SimTower Clone?

[JReming]

This literally looks like a modified sim tower with everything the same minus some of the graphics/sounds

SimTower btw is an awesome game, and I believe it is now free

[Lawrence]

The game is inspired by SimTower, but is different in most of the point.

While in the bare concept, you also build a tower, the inside mechanics are different. Instead of just placing some appartment or stores, and wait for buyers, you have a wider variety of tenents, each asking for something else, and giving a different rent.
While SimTower make you rent a space in the tower, PH make you rent a space and the services.

(And in the minor changes, PH doesn't have the SimTower elevator management, which unfortunately make people focus on this small detail, like hating a house because the flower pot on the kitchen counter is black instead of dark grey )

[static]

I played the hell out of SimTower and Yoot Tower back in the day. Love both of them.

With all due respect to the earlier tower games, Project Highrise beats both of them in scale, complexity, appearance and replay value. No contest.

[JReming]

Thanks for the explanation. When I first saw the graphics (looks great by the way), I saw pretty much the same design, (the people is what threw me off) and was a little put off.

After thinking about what your guys wrote I think I might give it a shot.

[static]

Originally posted by JReming:

Thanks for the explanation. When I first saw the graphics (looks great by the way), I saw pretty much the same design, (the people is what threw me off) and was a little put off.

After thinking about what your guys wrote I think I might give it a shot.

Take the plunge, you won't regret it. If you're already into building games, I highly recommend picking up the DLCs as well, they add a lot of interesting new content and some new scenarios to check out.

[CoRe Killerbrandt]

Originally posted by static:

I played the hell out of SimTower and Yoot Tower back in the day. Love both of them.

With all due respect to the earlier tower games, Project Highrise beats both of them in scale, complexity, appearance and replay value. No contest.

I agree big time! Loved those other ones, but this game is better and still getting better.

[Levictus]

I played the hell out of SimTower back in the 90s (and later YootTower). If you like SimTower, you will definitely like PH. The DLCs are decent additions if you like replaying the game in sandbox mode.

One drawback of PH relative to SimTower is that it feels a bit more gamey and less like a simulation. You constantly need to micro new tenants and the research and special events systems feel half-baked and unorganic. It was much easier to rapidly expand if you had money in SimTower. You often need to do a lot of clicking and waiting in PH.

However, PH is definitely an awesome upgrade over SimTower / YootTower. There are so many quality of life improvements. No more messing around with elevator scheduling and 35 floor limits for elevators. PH also introduces a lot of new mechanics that add a nice new spin to the SimTower model. PH's graphics work very well for this type of game. Check it out!

[mister_lobos]

if you are going to get it, don't pay steams prices.. it's much cheaper elsewhere..

just got the game itself and all but london and berlin dlc packs for $11.34... less then steam charges for the game alone.

currently the best deal is Razer (well known mouse maker) game store.
or you can check for other good deals if you miss that one.
https://isthereanydeal.com/game/projecthighrise/info/

[Asane]

On the Surface this game looks and feels like Sim Tower very much,
Once you get past the first ~hour or so you'll find how much more complex it is, not even counting the DLCs

[JReming]

Originally posted by mister_lobos:

if you are going to get it, don't pay steams prices.. it's much cheaper elsewhere..

just got the game itself and all but london and berlin dlc packs for $11.34... less then steam charges for the game alone.

currently the best deal is Razer (well known mouse maker) game store.
or you can check for other good deals if you miss that one.
https://isthereanydeal.com/game/projecthighrise/info/

Hey thanks a lot, been looking for something like this that doesnt use grey-area key markets for awhile now and my lowest price userscript only shows steam historic pricing.

p.s. bought the game yesterday and getting ready to play it later today

[Krupo]

After completing the game with the first few DLCs I hadn't touched it in months, and now I see tow more add-ons, and Berlin looks interesting - parking garages are back! That's the only thing I kind of missed from SimTower. The elevator management, while interesting, could get old - PH magically makes the elevators "just work" (until they break, but that's why you have maintenance people). Similar but different. Very enjoyable.

[Xel'Naga]

lets just say they belong to the same genre like any other games that look like DOTA in the MOBA genre...

[kamyk]

I played simtower too, and I like to think of this game as more like simtower on massive steroids. It's kind of like the difference between Sims1 and Siims2. So much more to it.

[Krupo]

Agreed, especially if you add in all the DLC, it really fleshes things out - adds more of the feel that you're architecting things.

[Seilore]

Several of you stated that this game is bigger than sim tower, I got news for you, sim tower offered more space. You could build up to 100 stories (in the base game) Complexities were more, you could build a full blown hotel (base game). The width of the tower was about the same on the highest setting in this game.

Over all Sim Tower a 25 year old game has this game beat. Does this game add some features that Sim Tower didn't sure, but Sim Tower had a better feel, you didn't have to worry about running cable/water/phone/gas. I understand the concept but it get's very old very fast. I'd rather worry about the elevators/lobby versus the utilities.

Really for a game of the modern era why isn't it 3d meaning adding depth to the game versus just a flat canvus? They could have done so much more with this game versus just making a lack luster copy of an old 90's game. Improve on it. Personally I've been looking for a modern Sim Tower replacement and while this game does scratch some of the itch, it is overall disappointing. I'd rather just play Sim Tower.

[Levictus]

@Seilore

You can expand the size of your tower in PH via editing config files. You can set granular limits for both vertical and horizatal limits. I would also recommend expanding the number of repair and construction rooms.

I have built a 140 floor tower. Some other users mentioned building towers with several hundred floors. Custom configs do require a pretty beefy system. I have a Ryzen 2700X/1070 setup and I got low double digit FPS on my 140 floor tower.

I am glad the devs didn't go full 3D with PH, SimTower really needed a modern remake, although this would be a cool concept for a sequel. IMO, economic strategy games shouldn't focus on bling and graphics (especially if you like to mod or building insane creations in sandbox).

I would also argue the hotel system much more fleshed out in PH (I believe you need all DLCs for that).

Don't get me wrong, PH does have it weakness (tenant micro, lame points/hype system and grindy utilities), but it also adds a lot of cool new things to the SimTower formula.

The base game did feel a bit stale after my first playthrough, but with DLCs and config edits, PH got a lot closer to that SimTower feel.

Link to config editing thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/423580/discussions/0/1733210552642411563/