Metropolis 1998

Metropolis 1998 is a city management economic strategy game developed by an American studio Yesbox.

Mechanics

Metropolis 1998 tasks us with managing a pixel art city. The player must organize traffic, take care of the economy, the people's needs and must properly balance their income and expenses.

The creators aimed to replicate the atmosphere of 1990s city builders while retaining modern gameplay improvements. Old-school visuals have been combined with realistic gameplay. The developers have prepared an advanced traffic simulation capable of tracking over 100,000 people/vehicles simultaneously.

The people are also extensively simulated, going to work, sleeping, resting, eating and performing other activities. Demand for goods is determing by adding up the needs of every individual citizen rather than dividing it into urban zones.