This week Modern Gamer columnist Marie Brownhill reviews Fishing Break for the Nintendo Switch. Instead of a slow and detailed simulation, this mobile port is all about fun and offers players arcade fishing in 22 locations in eight worlds.
The Last Alchemist is a cozy alchemy simulation that is now available on Steam. In The Last Alchemist, players get to explore a vibrant fantasy world where they can make their own workshops and craft items, tools and machines as they try to find a cure for an insidious plague.
My Horse: Bonded Spirits is a simulator that has players rebuilding a run-down stud farm for horses. Players have much to manage on the farm including their employees, configuring their horse’s appearance and the medical needs of their equine friends.
Farm Manager World lives up to its name, letting players set up huge farming empires all around the world in places like Europe, Central America and Asia. The available crops and livestock will change based on geography, but players need to be able to make their farming empires profitable anywhere.
Fireside shipwrecks the player on a strange island populated by interesting and colorful characters who also need a helping hand. Trading, exploring and making friends are some of the goals in Fireside, but the journey is more important than the destination.
Hairdresser Simulator has players training to be hairdressers and eventually purchasing and staffing multiple locations to build a hair salon empire. Players can perform many hairdressing tasks, such as washing, shampooing, cutting hair and more.
Possibly one of the most surreal titles to release this year, Indika features a traveling nun who regularly talks with the devil and an escaped criminal who chats with God. And that is the least bizarre thing about this amazing adventure.
ServiceIT: You Can Do IT is a business simulation in which players get to run an IT company and try to make it profitable while completing puzzles and dealing with an adversary. Players complete tasks like fixing hardware, retrieving or removing data and OS installation at an enterprise level.
Regency Solitaire II is almost like having the hit television series Bridgerton represented as a card game. Players will need to help Lady Bella establish herself in social circles, assist her family, create the best-looking garden in the county and win lots of card games.
Not only does Pocket Fishing on the Nintendo Switch let players experience fishing adventures while on the go, but it also simulates five amazingly challenging fishing locations around the world from New Zealand to Norway and the Amazon River.
