Note to Game Developers: Too Many Simulators on the Market

[Myll]

Yet another Simulator game hits the market, and this one is about as fun as working all day as a store cashier (which is half the game's time, btw).

Who wants to buy and play this crap?

At some point, Game Developers in this niche market need to realize that not everything in life needs a simulation game, as not everything simulated is "fun." The tedium that some of these games demand to be even remotely successful in the "game" is literally - work. And if you're going to work, then get out there and at least make minimum wage doing something more fun than playing yet another Simulator game.

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

Simulators are not all job simulators. I play A-10 and that has a 400 page manual. And it is a blast.

And Gas Station Attendant Simulator is quite relaxing for some people. You night not see the appeal of it, or driving a truck across Europe, or directing air traffic, but a lot of people do, as a form of escapism. Same with games about farming, or building a city, or fishing.

And you have to understand, despite being a niche market, developers wouldn't make them if people didn't buy them.

Speaking of which, I could use a sequel to grass simulator. Add new guns and maybe explosives. What? It's a weird game.

[Devsman]

Escrito originalmente por Myll:

Escrito originalmente por ShelLuser:

Just because _you_ don't like something doesn't mean it's crap. Don't like this genre? Well, why not ignore it?

It's a general comment, general advice, based on common sense that tedium doesn't sell. It's not the consumer who should just ignore it - it's the Developer community who should "take it or leave it" toward this advice, that Simulator Games need to be geared toward simulating something that trends as "fun to do" - not work.

I dunno man, if the market is being flooded with them, like you say, I'd say that's pretty good evidence that maybe your "common sense" assessment that they don't sell is off the mark.

[Tiberius]

Nah, no such thing like too much simulators. We need more simulators

[logith]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290000/PowerWash_Simulator/
Ok I hear you but have you considered powerwashing, it's fun and relaxing

[Crazy Tiger]

Escrito originalmente por Myll:

Who wants to buy and play this crap?

People that aren't you.

Escrito originalmente por Myll:

based on common sense that tedium doesn't sell.

Apparently the game devs think otherwise. As do the people who buy and like those games.

Escrito originalmente por Myll:

that Simulator Games need to be geared toward simulating something that trends as "fun to do" - not work.

It must be a shocker to realise that other people like things you don't like or understand.

[Tito Shivan]

IMO there's too many Battle Royale games. I don't know who wants to play that TBH.
Before there were too many Crafting Survival Zombie games, and before that there were too many brown-tinted modern military shooters.

That's how trends work. Something goes trendy and devs try to make a product to try attract that userbase.

The good part of it happening on an online Store is it's irrelevant if there's 10, 1.000 or 10.000 similar games. None of those is taking shelf space from the games you like.

Escrito originalmente por Phirestar:

Now see, you say this, but consider the following:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/613100/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/246900/

I've chilled out more than one evening playing Viscera Cleanup Detail...

[Fumo Bnnuy n Frends]

i like em but the real sims people want like yandere simulator never make the light of day lol

[Chika Ogiue]

Escrito originalmente por Miss Ann Thrope:

I haven't played any janitorial simulators. But I'm sure they would be quite relaxing.

I tried Viscera Cleanup once. It's the only game in 40 years of gaming that left me feeling motion sick. Haven't touched it since. It was not relaxing. >___>

[Dracoco OwO]

Escrito originalmente por Fumo Friend:

i like em but the real sims people want like yandere simulator never make the light of day lol

It's not gonna happen any time soon, Yandev is an actual jerk and is milking his patreons, he won't finish it.

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every single video game ever is a simulation of something/some sort.

[Candyy]

Well, some ppl like simulations

[pants]

Too many simulators? But they're 50% of all German exports.

[Volfogg]

Techically last game I played was space combat and trade management simulator. A time consuming one to boot. Can't really complain, there is wide selection of spacecrafts of human and alien origin.

[HisShadowX]

Is there a lot of shovelware on Steam? Yes, but at least we have options to hide those results for the most part. The problem is shovelware is still offered to us. I think perhaps an option to hide Indy Games?

[Mohammad the Defiler]

It's because of the Germans.
I don't think there is another country on this planet where simulators sell like crazy.