I need a new management game

DEL 707 · 11 Oct 2016 at 22:27

Bit bored at the moment, so I need a new game. I'm ideally looking for a management game, something nice a slow paced to play when I'm not in the mood for a FPS. Something along the lines of Rollercoaster Tycoon or Theme Hospital.

Was actually thinking of picking up RC3 on steam, since I've played no.1 and 2 to death.

bJN · 11 Oct 2016 at 22:40

Prison Architect is worth a look, quite good fun!

strumpusplunket · 11 Oct 2016 at 22:41

Tropico 3 and 4 are very nice management games. More God games, perhaps, but not like Sim City or Cities: Skylines. You manage the environment on a much finer scale, more like you do in Theme Hospital, but blown up over a whole island.

Some fantastic Latin guitar music as well helps set the more mellow pace. Highly recommend both. Tropico 5 is okay too, but I didn't find it an improvement over 4 and I think you can pick 4 up for a pittance these days.

npjnpj · 11 Oct 2016 at 22:44

I would recommend either Rimworld or Prison Architect.

You can (and should) pause both games while making decisions.
Although they share the same graphics set, they are made by different developers and play very differently.

Rimworld is still in alpha, but you can't tell. It seems more complete than a load of other management games, and the content is mind blowing while still being easy to handle.

And Prison Architect as a management game is just perfect.

linwelin · 11 Oct 2016 at 23:16

If you liked RC games, then u should check out Planet Coaster

Boycey0211 · 11 Oct 2016 at 23:39

bJN said:
Prison Architect is worth a look, quite good fun!

seconded, great game

lokiss · 12 Oct 2016 at 00:08

Motorsport Manager

http://store.steampowered.com/app/415200/

few weeks away, but something different.

StrongSad · 12 Oct 2016 at 01:30

bJN said:
Prison Architect is worth a look, quite good fun!

Agree as well....

Currently playing Prison Architect again while I take a short break from GTA.

Great relaxing game...

NoobCannon · 12 Oct 2016 at 02:12

Recently been playing back thru dungeon keeper (the original bullfrog game not the ea disgrace) as it was free on origin and id lost my cd.

Fantastic classic game and still probably in my top 3 best ever games

CapitalOne · 12 Oct 2016 at 06:01

Train Fever!

Tiny Clanger · 12 Oct 2016 at 07:00

Another vote for Rimworld - great game and fantastic modding community...

MikeWild74 · 12 Oct 2016 at 14:15

Check out Project Highrise on steam.

Clav · 12 Oct 2016 at 15:22

I quite enjoyed Game Dev Tycoon, can't go wrong for £7.

TonyTurbo78 · 12 Oct 2016 at 15:42

DEL 707 said:
Bit bored at the moment, so I need a new game. I'm ideally looking for a management game, something nice a slow paced to play when I'm not in the mood for a FPS. Something along the lines of Rollercoaster Tycoon or Theme Hospital.

Was actually thinking of picking up RC3 on steam, since I've played no.1 and 2 to death.

Cities Skylines
Planet Coaster launching next month.
Tropico series
Civ VI launching this month.

Seanspeed · 12 Oct 2016 at 15:48

Stardew Valley if you haven't checked it out.

No idea how nobody has mentioned it yet! Just got a major update, too.

Marky · 12 Oct 2016 at 17:14

bJN said:
Prison Architect is worth a look, quite good fun!

I also highly recommend this one - I've sunk so many hours into this

I've had hours pass by so quickly after getting really stuck into making a highly efficient prison system

lokiss said:
Motorsport Manager

http://store.steampowered.com/app/415200/

few weeks away, but something different.

Looking forward to this one

I enjoyed it on the iPhone, but this looks much deeper