Virtual Villagers - The Secret City (2008)

- Developer
- Last Day of Work
- Publisher
- Monstrum
- Genres
- Casual, Simulation
- Rating
- 4.6 of 5, 145 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 13 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam

The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A calm, gentle management sim where you watch a small tribe slowly rebuild a mysterious island, with real-time surprises like weather and discoveries emerging over time.
casualrelaxingexploratoryatmosphericreal-timemysteriousslow-pacedsimulative
What players say
Players praise it as a nostalgic and relaxing idle sim with puzzles, but fault the villagers' AI and repetitive dragging.
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Huedango (2017)- More like this game, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.
More by Last Day of Work
Plant Tycoon (2008)
Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children (2008)
Virtual Villagers: A New Home (2008)
Fish Tycoon (2008)
Virtual Families (2009)
Virtual Families 2: Our Dream House (2018)
Fish Tycoon 2: Virtual Aquarium (2018)
Virtual Villagers Origins 2 (2018)
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