Игры в жанре бизнес-симулятора (экономической стратегии) достаточно разнообразны, и вы можете найти игру на любой вкус: от исторических бизнес-симуляторов до построения современных городов, от создания больниц или кафе до построения своей компании видеоигр.
Этот жанр давно известен на ПК. Существует несколько портов на консоли, но их качество оставляет желать лучшего. Интересно, что на мобильных устройствах игры являются наиболее инновационными, и удерживают жанр, идущий на спад.
Вот заключительная десятка нашего топа лучших бизнес-симуляторов!
Серия игр Sim City заложила основу жанру построения города. Первая игра была выпущена в 1989 году, и с тех пор было вышли 4 сиквела, а также многочисленные спин-оффы и другие Sim-игры. Фанаты считают Sim City 4 лучшим симулятором построения города, в особенности из-за того, что последняя игра Sim City 2013 требует постоянного подключения к интернету.
Railroad Tycoon была придумана легендарным дизайнером игр Сидом Мейером. Игра была одним из первых и очень сложным бизнес-симмуляторов железных дорог. В игре имеется множество замысловатых систем, таких как маленький фондовый рынок для моделирования системы предложения и спроса товара, финансовые модели и множество других аспектов.
Recettear: An Item Shop"s Tale полностью переворачивает стандарты RPG. В этой игре, как следует из названия, игроку предстоит управлять магазином в некотором RPG-городе. Игра имеет цикл дня и ночи: днём игрок должен продавать предметы горожанам, а ночью игрок должен добывать товар для продажи, исследуя случайно генерируемые данжены. Reccetear получила высокие оценки критиков и великолепна продавалась, особенно учитывая тот факт, что она была издана в Steam.
Милый симулятор ресторана, выполненный в ретро стиле, отсылающем в 16-битным играм времён Super Nintendo и Sega Genesis. Миленькие пиксельные персонажи ходят по ресторану, обсуждая еду и ставя ресторану оценки. Игра сочетает в себе элементы популярных тайкуновских игр, а также игр Sims. Разработала эту игру компания Kairsoft , больше известная своей игрой…
…занимающей шестое место в нашем списке. Game Dev Story – редкий пример портативного тайкуна. В данный момент игра доступна только на мобильных устройствах под управлением iOS и Android. Игрок является директором новой компании видеоигр, и цель игры – сделать свою компанию лучшей. Помимо того, что игра является очень интересным тайкуном во всё том же 16-битном стиле, в ней есть интересные отсылки к видеоигровой индустрии реального мира.
Именно это игра послужила идеей для Game Dev Tycoon , выпущенной компанией Greenheart Games в 2012 году.
Cities in Motion – самая серьёзная игра нашего списка. Игровой процесс состоит в построении транспортных сетей в крупнейших городах мира – Амстердам, Берлин, Париж и Лондон. Множество других городов было добавлено в вышедших позднее DLC.
Игра была разработана компанией Bullfrog Productions , известной своей игрой Theme Park. И если Theme Park была уже не самой серьёзной игрой, то Theme Hospital вообще просто весёлая и забавная. Это неудивительно: в конце 1990х британские СМИ были давно готовы критиковать игру за свой взгляд на столь серьёзные проблемы. Поэтому вместо лечения настоящих серьёзных болезней, в Theme Hospital пациенты болеют забавными, вымышленными болезнями, так что к игре не придраться.
Кстати, об игре Theme Park . Этот один из самых первых тайкунов, заложивший основы жанра. В середине 1990х жанр тайкуна ещё только зарождался. Theme Park была одним из самых масштабных тайкунов. К сожалению, франшиза просуществовала недолго. Последовала 2 не очень качественных сиквела, после чего геймеры перешли на Rollercoaster Tycoon.
Хотя официально игра ещё не вышла, новая игра от Introversion Softworks , анонсированная как “первый в мире симулятор тюрьмы” выглядит очень интересной. Основной упор делается на том, чтобы сделать игру весёлой и интересной, в отличии от множества игр, пытающихся показать серьёзную тему тюрьмы в мрачных тонах.
Все любят Американские горки. Американские горки – лучшее веселье. Rollercoaster Tycoon началась как более серьёзная версия Theme Park, в дальнейшим ставшая огромной франшизой, с двумя сиквелами, спин-оффом и множеством пакетов DLC.
Хотя игра и не была разработана компанией EA Maxis, большинство игроков и фанатов жанра тайкун считают её достойным преемником серии Sim City, особенно учитывая тот факт, что в отличии от Sim City 2013, здесь нет необходимости постоянного подключения к Интернету. Cities: Ckyline содержит всё, что игроки хотят от хорошего симулятора построения города, включая возможность создавать моды.
