SteamPower 1830 vs Tropico Reloaded
SteamPower 1830
SteamPower 1830 is a really great alternative game to play if you really like train-themed games like Rail Nation or TrainStation: Game on Rails. Similar to these game titles, Steampower 1830 is a strategy-based, tycoon-like simulation game where your ultimate goal is to build a flourishing railroad and business empire. Set up cities, tap into resource-rich locations, and build new tracks to connect them all to your ever-expanding railway network. The game also features a ton of beautifully and lovingly recreated locomotives from the Golden Age of steam trains (1830-1930) that you can buy and deploy in your network, to move people and goods from one location to another.The game world in SteamPower's 30 maps-strong single-player campaign, is completely configurable, allowing you to build and design your railways whichever way you like as well.
SteamPower 1830 is certainly a game that trains, railways and in essence, logistics enthusiasts will really enjoy playing. Who knows? You might have just found your calling as a railway magnate!
Tropico Reloaded
Tropico Reloaded is a strategic nation-building game that may feel a little like one of those really in-depth city-building simulation games. However, playing the role of the leader of a banana republic rather than simply being the mayor, you have a wider reach and influence over your people - you can choose to rule with an iron grip or with benevolence - and also the ability to amass an army to defend your said republic from external invaders and internal dissidents. Of course, you can also choose to be corrupt and set aside some funds for your swiss bank account.The game's expansion, Tropico: Paradise Island allows you to not only bring natural disasters on your people but also build tourist attractions as you open up your country for others to visit and of course, to bring in tons of cash. This reloaded version even includes Tropico 2, which will see you ruling over a pirate island as the Pirate King.
Tropico lets players enjoy the fun of managing their own country in their own respective ways much like a simulation game would, and yet, there is also a strategic element to it as you'll need to lead your armies or pirate crew to defend your people from time to time. This game may appeal to fans of city-builders or people who have always imagine themselves leading a nation.