11. Tycoon City: New York

Tycoon City: New York trailer

You always wished you could be one of the real movers and shakers of the Big Apple. You’ve dreamed of rebuilding that great city your way. Oh the things you would do, if only you could! But some dreams are just crazy, right? Some dreams are meant to just stay inside your head, right? Wrong. Enter, Tycoon City: New York by Deep Red Games, playing the role of fairy godmother to your Cinderella dream!

Tycoon City: New York hands you the huge responsibility of building up the gigantic Big Apple, borough by borough. It features a campaign mode where you’ll be given specific tasks while having to outfox several business competitors to get ahead, and a sandbox mode where you get to have the entire Apple to yourself, totally on your terms. The game boasts detailed graphics and effects that makes the cities you build really seem to come alive. You can zoom in to watch your little people hurrying about or grabbing lunch at an outdoor patio, and you can even eavesdrop to hear their thoughts about the city.

You even get to place some real-life landmarks in your New York, like Staples or Loew’s Theatres. It’s all about smart placement of homes and commercial areas to achieve maximum satisfaction from your New Yorkers. Manage that and you’ll soon be raking in the cash and looking down from above at all your sniveling would-be competitors. Tycoon City: New York is easy to learn and to play. It’s a great option for those who want to get their feet wet in the genre, or for those who simply love New York.

The Big Apple at night. Tycoon City: New York is a very pretty game with great graphics.

The more successful you are at building up great commercial areas, the more lively your streets will become.