Underplayed Gems

Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator (2019)

Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator cover
Developer
Jarrod Brown
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Rating
3.6 of 5, 328 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 14 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

a detailed tycoon game where you carefully build and manage a recreation center from the ground up.

simulationmanagementchallengingmicromanagementstrategic2dpixel graphicsslow-paced

What players say

Players almost universally call Rec Center Tycoon abandoned, with development stalling in 2022 after a promising start. Many describe the concept as promising but the game as buggy and incomplete, with broken loans, zone naming, and save systems.

Screenshots

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