See More

Top Con

Not much replayability

Due to no open sandbox/endless mode, a large amount of scripted events that will play out the exact same in every playthrough, and skill trees that essentially accomplish all the same end goals, there's not much replayability. See More

Top Pro

Balanced simulation experience

Overall, the simulation aspects are handled quite well, and there is a lot to micromanage. Resources such as lumber and coal must be harvested and managed to construct buildings and keep your city warm. Rationing and finding food is important too, as your citizens need to eat to work. You will also be managing your "hope" and "discontent" metrics which is a general indicator of your population's happiness. Overwork them and they may revolt or die of exhaustion. Underwork them and they may starve or freeze to death. Finding this delicate balance between survival and keeping people content is where the game truly shines. See More

Top Con

Camera zoom may ruin immersion for some

After building up your city, you can't zoom in to see workers headed down the bustling streets or admire the fine details on the cyberpunk style buildings. You're stuck with a zoomed out camera, which can sometimes ruin immersion. See More

Top Pro

Captures the grim reality of survival incredibly well

As the world lies in a deep freeze and your city is just barely clinging to life, many situations will arise where tough choices have to be made in the name of survival. When facing a shortage of adult workers, you may opt to send children to work, and possibly their death, out in the wasteland collecting coal and lumber. When people die, you can bury the dead or, in the most dire of times, use them as a food source. When coming across survivors, you have to weigh the benefits and downsides of taking them in. They may provide extra labor, but it's just another mouth to feed. As the temperature plummets, you can order workers to double shifts to keep the heating going, but it puts them at risk for starvation and exhaustion. There are just so many little decisions that add up to driving the point home that you are really in the middle of a crisis and its captured incredibly well in-game. See More

Prosperous Universe

Top Pro

Completely player-driven economy

Top Con

Currently missing mid & end game content

As the game is currently at its alpha stage, it's still missing content that makes it fun to play for a prolonged period of time. See More

Mjeno's Experience

Prosperous Universe is the first browser game that's interested me in over ten years. I came for the hard sci-fi setting and stayed for its clever and unique interface-based gameplay. See More

Specs

Genre:Space economy sim

Controller Support:No

Top Pro

Opt-in to military conflict

You don't have to set your alarm to 4 in the morning because an enemy fleet is inbound and you never have to worry about your hard-earned property to be destroyed. See More

Top Pro

Runs in any browser

The game runs in any browser. There's no flying around in space, which would require a heavy 3D client without adding any actual depth in terms of gameplay. See More

Top Pro

Highly realistic space flight

Elite: Dangerous

Top Con

"Mile Wide and an Inch Deep"

The game has a serious problem with depth and requires the user to repeat the same few fun actions over and over again. The world is massive and beautiful but feels empty. The game gets stale quickly despite being visually stunning. See More

Top Pro

Exploration at every level of detail

Full exploration of the galaxy is planned, allowing you to be able to jump from star system to star system, and fly around within a solar system from planet to planet, eventually going all the way down to a planet's surface at a 1:1 scale in a later update. Planetary landings will require a lot of details to be developed and designed, but you can still see the level of detail shift in action when flying into a planet's rings, where getting close enough show the individual asteroids within, which you can then interact with through mining, or by having a battle among them. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Genre:Space trading and combat game

Co-Op:Multiplayer

Controller Support:Full

Top Con

Really complicated to learn

Looking up faqs and trade routes from first hand users will be the norm for figuring out many aspects of Elite: Dangerous. On top of this notes will have to be taken, which is made more difficult by the fact the game does not support in game not taking. So a pad and paper is recommended to remember all of the minutia of the game. See More

Top Pro

Built with future expansion in mind

When Elite Dangerous come out, development wont stop. To build a game with the huge scope of Elite Dangerous, not all of it can be done at once, so the developers have adopted an approach of incremental improvement. Various game play elements are being designed as a foundation for later features. For example, although planetary landings aren't going to be available until a later update, the engine has been designed to be able to support going from lightyears away to meters away. See More

Top Pro

Very realistic representation of space & star systems

Elite Dangerous uses publicly available real world star maps that we have of the Milky Way consisting of 150,000 star systems. Although in the current beta, full access to the entire galaxy is limited, in the final game, you will be able to visit any of the 400 billion stars in our galaxy on a 1:1 scale. Stars that we do know of are properly mapped in place and are of the correct type given the information we have about them. Stars we haven't collected data on are procedurally generated which allows you to explore any of the 400 billion of them. Star systems are intelligently simulated using the "Star Forge", a generator that simulates the creation of a star system forming from its nebular cloud to determine what celestial bodies appear and what orbits they have. This feature leads to many varied and unique star systems possibly with planets that can co-orbit around each other, or with binary star systems, and infinitely more possibilities. See More

