Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator
Design, build and manage a recreation center! Host fitness classes, build swimming pools, arcade & entertainment areas, build event rooms to host parties & much more. With endless customisation, Rec Center Tycoon goes much more in-depth than your average business management simulator.
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September 6, 2019
6 years and 332 days ago
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Mostly Positive329 reviews70.8%
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Rec Center Tycoon draws inspiration from the simulation/management classics like Theme Hospital as well as modern classics like Prison Architect to give you a deep, challenging business management game where you build and run a recreation center from the ground up.
Micromanage employees, finances, fitness classes, customer needs and much more!
Start small, building a nice inviting, chill gym.
Hire employees, decide their wages & choose their work hours. Maybe take out a bank loan.
As you progress through the research tree you'll unlock new equipment, facilities & much more.
Work your way up to building a giant, bustling Rec Center with hundreds of members, running fitness classes like aerobics & swimming. All taught by your team of fitness instructors.
Hire lifeguards & nurses to keep your customers safe. Keep your plants watered, bins empty & cafe full of food & you're on your way to success!
Here's just a sample of some features you may enjoy:
And there's a whole lot more to come!
For the moment Rec Center Tycoon is only available for the Windows platform with possibilities for Mac & Linux support added after.
Micromanage employees, finances, fitness classes, customer needs and much more!
Start small, building a nice inviting, chill gym.
Hire employees, decide their wages & choose their work hours. Maybe take out a bank loan.
As you progress through the research tree you'll unlock new equipment, facilities & much more.
Work your way up to building a giant, bustling Rec Center with hundreds of members, running fitness classes like aerobics & swimming. All taught by your team of fitness instructors.
Hire lifeguards & nurses to keep your customers safe. Keep your plants watered, bins empty & cafe full of food & you're on your way to success!
Here's just a sample of some features you may enjoy:
- Challenging gameplay; unlike many other management/simulation games, failure is a possibility in Rec Center Tycoon. You must keep your customers happy or they may leave negative reviews which can hurt future business leading to poor profits.
- Large selection of buy-able exercise equipment to keep customers satisfied.
- Many different employees types, from your simple receptionist to a boxing trainer.
- Every employee has different motivations, skill levels & traits. Some employees may prefer short 5 hour shifts, others are happy to work 12 hour shifts. An unfit, yet charismatic employee won't make a good lifeguard, but they might make a great receptionist.
It's up to you to choose the right employee for the job! - Hire fitness instructors & create your own fitness classes.
- Host customer parties in your Event Rooms for an added source of income.
- Build a café & hire a barista. You'll need a few cooks to keep the cafe stocked and do catering for any events you may be hosting.
- Create your own manager who is always on-site & can perform various duties to help out & keep things running smoothly.
- Take control of your manager & manually walk around and do a variety of tasks yourself!
- Hire a nurse & build an infirmary for the inevitable accidents that come from customers swimming & using all kinds of heavy gym equipment.
- Running low on money? Take out a loan from the bank! Beware of the interest rates though.
- Complex financial system. Do you charge a flat rate for entry? Or make entry free but dramatically increase the cost of amenities like café food and arcade machines? Do you lock facilities like swimming behind a membership? What will your daily membership costs be?
And there's a whole lot more to come!
For the moment Rec Center Tycoon is only available for the Windows platform with possibilities for Mac & Linux support added after.
