GAMING LIFE
Who’s the boss?
Who hasn’t dreamed of being the boss? The one to take the helm, the one to make or break the rules, the one to rake in the big bucks. In these you’re-the-boss games, your ascendancy to top dog is easy – a little too easy, perhaps.
Tap Tap Trillionaire : Invest!
Being the boss in this game is a blast because you’ve cornered the market on the world’s easiest business. As long as you tap the screen, money comes rolling out. If you use multiple fingers, the drops will turn into a downpour, or even a deluge. But, at some point, you’ll discover that your assets level off for no apparent reason.
Take a close look at the traders you’ve hired. The best wolf of Wall Street (yes, he’s an actual wolf) can give you investment advice that will give you a 45 per cent chance of success. But trying to master the markets on your own is hard, so you need to promote your traders, upgrade your office equipment and hire new traders in the hope that they’ll boost your bottom line. Can you handle that?
Tiny Rails
Of course, you don’t have to be a traditional office-bound boss. If you’d prefer to get into the nitty-gritty, then get onboard with Tiny Rails, where you’re the scion of a multigenerational railroad company.
After inheriting your grandfather’s modest train business, it’s time to expand: upgrade your rail cars, lay more tracks and grow your empire into a worldwide success. Just don’t become too relaxed amidst the game’s beautiful design and let your drive to become a railroad tycoon derail.
Tiny Rails boasts highly realistic scenery and a map that covers almost all of North America. Tap a few times and you’ll jump from the skyscrapers of New York to the presidential sculptures of Mount Rushmore. Or, if you put your company’s operations on autopilot, you can bask in the immersive experience of riding the rails through lush forests and snow-capped mountains.
Tiny Pixel Farm – Go Farm Life
In the previous two games, you don’t have to do much to become a titan of industry. But in Tiny Pixel Farm you’ve got a much more modest mission: run a farm. Rather than being a ranch boss, you’ll soon discover that your job is more like being a livestock manager. But you don’t merely have to worry about pigs and cows. Squirrels, foxes and even wolves often show up on your farm – and you’ll have a time of it trying to get them to scram.
Fortunately, you don’t need lofty goals like making millions or building the world’s greatest rail network. Keeping your land fertile and your guests and farmhands happy is all you need to do. Running a farm sure ain’t some get-rich-quick scheme, but you won’t be able to find this type of regenerative and rewarding boss experience anywhere else.