Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp but without the microtransactions?
Pocket Camp Complete is a cute and relaxing mobile game that offers the full experience with a one-time purchase.
Toca Boca World – A Whole New Level of Dollhouse
Bringing the magic of pretend play into the #digital age, #TocaBocaWorld creates a kid-centered universe where imagination is the only limit. #simulation #education
From Ground to Galaxy: How No Man’s Sky Turns Space Exploration Dreams into Reality
A survival and building game that can realize your dream of wandering in the universe.
One-armed cook: Gravity-defying mechanics, fires and dissatisfied customers
The rat stole our sausage! Now the oven is on fire! A co-op cooking simulator where chaos is present.
Realistic hunting: ten seconds of excitement, one hour of boredom
theHunter: Call of the Wild takes you to beautiful places and to thrilling moments – but it is absolutely not for everyone.
‘Everything’ is a game that’s bigger than itself
This silly and thought-provoking indie game crash-courses you through Alan Watts’ existential philosophy by letting you be anything.
Lunar Sims with Slavery and Misogyny: a review of Kenshi
A vast single-player experience, letting you explore, survive and fight with one or many characters under your control.
Kill It With Fire – Arachnophobe’s Worst Nightmare
Do you have a grudge against spiders? #KillItWithFire lets you live your dream as a #spider slayer as you try to eliminate every spider from a town in this chaotic #indie game.
The Sims have opened up a world of diversity by destroying the genre
Throughout this last decade, the Sims have become one of the best known social simulation videogames in our gamer imaginary. A game that allows us to create a new world with adorable virtual alter-egos with which to manage a parallel life that doesn't exist. A new life where you choose how and who to be and where the representation of you is increasingly diverse
Motherlode, Motherlode, Motherlode – The Story of The Sims from Rags to Riches
The Sims was once a game made with love and has since become a huge game franchise in and out of the simulation genre but also notorious for its prices and bugs.
Destroy global supply chains with a mouse click: Innocent Passage review
Innocent Passage is a game about processes of adaptation and cascading failure in global supply chains. It allows us to think about how the world might be changed through our collective.
Finding structure and connections through Animal Crossing: Horizons – how games can help us cope with crises
This is an overview of a study on how Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Leaf has helped players cope with the isolation of COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020. The study centers around the routines and player identities that arise from the game.
Everyday Humanity in the Void: Experiencing Outer Space in Elite Dangerous
Two books helped me discover that playing as a space trucker is more fun than I thought it’d be!
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Dirt Rally 2.0: Is that dirt in your eye?
Blast through muddy slopes and drift to the goal line, right before getting to peek inside the secret lives of crash test dummies in Dirt Rally 2.0 review.
Cities: Skylines Review – Being A Mayor Has Never Been So Fun
Develop your city from a humble village to a bustling metropolis in this colorful, smoothly running city simulator.
Stardew Valley – Charming Farming Simulator
Stardew Valley lets players fulfill their fantasies of becoming a farmer through an addicting and rewarding gameplay-loop.
Mini Metro – Bite-sized puzzle strategy game wrapped in a minimalistic atmosphere of transit craze
Mini Metro, a satisfying minimalistic puzzle game about passengers, metro systems, and real cities. What else could an evening need?
RimWorld: a space colony simulator where hijinks ensues
Have you ever wanted to play a construction and management simulation game with potentially game-changing random events and quirky characters?
Noita — An Unforgiving Roguelite Full of Surprises
Under the unforgiving rogue-lite core of Noita is a game filled with content, customizations, marvels, and surprises that makes it an extremely fun and unforgettable experience.
The Sims 4 – Where You Are The God
Create the house of your dreams, make the perfect Sim or watch the world burn. In The Sims 4, the choice is yours!