

That’s the one odd omission I noticed I never once got the chance to actually work with or around a single airplane. These are the tasks that the demo version included, though the endgame survey does suggest that the team has plans to implement more interaction with, well, the aircraft. It’s cool to get down into the virtual nitty-gritty of an often overlooked part of the flying world.Īirport Renovator allows players to buy old abandoned airports and spruce them up by repairing rundown buildings, mowing overgrown foliage, power washing away dirt and grime, and adding light fixtures to the runways and taxiways. But, Airport Renovator stands out as being a sim title that focuses, not so much on flying or even the aircraft themselves, but the management of airfields. Either way, they’re all certainly worth checking out properly once they’re fully released.įlight simulator titles are a dime-a-dozen out there. While I can’t say there’s one that’s completely superior to the other, I can say that they each stand out for unique reasons.

I managed to find five standout simulators in this Fall lineup from the Steam Next Fest demos selection. Much like my experience with this year’s summertime Next Fest, I’m walking away from this one with a rotund wishlist and childlike eagerness to see more demos crop up, because the selection here was nothing short of ace.
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Upon discovering the treasure trove of simulator demos, I scrambled to download over a dozen of them on Steam, spending the course of two days sampling each one. I honestly nearly missed it, had it not been for our editor-in-chief pointing out. The Fall Steam Next Fest has come and gone.
