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Introduction

Explore The City

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

From the makers of the Cities in Motion franchise, the game boasts a fully realized transport system. It also includes the ability to mod the game to suit your play style as a fine counter balance to the layered and challenging simulation.

You’re only limited by your imagination, so take control and reach for the sky!

Multi-tiered and challenging simulation

Constructing your city from the ground up is easy to learn, but hard to master. Playing as the mayor of your city you’ll be faced with balancing essential requirements such as education, water electricity, police, fire fighting, healthcare and much more along with your citys real economy system. Citizens within your city react fluidly, with gravitas and with an air of authenticity to a multitude of game play scenarios.

Extensive local traffic simulation

Colossal Order’s extensive experience developing the Cities in Motion series is fully utilized in a fully fleshed out and well-crafted local traffic simulation.

Districts and Policies

Be more than just an administrator from city hall. Designating parts of your city as a district results in the application of policies which results in you rising to the status of Mayor for your own city.

Utilize the Day and Night Cycle

The city changes during the hours of the day and affects citizen schedules. Traffic is visibly slower at night and some zoned areas do not work with full efficiency. Cities: Skylines will put you in control of managing the different aspects of the day and night cycles.

Extensive Modding Support

Build or improve on existing maps and structures. You can then import your creations into the game, share them as well as download the creations of other city builders on the Steam workshop.

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Meet fellow City Builders from all regions of the world and walks of life. These creators have amazing stories to tell, and have been using Cities: Skylines to share it with you. Watch these incredible videos to see why Cities: Skylines has the most amazing community in the world!

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9/10 Destructoid»Cities: Skylines is a title that will eat up hours of your time, and with a commitment from the developers to continue support for the title in the future, and Steam Workshop integration, the huge amount of replayability the base game has will become even bigger. «

8.8/10 Game Informer»Through deep and rewarding gameplay, Colossal Order’s new simulation fills the increasingly noticeable void in the genre. Where others have failed, Cities: Skylines excels and delivers the new gold standard of modern city-builders.»

10/10 Escapist»The finest city builder in over a decade, Cities: Skylines’s few flaws are so minor I only noticed them after hours of enjoyment.»

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Cities: Skylines PS4 tips — how to build a great city

Cities: Skylines has been a big hit on PC. Originally released in 2015, it shifted 3.5 copies as fans enjoyed getting stuck into the little details of urban planning. From roads to residential property and even sewage, there’s so much to think about. That’s before you’ve even considered building a football stadium – you know you want to.

The superb strategy game is also on PS4, so to help you get off to a good start in this superb strategy game, here are five top tips from Colossal Order.

1. Make sure to keep those citizens happy

Keep your citizens smiling

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Just like in real life, your city’s citizens have demands and opinions. Cater to these and you will not only be able to grow your city as the rumours about how happy your population are spread, but you will also earn more money! To satisfy your citizens and increase their happiness you will need to respond to their needs. There are different needs for each zoned category: Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Office Zones.

Occupants of the residential zones need to feel safe, have a clean environment with no pollution, good healthcare, education possibilities and leisure opportunities. Commercial areas have many of the same needs as residential areas but also require a strong supply of goods – either locally produced or imports.

They will also need educated workers to get their business going, and a few nice parks here and there for having their lunch breaks outside. The Industrial areas will need services including fire stations and security, good access to raw materials in order to manufacture products, and commercial areas to be able to sell their goods. Good traffic flow for effective supply chains will also boost your business.

2. Don’t put your water pump downstream from your sewage outlets

Observe the water flow

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Cities: Skylines has a water simulation which means the waste water from sewage pipelines will float away with the water stream. Small arrow markers in the water will indicate in which direction the water flows so make sure you observe those before starting any massive pipeline digging projects.

If you place the fresh water pumps (essential for your citizens) downstream of the sewage pumps you will start pumping raw sewage into the water supply of hospitals, residential areas and so on. Sickness will occur and spread rapidly across your whole city, killing your citizens within a few hours!