Необычный симулятор, в котором игрок управляет магазином оружия и расширяет свой бизнес… в мире, населённом картошкой. Игра очень хорошо срежиссирована и полна юмора.
В этой игре необходимо создавать новую колонию на Марсе. Разработали игру Firaxis Games , известные игрой Civilization IV . OTC является экономическим симулятором в реальном времени.
В игре Basement главным героем является учёный, который вынужден заниматься нелегальной деятельностью в своём подвале. Игроку предстоит создать свой бизнес по продаже наркотиков.
Великолепная игра, с треском провалившаяся в продажах. Причем весьма и весьма незаслуженно. «The Movies» – это красочный симулятор киностудии, в котором показаны все этапы подготовки и съемки крупнобюджетных фильмов. Но, кроме создания кинокартин, придется заниматься постройкой зданий и павильонов, наймом персонала, благоустройством территории, а также удовлетворением желаний и капризов своих актеров. Стоит отметить, что все аспекты геймплея сделаны в игре на высочайшем уровне, а сочная и яркая графика радует глаз и сегодня.
Ah, tycoon games. You know the ones. They’re the games where you can build theme parks, massive cities, prisons, and weed factories without ever needing to take a business course. No real-life bank loans needed, no construction, and no actual citizens that hate you if you inflict natural disasters on them - what a life.
Tycoon games are loved and cherished by the gaming community for their freedom to create a perfectly pristine (or perfectly disastrous) world in a sandbox environment that has no consequences and no limits. Here are some of the most successful tycoon games in the industry, and some of the reasons why they could become your next favorite money-making simulator.
21. Big Pharma
Big Pharma - A First Look
Don’t expect to break bad and be the next Walter White in Big Pharma, but you can still become a shady pharmaceutical conglomerate in your own right. Inadvertently cause comas, infringe patients, and cover up trials to make a pretty penny. Sure, you can play by the books and have everything be legal and neat. Look the other way, however, and those additional zeroes will tack on fast.
What Makes Big Pharma Fun:
Big Pharma: Marketing and Malpractice is an available DLC that grants new unlockable perks and production line tools to make your factories more robust and productive.
Big Pharma has thirty-five challenges to test your skills. How many can you complete?
20. Tavernier
Tavernier Trailer
Have you ever heard the joke that starts with ‘a Djinn walks into a tavern’? Oh, wait. That’s just a normal day in Tavernier, the game where you’re in charge of managing a humble tavern and paying weekly taxes. Your potential customers are anything from suspicious-looking rogues, wanderers, magical creatures, to even talking hens.
Taking place in a fantasy setting, Tavernier is both a quirky management sim and an interactive story game. Make your business prosper, decorate the tavern to your choosing, and select music that’ll best soothe the ears of the common folk. So, if a hen walks into your tavern and asks for a pale beer, you aren’t going crazy. It’s just a typical Tavernier afternoon.
What Makes Tavernier Fun:
Tavernier isn’t just about talking to magical creatures or solving their problems. You must also manage your supplies and decorate your tavern in order to accommodate the needs of every potential customer.
Being the innkeeper doesn’t mean you’re immune to the ever-growing corruption around you. The town and its residents are fishy, and you must have your wits about you if you don’t want to become the bait.
19. Startup Company
Startup Company: Early Access Trailer
Startup Company is for people who prefer their tycoons with a good dose of HTML. You have big dreams of running a successful website, but you start out with only your ambitions (and CSS knowledge) to guide you. Make wise investments, produce high-quality products, and improve your staff’s working conditions. You’ll be on your way to becoming the next Zuckerberg before you know it.
What Makes Startup Company Fun:
Set up your own hosting facility once your website starts making a name for itself. Balance your cache and database servers while simultaneously making sure they aren’t overclocked.
With the expansive crafting system and wide array of furniture options, you can make the office your home away from home. Add a ping-pong table, a water machine, or keep it nonchalant with a minimalist theme.
18. Weedcraft Inc
Weedcraft Inc - Scenario One Story and Gameplay Trailer
There are very few instances where you can say, “I operate a large-scale business that distributes recreational marijuana all over the world,” without going to prison. Weedcraft Inc, a game that focuses solely on building a weed empire, is an exception.
Yet, the game doesn’t rely on its controversial shtick to carry its gameplay. Weedcraft Inc offers not only a tight-knit management sim experience, but sheds light on the political and societal implications of the marijuana industry. Stoner or not, this game is highly (no pun intended) praised for a reason.
