[Update]: The Island Bound expansion has now docked onto PC and consoles.

A fair few months have gone by since the previous Prison Architect expansion, so it shouldn't come as

[Update]: Poly Bridge 2 has now ramped its way onto Steam.

If you're up for realizing just how poor of an architect you'd truly be, as well as just how tricky building

The original Receiver was more of a proof of concept than an actual game, something that becomes especially obvious once you realize it was created in a mere seven days. However, despite its shortcomings, Receiver managed to fairly realistically simulate the whole process of operating a

[Update]: Oxygen Not Included's very first expansion Spaced Out! has now arrived.

After spending two eventful years in Steam Early Access, Klei Entertainment's colony management sim

If you're looking for something a bit out of the ordinary, you might want to check out Jalopy. It is essentially a road trip simulator that will take you across the various countries of the former Eastern bloc. And if that doesn't sound bizarre enough already, know that you will also need to do

Tropico 6, as you would expect from the title alone, is a 'banana republic simulator' that gives you total control over a small island nation. What happens next is going to be entirely up to your playstlye. You can turn your lovely island nation into a dictatorship whose entire goal is to

Tropico 6 was originally supposed to arrive this January 25th, but after seeing a variety of bugs and issues pop up throughout the beta, the developers have now decided to push the launch date back. The new release date has been set for March 29th, and in order to make the wait a bit more

After a successful Kickstarter and two years in Steam's Early Access program, the RollerCoaster Tycoon inspired Parkitect has now finally released in full. As you can probably guess from the name alone, Parkitect is a

RimWorld is one of those games that are heavily inspired by Dwarf Fortress, which should immediately let you know what depths of complexity, creativity, strategy and madness lie within. What you might not expect is that the premise is remarkably simple - all you have to do is keep your small

If you found yourself disappointed with the recent Jurassic World Evolution and you're currently looking for something else to fill to void, you might want to check out the freshly released Parkasaurus. As you

After the thoroughly mediocre launch of X Rebirth Egosoft has now finally returned with an announcement for a brand new entry in the X series. Once it arrives X4: Foundations will bring with it the most sophisticated universe simulation the series has seen to date, the ability to explore, fight

Out of all the strange games and concepts I've covered throughout the past few months Graveyard Keeper might just be the most 'out there' of them all. It is a seemingly Harvest Moon inspired cemetery management sim, but what might come as a massive shock given the theme is that it actually

Rise of Industry is a strategic business tycoon that puts you in the shoes of an early 20th century industrialist. In order to succeed you will need to create your vast empire from scratch, always ensuring that all of your interwoven production lines are well supplied and your transportation

[Update]: Slime-covered yet adorable Slime Rancher 2 is heading into Early Access on September 22, 2022.

Slime Rancher, as you might imagine, is a charming first-person 'farm

Codebyfire, the developers behind Frozen Cortex, and Mode 7 Games, the developers behind Frozen Synapse, have recently announced that they have teamed up in order to create The Colonists - a settlement building game most similar to The Settlers and Anno series. While the details are currently

[Update]: Evil Genius 2 and its megalomaniacal schemes will be arriving this March 30, 2021.

Evil

As far as management/simulator games go the Tropico series has always been one of the more interesting ones. This isn't because its mechanics and systems are so good they simply cannot be matched by other games, but rather because it tackles a completely unique concept: ruling over a banana

[Update]: After nearly a decade in development, Factorio has now finally been released!

Today appears to be an extremely good day for indie developers as not one, but

After two years in Early Access it appears that Clockwork Empires, a colony management sim from the developers behind Dungeons of Dredmor, is just about ready to be officially released. Since this is Gaslamp Games we're talking about, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that

If you've browsed through Steam the past few months you may have noticed an overwhelming amount of games whose one and only gameplay idea is to simulate an otherwise mundane aspect of real life. There's a simulator that lets you pilot a forklift, a simulator that lets you experience the thrills