ConstructionVideo Games
Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
House Flipper
Simulation 17 May 2018
A unique investing and building construction simulation game by Empyrean. You play as a businessman, who buys housings in need of renovation. As such property often features many nasty surprises, you have to refurbish, clean and furnish the flat, so that you can sell it for profit. This involves tearing down unnecessary walls, getting rid of any pests or fixing damaged wiring. In House Flipper you use various tools, including an irreplaceable hammer. Furnishing the housing involves buying furniture and decorations, which you then have to put in proper places.
Construction Simulator 2
Simulation 22 March 2017
A continuation of the mobile construction simulator with strategy elements, developed by weltenbauer studio from Germany. Construction Simulator 2 takes place in a fictional state in the USA, Westside Plains. In the game we play as an owner of a company that builds roads and buildings. The game is set in an open world, in which you can complete 60 different jobs. In the beginning of the game we start with simple tasks but as we develop our company and increase its reputation we can get more complicated but also much better paid contracts. The game allows us to manually control 36 licensed and recreated with intricate details machines, among which we can find those that are produced by such companies as Caterpillar, Liebherr, Palfinger, Bell, STILL or ATLAS. The economic aspect, that requires players to manage their company and budget, complements the simulation elements.
Demolish & Build 2018
Simulation 08 March 2018
Another installment of a building simulator series created by Noble Muffins studio. We play as an owner of a construction-destruction company and our task is to be sure that we get a steady income which we can earn by completing various orders such as constructing new buildings and renting them as well as hiring new workers and taking care of their equipment. Our employees can use various tools such as hammers, but they can also use smaller or bigger machines, e.g. diggers, bulldozers, cranes or a remote controlled robot that can work under the most harsh conditions, hard-to-reach or dangerous places. Demolish & Build 2018 offers four huge locations, in which we can construct or destroy things – just like in the previous games, we can manually place explosives inside buildings, destroy a few walls or control the aforementioned heavy equipment. Additionally, the game offers a multiplayer mode, in which we can play with other players. The graphics used in this game are rather good.
Project Highrise
Strategy 08 September 2016
An economy simulation strategy game developed by SomaSim and inspired by the 1994 Sim Tower by Maxis. The action of Project Highrise takes place in modern times, and the player assumes the role of the manager and the architect of a skyscraper under construction. The production isn’t fully realistic since the building is erected in stages so that the completed floors can be used by inhabitants and workers, providing us with the money necessary to complete the construction of the remaining levels. While playing, we have to carefully select investments, optimize costs, meet our customers’ requirements, and balance the budget. The game gives us a lot of freedom in organizing business, though. We can turn our skyscraper into a place of entertainment and relax for tourist, focus on providing offices for companies, create expensive apartments, or try to combine all of these strategies.
Demolish & Build Company 2017
Simulation 18 October 2016
A building and demolition simulator created by an independent team known as Noble Muffins and published by PlayWay. Demolish & Build Company 2017 casts the player in the role of a company owner who both builds and demolishes various structures. Gameplay as such was based on two pillars here - destroying buildings and constructing new ones in their place in order to rent the new buildings. The game is played from the first-person view, allowing the player to grab a hammer and attack the walls by himself or plant explosives in critical structural points. Heavy machinery is at the player's disposal as well - one can make use of bulldozers, cranes, excavators, loaders, as well as steamrollers and trucks. Spectacular destruction is guaranteed by the capabilities of an advanced physics engine. Simultaneously, the player has to take care of running the business, which includes managing the workers appropriately, as well as buying new tools and machines for money gained both from renting the buildings they constructed and acquiring special bonuses for being an effective destroyer.
Rising World
Action TBA
A survival-oriented sandbox with randomly generated, fully destructible environment, and gameplay based on the famed Minecraft. Rising World takes us to a randomly generated world which can be explored and shaped according to our preferences and without limitations. We begin the game with only a few basic tools, with the initial phase of the game oriented around survival in the wilds. As the game progresses, we start gathering various resources, cut trees, and hunt wild animals. Thanks to an extensive crafting system, we can construct more and more complicated tools and items. Aside from construction, we can also engage in digging extensive networks of tunnels. Interestingly enough, almost all of the created items can be utilized in some way, e.g. a fully interactive piano. Rising World offers both single and multiplayer gameplay. The graphics are built using voxels, which makes the visuals much more realistic than the ones in Minecraft. The game is also characteristic for its advanced physics engine.