Top Pro

Great Oculus Rift integration

Elite Dangerous has very good integration with the Oculus Rift thanks to its cockpit view only gameplay philosophy. All ship UIs are part of displays that appear on each side of you that appear when you turn your head, so accessing the navigation or ship menus happens seamlessly just by looking in their direction. The game also uses the direction you are looking in for targeting, so your lock on target is whatever you're head is pointing at. By sitting in the cockpit of a ship, you are given a stationary frame of reference that helps prevent motion sickness associated with movement in game when you aren't actually moving. See More

Garry's Mod

Top Pro

Tons of community made add-ons

Garry's Mod has a wide variety of community made add-ons, which deeply extends the games content and versatility. Pretty much, if you can think of it, someone has probably already made it. See More

Top Con

Tons of bugs

At least in earlier versions. See More

IndependentCacoch's Experience

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Controller Support:No

Top Pro

Tons of community made add-ons allows the game to continually grow

Garry's Mod has a wide variety of community made add-ons, which deeply extends the games content and versatility. Pretty much, if you can think of it, someone has probably already made it. See More

Top Con

Used to be free

Garry's Mod use to be a free download but is now a paid game on the Steam store. See More

Top Pro

Ridiculously funny gameplay

You can do some really crazy things in this game thanks to all of the community mods available as well as the built in, in game tools. Pretty much any scenario can play out in the game, if you so desire. Of course the winning combination of funny tends to be when players are just goofing around. See More

Top Con

It has nothing to tell as a campaign

Tastes like void, that is "meh". See More

Star Citizen

Top Con

Many performance issues

Close to impossible to play due to server performance. Mostly 20-30 fps with high end PC. See More

Top Pro

Vast, detailed sci-fi world

A long term goal is to have over 400 different star systems in game, most of which will have many planets within them. See More

DignifiedLoviatar's Experience

I was originally a enthusiastic backer, until I realized what this scheme truly is. See More

Top Con

A ponzi scheme of gargantuan proportions

The game may never be finished, especially since there is plenty of income still coming in through promises, and shiny pixels that are dangled in front of the gullible. See More

Top Pro

A true PC game

It's been stated that the game will take full advantage of PC's capabilities and will not be held back by a need to accommodate a console port. See More

Top Con

Commercial launch is still a year away (2016)

The commercial launch of the persistent universe game will be sometime in 2016. See More

Top Pro

Over $73million in funding

A game with the huge scope of Star Citizen will cost a lot of money to develop, and through multiple campaigns, Star Citizen has raised a huge amount of money to make that happen. See More

Top Pro

Dynamic economy system

The economy of the game and the actions to keep it moving are constantly going on in the background but allows for players to step in and out of it at their leisure in order to take part. See More

Top Pro

Includes a singleplayer mode, called "Squadron 42"

Squadron 42 is a single player campaign that takes place in the in game universe that allows players to play offline. See More

Top Pro

Ability to command persistent ships and stations

Players will be able to command multi-person ships with other users who will be able to command their own stations on said ships. See More

Polaris Sector

Specs

Steam Rating:Mixed

State of Decay 2

Top Pro

Open-ended approach to managing your base, resources, and survivors

You have the freedom to make choices in State of Decay 2 that determine how things turn out for your operations. You're tasked with taking care of groups of survivors during a zombie apocalypse, so that means gathering food and other resources to keep your people and your base safe. When you know you're about to exhaust all the resources in one area, you have to decide if you want to keep your base in what's probably a safe location away from zombies, at the cost of having to cross more distance to find materials in the future. Or if you do move your base to a resource-rich location, you may end up getting swarmed by zombies more often, and potentially losing your survivors. These types of moment-to-moment choices end up having a big impact down the line, making each of your gameplay sessions unique. See More

Top Con

Not available on Steam

State of Decay 2 isn't on Steam. You can only purchase it through the Windows Store. See More

Specs

Genre:Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter

Co-Op:4 Player Online

Top Pro

Online co-op with friends makes the game more fun and strategic

Four-player co-op online with friends is great. You all get to work together to plan your next move, gather resources, and protect your base by killing zombies. The third-person shooter gameplay shines as you work cooperatively, since you can watch each other's blind spots to take out any enemies that might catch someone off guard. You can also pull off more strategic moves, like coordinating fire strikes to distract zombies, while another person hurries to collect the resources in an area. Working as a team lets you accomplish more and experience the game in a way that the single-player mode just doesn't offer. See More

Top Con

Not for players who dislike micromanaging small details

If you don't like keeping track of resources and other necessities that come along with base-building games, then State of Decay 2 probably isn't for you. Your main objective is keeping your survivors alive and your base thriving, meaning you have to scavenge the open world for food and materials, make sure your peoples' needs are met, and a lot of other similar tasks. Finding and allocating resources is what makes or breaks your group and your operations, so if you hate keeping track of things like that, then you may not want to pick this game up. See More

