Simulation Games - Between Niche Market and Global Phenomenon
Forklifts, bulldozers, buses, subways, tractors and trucks in all shapes and sizes - a wide variety of professions, vehicles and activities are represented in simulations. Germany, Austria and Switzerland play a decisive role in this market segment.
The German games market is well known in the industry for strategy games, city-builders and management titles, all of which are fittingly covered by franchises such as Anno, Pioneers of Pagonia and The Settlers - as well as a strong affinity with the PC as the gaming platform of choice. But there is another area in which the German-speaking games industry is a global powerhouse: simulations, or more precisely, work simulation games. These are games that reproduce professions, vehicles and real-w...