Underplayed Gems

Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa (2018)

Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa cover
Developer
Pocketwatch Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating
4.2 of 5, 39 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.8 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

You quietly shape and observe animal ecosystems, managing balance without pressure from money or people.

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What players say

Players revisit this for strong nostalgia, but the Steam version is buggy: it crashes, progress fails to save, and the original music and voiceover poems are missing. The core gameplay, managing an African ecosystem by balancing predator and prey, still holds up and gets challenging on harder difficulties.

Screenshots

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