Poly Bridge
Logic 12 July 2016
A humorous logic game developed by Dry Cactus, a small studio for which Poly Bridge is the debut title. We assume the role of an engineer building bridges and other constructions that allow various vehicles to cross the river. Poly Bridge is mainly directed towards puzzle enthusiasts and home-grown engineers, as the game gives us a limited budget, a convenient location, and a task to build a bridge that is able to hold the weight of heavy-duty vehicles. Cutting corners during the planning stage will result in a tragedy, with the driver and the passengers increasing the casualty toll. The difficulty level increases as the campaign progresses, and simple constructions made in the initial phase of the game quickly give way to complex structures, streamlined as to stay within the available budget. As a somewhat of a tradition of this genre, the game uses an advanced physics engine and an uncomplicated editor that allows us to create our own levels.
Bridge Constructor Portal
Logic 20 December 2017
A simple puzzle game created by ClockStone studio in the agreement with Valve company, and a crossover of Portal and Bridge Constructor series. The players must build various and often complex constructions in order to safely transport the cargo from one side of the map to the other. There are many obstacles to overcome, including turrets, lasers and acid pools. There are also features from the cult classic series from Valve, like portals and gels that change properties of a surface, not to mention the well-known and loved artificial intelligence GlaDOS.
Construction Machines 2016
Simulation 16 April 2015
Another simulator created by Gamecask and published by PlayWay. In the game, the player assumes the role of a construction company president with a goal to achieve financial success. Construction Machines 2016 is based on two main aspects, the first one being the strategy – in this case, one gets to manage an entire enterprise, sign new contracts, and invest the money one has earned in order to unlock more profitable undertakings and some new locations. The second aspect is the simulation itself, where the players can operate numerous construction machines and construct, demolish, or maintain buildings with their own hands. Among other things, the players get at their disposal excavators, huge construction cranes, and dump trucks. What is worth mentioning, the player has to maintain and improve the aforementioned machines – in total, the game offers 40 upgrades to install on the vehicles. The entire experience becomes even more interesting with all the available tools, such as wrenches, hammers, and even some explosives. Construction Machines 2016 is based on a new technology and the 3D visuals present a relatively high-quality execution – especially the dynamic demolition system, which delivers satisfying animations of collapsing structures and other elements from the environment.
Bridge Constructor
Logic 22 May 2012
Bridge Constructor is a puzzle game, developed by the Austrian Clockstone Software studio. The player steps into the shoes of an engineer, who has been tasked with providing aid to the inhabitants of the island nation of Camatuga by rebuilding bridges, which have been destroyed by a powerful earthquake. The gameplay revolves around building structures with the use of numerous materials, and with the basic laws of physics taken into consideration.
Carried Away
Logic March 2019
A logic game than enables the player to assume the role of the constructor of ski lifts, ski jumps and bridges. The developers from Huge Calf created a series of usually pretty but hard tasks. The maps aren’t large, but they are filled with hills, holes and high trees that make the task harder. Limited budget and weak construction elements are an additional trouble. Because of all that, in Carried Away the player must be very clever to create a safe and cheap lift. Luckily, the devices provided by the developers are easy in use and combining parts of the lift shouldn’t be problematic. This enables the player to quickly implement new ideas and see their positive and negative effects. In addition to single player campaign, the game features a level editor that enables the player to select scenery and create maps on which they can place ski lifts. The maps can be also shared with other players or downloaded from the internet.
SkySaga
Action canceled
A sandbox MMO game developed by studio Radiant Worlds and sharing general premise with the very popular Minecraft. SkySaga begins with the player creating a character and then being transported to a levitating island, which will become his or hers main base of operations from now on. The island can be upgraded and improved as the game progress. By destroying various blocks of material the player obtains resources which then can be used to craft various tools or even construct whole buildings. Once properly prepared and armed, the players can use special portals to move to procedurally generated mission areas where, together with other players, they can complete various objectives and conquer enemies. For that they are awarded with items, experience points, and special magic stones. Players that prefer rivalry can use separate portals which will teleport them to dedicated PVP zones.
Bridge Constructor Stunts
Logic 24 September 2015
An arcade-logic game which is a side installment belonging to the Bridge Constructor series. The player is once again required to build bridges and other structures, but contrary to the realistic, more mundane predecessor, Bridge Constructor Stunts focuses on building insane racing tracks for the drivers to perform dangerous car acrobatics in mid-air. Because the tracks are filled with obstacles and traps, it is necessary to design the route in such a way that the vehicles are capable of making it to the finish line in one piece. The player has to decide about durability of particular structures - they may collapse if the player is mistaken. When the player manages to complete construction of a track, they can go for a test run in an extremely fast car. The vehicle is controlled by accelerating, braking and tilting it during the flight. The game offers fully 3D graphics, though the mechanics are fixed at a 2D perspective; all the in-game machines move towards the right.
