Taxi Empire - Airport Tycoon

Why We Picked Taxi Empire - Airport Tycoon

Taxi Empire - Airport Tycoon is the sort of game you lose once and then understand, which is a fair trade. Early minutes are generous on purpose: the game needs you to build something before it can threaten it. It is a small game about a small decision, repeated. It has 1,091 plays, and a strategy game with that number has usually been finished by most of them. For reference: 359 of 500 on the arcade shelf, and 4.2 out of 5 from 37 ratings.

How to Play

The page documents very little, so these are the things worth knowing before you spend time on it:

• Close heavy tabs if the animation stutters; embedded games compete for the same graphics budget.
• Survive the first wave, then spend what the first wave earned.
• Read the map for chokepoints before placing anything, then build around the narrowest one.

Editor’s Note

It is a game about the opening minutes, and it never quite develops a middle. It is a small map with a visible budget, which is the whole of its honesty.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.