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City policies for the win

Add policies to increase land value

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In Cities: Skylines you can steer different parts of the city with different policies. It is not only a great tool to create diversified city areas but also a feature to increase land value, make your citizens happier and earn more money to create an even better and bigger city. Once you have created a district you can start choosing between a wide variety of policies that will only affect that specific district. For example, for increased land value in residential areas, why not use an education boost, use recycling, high-tech housing and add some park and recreation services?

4. Infrastructure is important

Connect your city to highways to avoid gridlock

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One of the trickier aspects of Cities: Skylines is that when your city grows it inevitably leads to traffic congestion. Cars, trucks, buses, and service vehicles will all use the same roads so make sure to plan carefully both where you put your different areas and how the traffic networks should lead in and out of them.

You can use policies to ban heavy traffic and select priority roads (main roads) but you should also carefully decide where to lead the different vehicle types from the beginning – think ‘how can this scale’? Remember, vehicles will always use the shortest way possible to their end destination, not always the quickest one. And if you don’t connect your city to the highway network, no one will be able to move into your city

5. Avoid pollution

Pollution is bad in Cities: Skylines

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Pollution is rarely used as a selling point in real estate brochures so should be avoided at all costs. Pollution is simulated in Cities: Skylines and there are a few ways to make sure it does not disturb the city. There are two types – noise and ground / water pollution. Ground pollution is mainly created by industrial areas, but can also be created from sewage outlets, fossil-fuel power stations and garbage disposals. Keep these away from residential areas to avoid sickness and unhappiness.

Noise pollution is generated from traffic, commercial areas and special buildings such as football stadiums or concert halls. You can determine how far the sound will spread when placing the buildings so you know what distance to use. You can, for example, prevent noise pollution by placing roads with specific noise reducing qualities, and avoid industrial pollution by creating a forestry or farming district instead.

Best Job Simulations for PS4 (Russia)

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Farming Simulator 19

ALL: Online Play
Activity:
Farmer

The Farming Simulator series is the progenitor of all job simulations, and it continues to evolve with exciting new ways for players to take care of their crops and livestock. nine0003

You can purchase land in the US or Europe, and the soil, conditions, and arrangements needed to run your rural empire on a day-to-day basis vary widely in different parts of the world. Engage local businesses to manufacture or market your products, drive over 300 types of vehicles, and keep your vehicles in good condition. The main skill you need to learn is knowing what equipment is right for the type of farm you want to manage and when to use it. nine0003

You can even visit other players’ farms online and take notes on where they grow crops or graze their cows. Just watch your step…

Stardew Valley

ALL 10+: unrealistic violence, some blood, some foul language, drinking and smoking, display of gambling
Occupation:
farmer

allows you to feel like a farmer, but also gives the idea that sometimes it’s good to just drop everything, move to the outback and start living off your land. Haven’t you ever thought about this? nine0003

The game begins with you moving to Pelican Town on your uncle’s inherited farm, where you have to take the first steps to become successful in this world. By preparing your land for cultivation and harvesting, you can invest the profits in new buildings, livestock and machinery, and in your spare time meet and build relationships with the locals — who knows, maybe one day you will even find yourself a life partner among them. .

As the game progresses, you will often face difficult moral choices, such as whether to sell yourself to a soulless corporation that wants to take over the entire city, and even travel (for example, explore the caves in the game). nine0003

Surgeon Simulator: A&E Anniversary Edition

Age category 13+ (teenagers): violence, blood
Activity: surgeon the lives of their patients. Can anything go wrong? The main thing is not to forget your watch in the patient’s chest cavity and remember how dangerous a scalpel can be in inept hands. nine0003

You have a whole series of gruesome, bloody and insanely funny surgeries ahead of you — so grip the controller tighter to stop your hand shaking a little; by the way, you can even carry out operations together with a friend on the same screen. If you’re itching to get your hands dirty and start saving lives, the game is available in PS Now’s library of games right now.

