What are some similar games?

[The Gerbil]

I'm interested in Prison Architect, but I'm not sure it'll be my kind of game. I don't get into a lot of strategy/sim games.

Can you guys offer some comparisons?

[Sanding Glove Handjob]

Strongholds. SimCity (the original). These are bad examples.

It's a design game; and an amazingly fun one. I've put 40 (50?) hours into it, and I'm not even close to bored.

[Bobthefarmer1]

Rimworld is a good one.

[Dr. Julius Strangepork]

Dwarf Fortress! It's a beast to master but once you get the hang of it you get tons of "fun" in return.

[Purple Tentacle]

Afterlife & Rollercoaster Tycoon are old classics. It's a good, modern representative of an old genre. Gnomoria is a little bit similar as well.

[The Gerbil]

How bout Tropico, is it similar to that?

[Rzep]

Well it's a managment sim like Theme Hospital and Dungeon Keeper.

[alex]

Theme hospital

[GameKitten]

Tropico is a fantastic game. I've played it from the very first one. There is also Settlers (not Settlers 7, but rise of a kingdom)..I am currently awaiting Banished (Seems the story and game will be better than Simcity..well at least the last two Simcities).

Stragery/Stimulation type games are all the above most have campaigns that make them stragery.

I play a lot of games like these. Tropico (which Tropico 5 is suppose to be appearing in 2014)..Zoo Tycoon (1-3..3 sucks on xbox 360)..Settlers..Majesty 2, (Banished hopefully soon), and etc..

[Obiwan]

i would say that Theme Hospital is prolly your best port of call - currently very cheap on gog.com and there is a mod that brings it into HD quality etc etc call Cortix TH - that would be a cheaper and entertaining way for you to see if you like these kinda games.

[billy]

I'd agree its similar to the 'theme' games of old and like a bullfrog game from the old days . Where you build things to influence people rather than control people directly.

[Dr. Bees]

Escrito originalmente por Dr. Julius Strangepork:

Dwarf Fortress! It's a beast to master but once you get the hang of it you get tons of "fun" in return.

DF's amazing once you learn how to play it. You can basically just play Prison Architect inside Dwarf Fortress XD

[Gramis]

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