What Makes Weedcraft Inc Fun:
Build your pot empire while simultaneously changing society’s view on the devil’s lettuce. Your decisions have the power to shape the country.
Choose from a variety of strains, and cross-breed plants to make profitable hybrids.
17. Dealer"s Life
Dealer’s Life - Gameplay Video
A procedurally generated tycoon that centers around managing a pawn shop, Dealer’s Life places a heavy emphasis on infinite items and combinations. Every customer has their own psychological makeup, and no two customers will have the same items or appearance. For the pop culture fans, Dealer’s Life has no shortage of video game and television show references, so expect to see items like a Sara Zroft action figure or novels by George R. R. Merlin (no idea when Merlin’s next book will be released, however).
What Makes Dealer"s Life Fun:
Multiple endings and infinitely generated items make every playthrough of Dealer’s Life a unique experience.
Your crew is an essential part of maintaining your shop. Hire restorers, analysts, clerks, and profilers, all with their own experience level and abilities.
16. Mashinky
Mashinky is a transport strategy game where your main goal is to build a train empire. Using a mix of isometric grids and board game style rules, make your trains go from Thomas the Tank Engine to the Orient Express, one cargo bin at at time.
What Makes Mashinky Fun:
To keep up with the technological advancements of the train industry, you must continuously upgrade your buildings, train stations, and wagons.
While it’s still in early access, Mashinky will eventually allow players to venture from the Age of Steam to the modern world. New upgrades, industries, and vehicles will be available to you as you travel through each era.
15. Planet Coaster
Coaster Builder Showcase
A game that takes the traditional theme park tycoon and gives it a stylized upgrade, Planet Coaster lets you design and ride your own scream-inducing roller coasters. Coupled with gorgeous graphics and a large selection of downloadable content, it’s the perfect management sim for players that crave a more modern theme park experience.
What Makes Planet Coaster Fun:
Design your coasters from the ground up. If you want a new perspective, switch into first-person view and take it for a ride (hopefully you’re not queasy).
Planet Coaster has multiple DLCs that grant you access to new themes, rides, and props for your park. Pay homage to different cultures in the World’s Fair Pack, go old school with the Vintage Pack, or bust out some ghoulish attractions in the Spooky Pack.
14. Cities: Skylines
Basics of Map Making
City: Skylines is a city builder that grants you the city experience without the smog, crowded subways, and overpriced street vendor food. You take on the role as mayor, but constructing skyscrapers and residential buildings isn’t your only priority. To make your city a successful one, you must strategically manage your budget to accommodate not only the citizens’ happiness, but their educational wellbeing, healthcare, and law enforcement needs. With the right strategy, your city can soar as high as the skyscrapers you build. If you lack direction, your city will crumble at the seams.
What Makes Cities: Skylines Fun:
Cities: Skylines offers extensive modding support. You can import new structures or maps, download custom cities made by other players, or share your own creations.
The ‘After Dark’ expansion of Cities: Skylines adds a day and night cycle. Expect to see your citizens flock towards nightclubs and karaoke bars once the sun goes down.
13. Lobotomy Corporation
Lobotomy Corporation Official Trailer
Lobotomy Corporation is a monster management rogue-lite sim that is inspired by the likes of Warehouse 13, The Cabin in the Woods, and the SCP series. The energy-producing monsters, called Abnormality, are grotesque and bloodthirsty creatures that wreak havoc if not carefully controlled. You must collect the energy from the Abnormality, all while braving the dangers that lurk around every corner.
What Makes Lobotomy Corporation Fun:
Your employees aren’t just people that work for you, but they’re also people you have to protect. The Abnormality are vicious and alert. Keep your extraction level high, but make sure your employees don’t succumb to being attacked or brainwashed.
After completing the main story, see how well you fare in Challenge Mode. In this mode, you play until Day 99 without any player checkpoints provided. Good luck, you’re going to need it.
12. Overcrowd: A Commute "Em Up
Overcrowd: A Commute ‘Em Up Let’s Play Gameplay (KatherineOfSky)
The T, MBTA, Grand Central Terminal. These are only a few nicknames of the essential (yet often annoying) city public transportation method known as the metro station. In Overcrowd, you get to design your own. You’re now in charge of the crowded terminals, confusing map routes, and questionable commuters. Whether you make a convoluted mess or a functionable business is up to your tactical decisions.
What Makes Overcrowd: A Commute "Em Up Fun:
Choose from multiple game modes for your ideal Overcrowd experience. Opt for the procedural campaign, a sandbox mode that lets you determine the overall parameters, or a ‘commute of the day’ mode that has you build a station on a random map.
