Underplayed Gems

Constructor (1997)

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Developer
System 3 Software
Publisher
Acclaim Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Simulator, Strategy
Rating
4.0 of 5, 24 player ratings
Where to get it
Steam

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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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.

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How it feels

A sardonic management grind where you claw your way up through shady deals and underhanded tactics, feeling like a gleefully corrupt property mogul in a town full of rivals just as crooked as you.

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About

In a town where anything goes, you can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down. From dodgy deals to shifty tricks, do what you gotta do to go from small-time slumlord to filthy rich tycoon.

What players say

A much-loved cult tycoon game where you build a city while sabotaging rivals with gangsters and pests, beloved for its quirky British humor and chaotic, emergent comedic competition.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.