Horror Tycoon

I spent over two hours fighting through bugs and issues in this game, and now I can’t even return it. The whole experience was frustrating from start to finish. The building mechanics are downright awful. There’s no clear snapping function, so trying to get anything to line up is a pain. Adding floors actually broke the ability to add walls, so I just said "F" it. I wanted to create something with a bit of style, but it was such a hassle that I gave up and threw together some particle board walls to make a maze. It wasn’t pretty, but at least it worked. Then there’s the power system, which is a complete nightmare. You can’t place anything that requires power unless you already have power running—makes no sense. And the generators burn through gas in about 10 seconds, so you’re constantly refueling and going broke. I tried switching to windmills, which helped a little, but they would constantly break down. On top of that, the starting line for the haunted house is ridiculously far away, so by the time guests reached it, the generator was already out of fuel, leaving everything shut down. Repairing items was straight up broken. Replacement parts cost more than just buying a new ite…

Horror Tycoon is a management and strategy simulation developed and published by Smidge Games LLC that blends traditional tycoon gameplay with dark humor and horror themes. Instead of managing a theme park, zoo, or city, players are tasked with designing and operating their own haunted attraction. The goal is not simply to entertain guests but to terrify them as effectively as possible. By combining base building, trap placement, and financial management, the game creates a unique experience where success is measured by how quickly visitors lose their nerve and flee from the attraction. The premise revolves around building a haunted maze designed to overwhelm guests with fear. Visitors arrive in groups and enter the attraction expecting a thrilling experience, but the player’s objective is to push them past their limits. Each guest has a fear threshold, and the player must carefully design the environment so that the sequence of scares gradually raises their panic level. If guests become sufficiently frightened before reaching the exit, they run away in terror, generating profit and boosting the attraction’s reputation. If they make it through the entire experience without being s…

Just honestly a bad game

WARNING: RAGE INDUCING / BROKEN GAMEPLAY ***WAVE #1 CAN NOT BE COMPLETED.*** I want this game to be playable so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad. It is making me irate how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ close this game is to being playable but just flat out is not. I don't think the dev knows what they want at this point. Started playing over a year ago. Wanted a game where I can essentially dress sets and light them. This game scratches that itch as it's janky controls let you place objects generally where you want them (breaking off the grid that other games locks you on). That is, in my opinion, the point of a tycoon; building. The dev updated the game in September and absolutely destroyed their game. The parts list is pointless and the money makes no sense. I wish I could spend the day reading about all those pointless parts on that uninviting UI but I wouldn't be able to afford any of the parts anyways since a lawyer alone costs $1,500+ YET you can expect to ONLY MAKE $250 A NIGHT unless you raise the toll per guest from $25 per ticket to a reasonable $500+ per ticket (breaking the immersion.. this ain't Disney World? The ♥♥♥♥?). None of this even matters because the guests CAN NOT make it past the first wave. On …

Very neat concept. Very clearly still in development. I found the controls awkward, but the effects and theming were fabulous. Took almost three hours to clear the first level on easy. Switching to the experimental build helped clean up a lot of the issues. Underlying mechanics are fabulous, and it looks likes several of the more major bugs are about to be patched. I absolutely love the way guest bones/teeth drop. Just a great visual and sound effect. Lots of things to play around with still, will hopefully keep updating the review as new patches and updates come out (and just as I get more play time)

I am afraid that I will give a "Not-Recommend" to this game, I experienced this game much and I hope I could give this game "Thumb-Up", but in fact I cannot The first point I must mention is, this game runs very slow. My computer configuration is not bad at all. But when I move my camera, change the angle of view etc, it doesn't run very smoothly. The second thing is, this game doesn't have Chinese version. I cannot understand this game very well The final thing I must mention is, the reations of visiters being scared are not vivid and don't seem real at all. I cannot see the reactions, such as scream and escape, as it should be. I think the most people, who play games like this, want to experience such reactions. But in fact there are not If the developers could optimize those three points, I am glad to change my comment to "Recommend", but at least now I cannot! 很遗憾，体验这款游戏那么久，我给出的评价还是“不推荐” （我是强忍着下列缺点体验了很久，实在找不出可以给推荐的理由。一般来说，对于扮鬼吓人/鬼屋模拟这个题材的游戏，我一向是很宽容的，只要真有闪光点，即使游戏必须用Cheat Engine才能玩得下去，我都不介意给好评的那种。但是这款游戏我是真没法给好评） 首先是这款游戏优化很差，我电脑配置并不差，但是运行这款游戏很卡，随便移动位置、转换视角都很卡 与之相对的，隔壁“开张啦！恐怖屋”虽然也有很多缺点，但是至少运行起来不卡 其次让我给不推荐的点是没有中文，很多东西只能连蒙带猜 最后一点，是游戏里鬼屋游客被吓到时的反应一点也不生动，被我们吓人道具吓到时应有的尖叫声、仓皇逃窜等反应完全…