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Distinguishing features
[edit]Economic simulation games differ from other computer and video game genre titles in that:
Game goals focus on successfully running your business
Businisses may continue to grow even after victory conditions have been met
Players can only indirectly influence individual citizen activities
Popular economic simulation games
[edit]- Aerobiz, an airline business simulation in which four companies compete to be the leader in the aerial travel industry. Includes its sequel Aerobiz Supersonic.
- Capitalism, capitalism/economics/business simulator.
- Fish Tycoon, breed and sell fish.
- Harvest Moon (series), a farm simulation with RPG and life simulator aspects
- Railroad Tycoon, a simulation of railroad companies. Sequels include Railroad Tycoon 2, Railroad Tycoon 3 and Sid Meier's Railroads!. The genre was so successful that it sparked the development of other such "Tycoon" simulations, the most notable being Roller Coaster Tycoon, Transport Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon, in which the player takes control of an amusement park, the transportation elements of a city, and a zoo, respectively.
- SimFarm, where the player controls a rural American farm
- SimIsle, where the player controls a Caribbean island
- SimTower, where the player constructs a simulated building complex
- Traffic Giant
- Simutrans
- Industryplayer, where the player controls an industry holding.
- Miniconomy, where the player trades with other players all over the world.