Top Pro

Excellent performance

Everything runs well at solid framerates on both console and PC. If you're on the Xbox One X, or if you have a high-end PC at max settings, you'll hardly notice any stuttering or FPS issues. The regular Xbox One and mid-tier PCs also run the game quite well. See More

Top Con

Buggy

There are some random bugs that pop up during gameplay. They're mostly physics-based, with zombies dropping down from the sky as they spawn, or vehicles tipping over and flipping around for no apparent reason. Some of them are pretty funny and aren't too detrimental, but they still make the game look and feel unpolished. A few patches from the devs should iron out these issues. See More

Top Pro

Good price of $29.99 USD at release

State of Decay 2 is priced well at launch at only $29.99. Even better, with the Xbox Game Pass, you can get the game for only $10 on either PC or your Xbox console. This is great for anyone who doesn't want to shell out the usual $59.99 for a retail game as soon as it's released. See More

Top Con

No dedicated servers for online play

Not having dedicated servers makes online play hit-or-miss. The peer-to-peer connection means that one player in the lobby acts as the "host" for your game. If the host's individual connection is bad, then everyone in the lobby suffers with possible rubberbanding and packet loss. You'll be fine as long as the host's connection is okay, but if not, then you're out of luck. It would have been better to have dedicated servers to avoid these awkward issues. See More

The Sims 4

Top Pro

Multiple active tasks in queue

Unlike previous versions, The Sims 4 allows for multiple active tasks to be performed from the queue at the same time as long as they are physically possible. See More

Top Con

Created by EA

EA is arguably the most disliked game company in the world, in part due to (time and time again) showing a complete disregard for their customers. Supporting their work is to support them and their questionable business practices, which leaves a bad aftertaste. See More

Specs

Genre:Life Simulation

Top Pro

Fun, highly customizable gameplay with virtually endless replayability

Designing houses, characters and lives this freely allows for a huge amount of player creativity. See More

Top Con

Too many loading screens

There are way too many jarring loading screens when trying to navigate The Sims 4 small world. See More

Top Pro

Very realistic, AMAZING for new player

Many choices and events , can be very addiction and make you feel accomplished! See More

Top Con

Missing features that were in previous versions

The Sims 4 is missing a lot of features and options that were in previous version making the title feel unfinished or rushed. Of course it all could be a ploy to sell these features to the consumer at a later date basically making the users pay for the games content piecemeal. See More

Top Pro

Build tools, best in the series

The Sims 4 offers the best build tools in the series making it even easier to design and furnish their homes. See More

Top Con

Clipping

Characters can sometimes clip each other when trying to navigate the same path, which results in a loss of immersion for the player and shows a laziness of design. See More

Top Pro

Emotions mechanic gives a feeling of realism

Emotions replaces the old system of traits. Using emotions to regulate how sims behave does feel more natural to a way a person would behave making for a more realistic feeling simulation. This allows the player to feel more immersed in the game. See More

Top Pro

Easy cloud sharing

A new feature, cloud sharing is very useful for those that like to share their designs or download other players. From other sims to house patterns and layouts all can be shared or downloaded for use in game. See More

Top Pro

Customizable maps

Users can change plots on the map to build different kinds of building such as cafes. Giving the player more depth and customization options to their world creates a more enveloped playing experience. See More

Top Pro

Tone of silliness easy to manage

Depending on the players choices tone may be set to a degree. So players wanting a less silly story to their game may do so by making rational choices during the game. See More

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Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

SimCity

Top Con

Limited building space

SimCity limits the payers amount of building space which can ultimately prohibit the creativeness of a players city building. See More

Top Pro

Includes tourism

Top Con

Always on DRM

Simcity features always online DRM, even for it's single player campaigns. See More

Top Pro

City socialization

City socialization add in an extra element of story and advancement allowing user to specialize in certain fields that will allow for expanded options and buildings. See More

Top Con

City to city resource sharing is limited

City to city resource sharing can only take place if both cities are able to provide said resource with one borrowing some from the other. There is no way to share resources with a city that for instance does not have a power plant and power is what the player wants to share. See More

Top Pro

Stable and runs well on lower end systems

SimCity runs well on mid range hardware with little to no crashing. See More

Top Con

Takes a lot of dedication and time to learn the ins and outs of planning a city

Even after 100 hours users can still be learning about different features or plans on how to expand their towns from the earliest outsets. See More

Top Pro

Design any city you want

SimCity allows for users to play and build how they like. From small country or suburban towns to huge cities and all the perils and gains they bring. See More

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