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177

Sharp X68000, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1 • 1986

Should you play it?

What works

  • Deep and complex city-building mechanics
  • High player autonomy and creativity
  • Rich strategic and resource management gameplay
  • Immersive historical setting
  • Cooperative multiplayer option

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat system considered weak and boring
  • Ai and quest systems criticized as shallow or repetitive
  • Performance issues on some hardware
  • Steep learning curve with poor explanations
  • Limited competitive or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SnowRunner

  • Factorio

  • Anno 1404 - History Edition

  • Anno 1602 History Edition

  • Good Company

  • Scrap Mechanic

Less social

Games that feels like 177 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Caesar™ 3

  • Nova Roma

  • Patron

  • Caesar™ IV

  • Egypt: Old Kingdom

  • Pharaoh™: A New Era

More fantastical

Games that feels like 177 but with more imaginative fiction

  • Card Cultivation

  • Sintopia

  • Mind Over Magic

  • Elin

  • The Crust

  • Songs of Syx

Less story-driven

Games that feels like 177 but with less narrative immersion

  • SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition

  • Age of History II

  • Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

  • Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

  • Sapiens

  • Final Factory

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

177: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Intimacy, Violence.

Last update: 05/08/2026