Railway Empire

FOR EVERYONE: some foul language, reference to violence, tobacco use, reference to alcoholic beverages
Business line: public transport constructor

From one coast to the other, the North American continent offers plenty of open spaces ready for development – ​​and the locals are just waiting for the railroad to be brought there. That is what you are going there for.

Lay railroad tracks between cities and towns to transport people and goods across the country, and watch small towns grow into huge cities and money flow from banks straight into your treasury. nine0003

However, this path is not as carefree as it might seem: you have to keep an eye on your budget, think over the routes to the smallest detail and make sure that passengers are happy, and besides, American soil may not always be suitable for a comfortable trip.

The game is full of interesting scenarios, and upcoming expansions will allow you to expand your network to South America or Europe. All aboard!

Train Sim World 2020

FOR ALL
Occupation: train driver

And if you’re more into driving trains than laying railroad tracks, then Train Sim World puts you in the driver’s cab of a huge number of powerful locomotives and allows you to travel on the most famous railways in the world — for example , you can travel on routes such as the North East Corridor of the rail network in New York, the Great Western Railway in the UK and the S-Bahn in Germany. nine0003

Real data is used to accurately convey the characteristics and feel of trains, and your goal is to arrive at the station on time to keep all passengers happy.

The platforms, junctions and tunnels of each branch are worked out to the smallest detail, the interior of the cabins and cars is reproduced with a high level of realism, and watching the landscape spread out the window is especially pleasant — you can even enjoy stunning views as a passenger, watching the trains passing by. Just don’t put your feet up on the seat. nine0003

Airport Simulator 2019

FOR EVERYONE
Occupation: Airport Manager

You may think that the daily operation of a major international airport is a complex process that requires careful planning and coordinated actions … and you are absolutely right, and Airport Simulator will prove it once again.

Your responsibilities range from managing personnel and acquiring (and operating) vehicles and equipment to maintaining aircraft and preparing them for passenger transport around the world. Over time, your airport will grow, runways and terminals will be added, the budget will increase, and you will be able to increase the number of passengers. Perhaps, having completed all this work, you yourself will want to fly somewhere on vacation …

Cities Skylines

FOR EVERYONE
Occupation: City Planner

If you find it boring to manage one farm, railroad, or hospital, try managing an entire city. Cities Skylines is one of the most complex city building games on PS4 that will allow you to plan and manage the activities of all the services of your city, lay roads and gradually turn a small settlement into a huge metropolis — if you correctly allocate the budget and make sure that the population is happy, then everything succeed. nine0003

Unleash your creativity in building entertainment districts, monuments and parks, taking care of the disposal of garbage and dead citizens, laying roads — everything should work in perfect harmony under your control. And try not to allow sewage to pass near sources of drinking water.

Prison Architect

ADULTS (17+): violence, a lot of foul language, sexual themes, blood, drug references, partial nudity
Occupation: warden

If you’ve ever dreamed of running your own penitentiary (and let’s face it, all of us dreamed about it), then here’s your lucky ticket. In this fun simulator, you have to build your own prison from scratch and then manage it day after day.

See to it that your prisoners are always fed and clothed, involve them in reform programs, prevent riots and try to make them better people; Don’t forget to check your accounting. nine0003

And if you’re more of a prisoner sympathizer than a prison administrator, download the Escape Mode add-on, which will allow you to become a prisoner yourself and plan a daring escape.

Salary Man Escape

EVERYONE
Occupation: Office Plankton

While most of the games on this list invite you to learn a new profession, this game is a little different: it aims to get rid of corporate routine forever . nine0003

Control blocks and platforms in this abstract PS VR puzzle platformer to help a disgruntled office worker escape his miserable life. Featuring 78 challenging levels, a catchy 80s-inspired soundtrack, and deep reflections on the futility of today’s white-collar existence.

Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition

FOR ALL
Activity: rocket scientist

Take on the role of a space program manager in this unique space simulation and assemble a fully functional spaceship from a variety of interchangeable parts based on your knowledge of the laws of aerodynamics.

Launch ships into orbit (preferably without killing the crew) and send them to explore other planets and moons of the Kerbal solar system, along the way constructing bases and orbital stations that will help you conquer space. nine0003

With three modes — Science, Career and Sandbox — novice rocket scientists will definitely not be bored. Return home heroes.

Jurassic World Evolution

Age Category 13+ (Teens): Violence, some blood / in-app purchases
Occupation: Amusement park manager

Design and manage your own dinosaur theme park in this simulator from the developers of Frontier Developments based on the famous movie. nine0003

Headquarters in the legendary Muertes Archipelago and turn a quiet island into the ultimate tourist attraction by bringing miraculous, majestic and dangerous dinosaurs back to life.

And if you have watched the movie, you understand that at any moment everything can easily get out of control. And yet caring for 40 species of dinosaurs, running out of hot dog outlets, and cleaning toilets will be the least of your worries…

Overcooked! 2

ALL
Occupation: chef

Take charge of all the madness that happens in the kitchen of one restaurant in Team 17’s popular co-op game. Work together with other players to serve all the customers in time , juggling plates of food, preparing meals and keeping order in the workplace.

Sounds too easy? But what if a pedestrian crossing is laid through your kitchen, along which people constantly scurry? Or that your kitchen is in the middle of a poisonous swamp? You have to face such kitchen nightmares that even Gordon Ramsay himself would find it difficult to cope with. nine0003

Job Simulator

ALL 10 YEARS OVER: crude humor
Activity: all of the above?

Job Simulator takes you to a future where robots have replaced people in all areas of life, making them almost useless, and fully reveals the meaning of the word «work».

As an inquisitive robot, you’ll discover what it’s like to have a job as a chef, office worker, mechanic, and many other jobs. Put on your PS VR headset and use the latest robotic arms to take on a variety of missions or just make a mess of your workplace. After all, throwing things at your boss is a lot more fun than just filling out boring paperwork, right? nine0003

Vacation Simulator

ALL 10+ YEARS OLD: Crude humor
Activity: time to relax!

Having done a great job, you deserve a good vacation. And what could be better than meeting the robots you already know in virtual reality again. In the Job Simulator, robots learned what people do when they go to work; now they decided to find out what they do after hours…

There are many ways to relax: explore a tropical island, barbecue on the beach, take selfies on the beach or ski down the mountains, throw snowballs and go fishing. Of course, the complex control of the bulky limbs of the robot will not let you relax to the end, because the rest will be a bit like chaos, but it’s more interesting than just lying by the pool in your virtual paradise. nine0003

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Top 10 building games for PS4

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Contents

  • 1. Stardew Valley
  • 2. Farming Simulator 19
  • 3. Railway Empire
  • 4. Tropico 6
  • 5. Prison Architect
  • 6. Lego Worlds
  • 7. No Man’s Sky
  • 8. Cities Skylines
  • 9. Kerbal Space Program
  • 10. Minecraft

Games for the PlayStation4 platform are not only crazy car chases, action-packed thrillers and post-apocalyptic survival games. In the world of PlayStation4 there is a place for a very exciting category of games that draws in no less than cool action movies. These are building games. Indeed, what can compare with the opportunity to feel like a noble manager of urban developments, a tropical dictator or a conqueror. What games have become the most popular among players? So, the «top ten» of the best building games for PlayStation4. nine0003

1. Stardew Valley

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If you want to see one of the most intriguing independent games, drop everything and install Stardew Valley. After a few minutes, the player finds himself in a stuffy office. The chance allows you to quit a boring job and master a new type of activity — a farmer. According to the plot of the game, the main character moves to the city of Pelican, where his uncle lived. Unfortunately, the old man left the earthly world and left a legacy of the farm. The first steps in the role of a novice farmer will be very difficult for the player. nine0003

However, there are many chances to get rich. Starting with simply growing crops at the first level, the player can end up buying a huge herd of dairy cows. You just need to earn money. It is in this way that the disclosure of the game world and the gradual improvement of your own economy are built.

