Startopia

It is an interesting game from the past, basically the concept of the (management) game is that you are the manager of various space stations, rotating wheel space stations to be exact. As such the first main feature stands out, you are literally playing in a donut. You build facilities to maintain the space station and accomodate the various alien visitors, while making a profit because of course it is a management game. So now to the game features: the tone is heavily inspired by Douglas Adam's Hitchiker Guide to the Galaxy, the game is silly in a few ways and doesn't take itself seriously, also has your typical British voiceover (which may be good or bad depending on how one may view it). It features a campaign that introduces mechanics the further you move along with various objectives: including making a production, trading, touristic, meditation space stations, or waging war against competitors, for my case it has been enjoyable played in short bursts. The alien species that you can hire as workers are visually distinct and each populate their respective facilities. There is a garden mechanic, that allows you to tailor your own hydroponic level (that could be frustratingly ruined by occasional meteor storms). The combat system is a bit basic, but it can be easily dealt with appropriate turret placement and overwhelming your enemy (just make sure that your guys won't go so deep that they get isolated). The bad: after a while the lack of building variety becomes a problem especially when you get access to large chunks of the space station, the camera system takes a bit to be used to, and there is an annoying bug involving the slug species. This game gets an overall recommendation from my part as it has been enjoyable, while it's not as deep as other management games, it has been charming and doesn't overstay its welcome.

This is one game I dust off more often then not to play. There are some points where I raged quit but I keep going back for more and get pass that point. If your into old school Sim games then this is a must have. I will say that I still have yet to get to the end but I still have fun getting there and I think you will 2.

This a classic management sim with all the right mix of strategy, skill, and most importantly humor! The moment you meet VAL (your british bulter of an AI assistant) and Arona Daa (the reliable if overpriced merchant) you will know your in for an amazing game. If you love this kind of management sim with a twist of humor then you'll be glad you got this game!

Doesn't work on my 2009 Macbook pro in bootcamp But on my Desktop works like a dream, I would say this game has a British feel about it. Still makes me laugh after all these years. Its aged Very well and i would recommend it

Best described as sci-fi Dungeon Keeper with heavier emphasis on being a pure sandbox game. Goal-oriented play is typically more about hitting certain milestones with varying slider bar settings in place than adapting to highly specific scenarios.