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APICO is the latest game in the sims genre, combining elements from Stardew Valley, Graveyard Keeper and Animal Crossing. Join your grandfather's beekeeping business on an island and craft, build and breed bees to discover extinct species. Experience a chilled adventure as you create your own unique world.
What we like:
Crafting and building features are easy to pick up on
Chilled experience which allows you to complete the game at your own pace
Incorporates science into fun gameplay
What could be improved:
Initial NPCs lack personality compared to similar games
Tasks can be time consuming once you have a rhythm going
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Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
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Two Point Campus is the sequel to Two Point Studios' hit game, Two Point Hospital. Players will have to manage their own university campus, from providing dormitories and bathrooms to offering courses and events for students. There are 17 courses included in the game, as well as a range of humorous characters and customisation options for the campus.
What we like:
Balance of management and creativity
Plenty of variety in courses
Humorous characters and dialogue
Customisable buildings
Streamlined micromanagement aspects from previous game
What could be improved:
Repetition of tannoy voice lines can occur occasionally
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With your hunting dog by your side, explore the Texan desert and forests of Colorado and Europe as you track down 33 animal species. Choose your gear from over 160 official weapons, accessories and clothing items (including Browning, Winchester and Bushnell).
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Potion Permit is a new roleplaying farming simulator from MassHive Media, a relatively new studio. You play as a chemist instead of a farmer and explore the areas around town to find ingredients to make medicine and treat villagers. The game offers stunning pixel-based graphics, unique characters with their own quests and cutscenes, mini-games, and more. It's the perfect game for any wholesome game or farm simulator enthusiast.
What we like:
Unique setting as a chemist
Stunning pixel-based graphics
Unique characters with their own quests and cutscenes
Mini-games
Teleport feature with no unlocking required
What could be improved:
Keyboard layout designed for gamepad can be awkward at times
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Train Sim World 5: Special Edition includes 3 new routes and additional TSW Compatible routes. The Avanti Pendolino and FlixTrain Vectron are also available.
Build, manage and optimise intergalactic hospitals! Recruit staff to satisfy the whims of various alien species, and cure their bizarre illnesses - for money! Save the (literal) Galaxy in story mode, or head into sandbox to design the hospital of your dreams.
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Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
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The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
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F1 Manager 22 is a fantastic new Formula 1 management game from Frontier Developments. You can choose any of the 10 current teams and set your own targets and objectives, manage your drivers, staff and facilities, micromanage the race weekend and much more. With realistic audio from drivers and engineers and plenty of depth to explore, F1 Manager 22 is sure to be a hit with strategy and management game fans!