Stardew Valley impresses with the scale of detail. In the area where the player lives, there are about 70 NPCs with deep study. Acquaintance with each character is reflected in the course of the plot. The player even gets the opportunity to find a life partner who will take care of household chores. Residents of the town can be presented with gifts on their birthday, as the protagonist’s calendar reminds of. nine0003

Interesting little quests appear every day. As entertainment, there is a dungeon with monsters that can be explored. The change of seasons is so real that the farmer risks going bankrupt from summer drought or winter cold.

The player will often be faced with a moral choice, such as selling their business or going into conflict with a corporation that wants to take over the entire city.

Pros

  • realism;
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  • detailed study.

Cons

  • very simple graphics.

2. Farming Simulator 19

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Among the series of games in which the main character is engaged in the construction and management of agricultural farms, Farming Simulator 19 is considered a benchmark and progenitor. Despite its venerable age, the series does not stop in development, resting on its laurels, but is constantly being improved. Almost every year, fans get a new game that offers new ways to build farms, harvest crops, and take care of animals. nine0003

The player is given a choice of where to build a farm. It can be North America or Europe, and farming conditions, soil and weather conditions vary greatly depending on the continent. These factors have a strong influence on the daily management of the farm and the approach to building facilities. For example, in cold continental winters, rooms for keeping animals need to be additionally insulated.

The user may enter into agreements with local businesses and stores to market their products. In his submission is a fleet of 300 units of various equipment. nine0003

The main skill that the player needs to hone is the ability to select equipment for each type of farm. To exchange experience, you can visit neighbor farmers and peep life hacks from them.

Pros

  • updated game engine;
  • improved mechanics and realism;
  • dynamic gameplay.

Cons

  • poor implementation of the idea of ​​keeping animals;
  • only two locations.
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    3. Railway Empire

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    Stretched between two oceans, the American continent is under development. A modern railway should connect the two coasts. It is her construction that the player must do.

    According to the scenario, you need to manage a design engineer, whose task is to create a railway network. Then, it is necessary to connect large farms, slaughterhouses and villages to it. And in the future, to entangle the whole country with a network of railway tracks. nine0003

    The storyline repeats the key points in the development of railroads in the USA: the fight against competitors, the trading of company shares on the stock exchange. The player can choose free mode and engage in pure creativity with an unlimited budget.

    The main objective of the game is to build a railroad empire in the USA and destroy your competitors by buying out their railroad networks. The gameplay perfectly conveys the features of the South after the civil war and the conquest of the Wild West with its unique nature. The player can learn useful information from newspaper clippings of those years. nine0003

    Pros

    • excellent mix of economic and construction strategies;
    • is easy to learn;
    • many beautiful landscapes and rare models of trains. They are presented in detail, with technical characteristics.

    Cons

    • cheating behavior of bots;
    • uses a small font that is inconvenient to read from the TV screen.

    4. Tropico 6

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    The player takes on the role of a permanent dictator of one of the «banana republics», spread over the picturesque islands of the Caribbean. Tropico 6 has taken another step towards a subtle economic strategy with elements of large-scale building construction. If previous games in the series allowed you to create in a limited area of ​​the map, now the entire archipelago is open to the player.

    The increased scale of the game allows you to develop the industry on one island, extract minerals on the second, and completely give the third to the entertainment industry. Building objects has become much more interesting. nine0003

    The dictator himself chooses the development path of the island and builds the appropriate structures. And there are just a huge number of them in the sixth part. The price of a mistake is high, by building the first five or six buildings incorrectly, the player risks leading the economy of the republic into the deepest crisis. The zeitgeist is superbly captured. According to the plot, the Cold War and other significant eras take place.