Your actions can make the commuters irritable. If you want to rake in the money, find a way to make both your wallet and your commuters happy.
11. Parkitect
Parkitect Gameplay (Welsknight Gaming)
A theme park sim that doesn’t deviate too much from the classic formula, Parkitect is a simple and intuitive tycoon that lets you build coasters, rides, and all of the necessary attractions to make Six Flags keel over with envy. This game is perfect for those hot summer days where you"d rather manage a virtual amusement park rather than drive to a real one.
What Makes Parkitect Fun:
26 scenarios are available to satiate your theme park tycoon itch. If that isn’t enough, use the Steam Workshop to download scenarios made by other players.
Play Parkitect’s sandbox mode if unlimited creativity and no objectives is your thing. Make your theme park so awesome that not even Universal Studios or Epcot could hold a candle to your masterpiece.
10. Project Hospital
Project Hospital Release Trailer
Unless you’re a doctor or nurse yourself, you probably try to steer clear from visiting your doctor more than you have to. Project Hospital, a management sim where you operate your own hospital, is an exception to that. With an expansive amount of customization options and the power to treat hundreds of medical conditions and diseases, this is one doctor’s office that you won’t want to eat apples for.
What Makes Project Hospital Fun:
For beginners, the tutorial will help you grasp the basics of Project Hospital. A sandbox mode, campaign, and six challenge levels are available to test out your learned skills.
When designing your own hospital, choose from a variety of decorative objects and colors to give it a personalized touch.
9. Game Dev Tycoon
Game Dev Tycoon Trailer
Game Dev Tycoon, a video game about video games, is sort of like Inception (only it’s much less confusing and doesn’t star Leonardo DeCaprio). You play as a video game company in the 80s, and your goal is to develop critically-acclaimed hits and become a AAA showstopper. Research new technologies, expand your team, and decide whether or not you want your games to be more gameplay or story focused. Change the industry, one 10/10 game at a time.
What Makes Game Dev Tycoon Fun:
As your company grows, you’ll have the ability to develop more difficult and complex games. While this provides an added challenge, it can also help your business if the reviews are positive.
When designing your games, choose which resources to allocate your time to. Once the game is launched, the players will tell you whether you made the right decisions.
8. Prison Architect
Prison Architect Timelapse
If you’ve ever seen Prison Break, you have probably wondered what it would be like to attempt a prison escape yourself. With Prison Architect, not only can you play as an inmate who tries to tunnel, dig, and fight their way out of an institution, but you can also jump in the creative chair and design your own prison from the ground up. Whether you make it thrive or you make it an inmate’s worst nightmare, the choice is yours.
What Makes Prison Architect Fun:
Be sure your prisoners’ needs are met. Unhappy inmates can lead to riots and/or field trips to the morgue.
The more prisoners you have, the more maintenance is required to keep them happy, healthy, and bloodbath-free.
7. Airline Tycoon Deluxe
Airline Tycoon (Bigfoot)
Airline Tycoon Deluxe uses comical graphics and real-time gameplay to provide a quirky and strategic economic simulator. Become a lucrative money-maker and build your airline to grand new heights.
What Makes Airline Tycoon Deluxe Fun:
If you fill your aeroplanes to capacity, have your customers take a charter flight. Buying stocks, selling valuable items and being careful of your finances are what brings in the moolah.
Managing your airline isn’t just about building new aeroplanes and hiring staff. Competitors won’t shy away from attacking you, so install security measures to prevent a nasty breach. If you want a little karmic justice, you can sabotage the competition yourself.
6. Rise of Industry
Rise of Industry (Full Release Update)
In Rise of Industry, you play as an entrepreneur in the 1930s. The market is cutthroat, and losing auctions can be costly. Build factories, arrange trade deals, and construct production lines with the materials that you move. With enough depth and complexity to please experienced and casual gamers alike, Rise of Industry offers a great deal in terms of replayability and entertainment.
What Makes Rise of Industry Fun:
Fossil fuel waste? Pollution? Environmental destruction? No, we’re talking about the game, not our own current environmental state. In Rise of Industry, you can focus your efforts on being both planet-conscious and profitable, or resort to being a money-hungry maniac who lets the world around you suffer in the process.
Random events means you can gain the upper hand as fast as you can lose it. Bid for contracts to smoke the competition, and don’t let the ever-changing business climate give your rivals an advantage.
5. RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Deluxe (PC) Gameplay
Released in 1999, RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe is a game where you can build roller coasters, even if you tremble at the sight of them in real life. Whatever you like most about actual theme parks - go-karts, ferris wheels, food stands, to name a few - you can replicate them in RollerCoaster® Tycoon on an even larger scale. The popular management sim has not only paved the way for other business sims to follow in its footsteps, but it still holds a spot as one of the most iconic and cherished classics in video game history.
What Makes RollerCoaster Tycoon® Deluxe Fun:
There is no shortage of ride types you can add to your park. Among these ride types are transport rides, gentle rides, roller coasters, thrill rides, and water rides.
What good is an amusement park if the guests aren’t happy? Keep track of your guests’ moods. If they’re too tired, you probably need to add more benches or food stands. If they’re grumpy, you may need to make your park more balanced.
4. Project Highrise
Let’s Try: Project Highrise (quill18)
Skyscrapers are like little cities all in themselves. Business leaders, politicians, and everyday people all live out their own intrinsic lives in these tall glass buildings of dreams. In Project Highrise, you must build a skyscraper that soars in profit as high as it soars above the clouds. Learn how to adapt to your population and its needs, and establish a reputation that’ll bring more eager customers to your door.
What Makes Project Highrise Fun:
Project Highrise requires a balance of different gameplay elements to succeed. Keep your tenants happy, coordinate your construction efficiently, and invest in new developments. You won’t get by on luck alone.
The available add-on packs provide new decorations, offices, and other gameplay features that can make your Project Highrise experience more robust. Add a twinkling Christmas tree to your lobby, or go Las Vegas Style and build casinos.
3. Software Inc.
Software Inc. Alpha Trailer
Software Inc. is a management sim where you design, furnish, and run your own software company while simultaneously beating out the competition. Coupled with vibrant graphics and a streamlined interface, Software Inc. lets you manage your company in style.
What Makes Software Inc. Fun:
Software Inc. has a dynamic weather system that prevents the environment from looking stale. Rain will fall, thunder will boom, and snow will envelop the ground and rooftops.
You can furnish up to ten stories (and a basement) in your office buildings. The intuitive copy-paste feature allows you to easily construct a symmetrical and aesthetically-pleasing office without too much tinkering required.
2. Evil Bank Manager
Evil Bank Manager - PC Strategy
Evil Bank Manager isn’t a game where you make money, it’s a game where you control money. Set in the 16th century, you compete against your rivals, make investments, and establish dominion over the world’s war of economic resources. You can become a force to be reckoned with, or you can crumble against the pressure. In Evil Bank Manager, you have to be strategic to survive.
What Makes Evil Bank Manager Fun:
In Evil Bank Manager, nothing is static. Invest, trade, conquer. You have to be flexible and quick on your feet to come out on top.
The key to Evil Bank Manager is strategic micromanagement. Create new weapons, hire more guards, and loan out resources. Learning to balance each element is what separates the little fish from the big fish.
1. Capitalism 2
Capitalism 2 Gameplay
Released 18 years ago, Capitalism 2 is a management sim that still holds up to the modern tycoons of today, despite its older graphics and simple interface. Its emphasis on realism and risk-taking business strategies makes it a rewarding and challenging management sim that won’t let you win without real thought and precision.
What Makes Capitalism 2 Fun:
The stock market relies heavily on realism. Whether you trade for a quick buck or invest in long-term success, the stock market is a vital component of Capitalism 2.
You can hire (and fire) the upper management at will. Choose who is business-savvy enough to crush the competition.
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Game Dev Tycoon (Гейм Дев Тукон)– довольно интересный в своём исполнении симулятор, где тебе предстоит создавать различные игры на всевозможную тематику, а затем зарабатывать на этом довольно неплохие деньги. Все действия начнутся ещё в далёкие восьмидесятые года, когда подобное развитие бизнеса только начиналось. Для начала в тебя будет небольшой гараж, а затем он превратится в самое огромное офисное здание. Постепенно ты будешь обеспечивать себя всем необходимым для развития любимого дела. Незабываемое постоянно следить за процессом создания игр и за всевозможными инновациями, а также мировыми нововведениями в этой сфере. Нации работников, которые займутся рекламирование твоей студии, а затем и вовсе, постарайся создать собственную игровую консоль. Но для достижения поставленной цели тебе необходима определенная денежная сумма, которую ты сможешь заработать на создании других игр.
Информация о игре
Год выпуска:
2013
Жанр:
Казуальные игры, Инди, Симуляторы, Стратегии
Разработчик:
Greenheart Games
Версия:
1.6.15 Полная (Последняя)
Язык интерфейса:
английский, русский
Таблетка:
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