    Pros

    • great graphics in a sunny setting;
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    • a huge number of buildings;
    • a lot of humor.

    Cons

    • weak sound range;
    • poor elaboration of logistics;
    • there are no army installations.

    5. Prison Architect

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    This is one of the best PS4 construction games to come out in recent times. The real standard of the genre captures the player from the first minutes and does not let go for a long time. Simple at first glance, the name hides the whole world behind it. Fascinating and original gameplay, non-trivial tasks, attractive graphics, are complemented in the Prison Architect game by a subtle psychological struggle between the prison director and the prisoners. nine0003

    The player is the owner of the prison. In order to guide people who have broken the law on the right path, the director receives a budget and full carte blanche to implement his ideas. The design of prison blocks and communications must be carried out carefully, otherwise disgruntled ZOCs can organize a riot and burn down the prison. The development of the prison is the main task of the player.

    Pros

    • original idea;
    • finely crafted plot;
    • nice graphics. nine0257

    Cons

    • small print;
    • weak animation and sound;
    • complex management.

    6. Lego Worlds

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    A cluster of game worlds completely made of Lego blocks. Each of the worlds the player can remake at his own discretion, since construction details are not limited. The scale of work is large: from building your own house to the highest mountain in the world. You can build your own world from scratch or explore other worlds with the help of Lego vehicles (all-terrain vehicle, helicopter or jeep). nine0003

    Each world contains hidden wonders that allow the user to build structures to the next level. The player has complete freedom of action, which is what captivates this construction world.

    Pros

    • Lego fans will love it;
    • huge open world;
    • high-quality graphics.

    Cons

    • is more suitable for children.

    7. No Man`s Sky

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    The game can easily be called «sandbox with awesome graphics». The large-scale setting of the game sends the user to explore the galaxy, and it is modeled for each player separately. In addition to traveling, the player can build buildings, landscaping, trading and mining. Implemented the ability to become a space pirate hunter.

    A variety of interplanetary vehicles are available for travel: nimble starships, huge space cruisers, autonomous all-terrain vehicles. The game is replete with bizarre and beautiful landscapes of distant galaxies. The developers did their best, the spectacle turned out to be breathtaking. The «photo» mode is organically built in. Collecting selfies against the background of space landscapes gives the game an element of realism. No Man Sky has a pretty solid storyline, complete with a survival mode. Developers regularly throw additions, fixing some bugs. nine0003

    The game is worthy and will certainly serve as a starting point for imitators.

    Plus

    • new concept;
    • cool graphics on a powerful engine;
    • is quite simple control.

    Cons

    • poor development of space, including dull space battles.

    8. Cities Skylines

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    If it’s too easy to manage parks, railways or airports separately, then here’s a new challenge — Cities Skylines. This game. undoubtedly. one of the coolest and most challenging city builder games to date. In the hands of the player will concentrate all the power in the management of the city. Starting from the construction of roads and infrastructure, ending with the elimination of utility accidents. nine0003

    The user is faced with the difficult task of turning a small settlement into a huge metropolis.

    For this purpose, the player receives a budget that increases as the city develops. The development of the city must be carried out harmoniously, building not only residential and industrial complexes. If there are not enough cultural objects in the metropolis, the inhabitants can «go into crime.»

    Pluses

    • realism, elaboration of the smallest details;
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    • skillful statement of city problems before the player;

    Cons

    • control complexity;
    • sometimes small print.

    9. Kerbal Space Program

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    Dedicated to space explorers. The user is tasked with building a space mission from choosing a target, building a cosmodrome, to launching a rocket. The whole construction procedure is solved by the developers very ingeniously. The player will have to stretch their imagination to the maximum in order to complete all the difficult tasks. nine0003

    At the same time, the game is equipped with an excellent game world, fun graphics and some jokes.