Bring a retired New England ski area back to business. Now with seventy career levels, a Playbook of talents, and more terrain park tricks.
New England is littered with the ghosts of ski areas. Rope tows rusting in second-growth forest. A base lodge with the roof caved in. A hand-painted trail sign nobody has read in forty years. There are hundreds of them, and every one was somebody's home mountain.
You just bought one.
Ice Coast Revival is a management sim about bringing a dead ski area back to life on the wrong coast — where the snow is manmade, the light is flat gray, the granite shows through in March, and nobody is coming to save you.
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DO
- Cut trails. Clear ribbons of run through mixed birch and spruce, one narrow line at a time. Every trail is carved out of forest, not painted onto an open bowl.
- Run the lifts you can afford. Start with a rope tow. Graduate to a fixed-grip double if the season goes well. The high-speed quad is a long way off.
- Fight the weather. Freeze-thaw, boilerplate, wintry mix, the January thaw that erases a week of snowmaking. Point the guns, push the whales, groom overnight, and open in the morning anyway.
- Watch the books. Every lift ticket, season pass, cafeteria chili, and payroll line is modeled. The loan does not care how much you love this place.
- Earn your stars. Take the mountain from a foreclosed shell to a hill people drive two hours for.
THE COMPETITION
The Apex Summit Collective owns everything around you. They have detachable lifts, a marketing budget, and no interest in a hill that seats four hundred cars. You have a cupola, a woodstove, and locals who remember. That is a fairer fight than it sounds.
WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Every week, the same mountain, the same weather, the same starting cash, for everyone. A fixed scenario with one right-ish answer and a hundred wrong ones. Post your season and see where you land.
This game includes so many details of running a ski hill which is really interesting for anyone curious about the logistics and operations of a ski hill. It’s fascinating to watch the days go by with skiers, lifts, groomers, etc. on the move, while building more as well as monitoring the daily reports from financials to guest satisfaction. The game makes it easy enough to get started that it’s fun to enjoy creating right away and continue anywhere, anytime. The skier commentaries that pop up are super entertaining - they crack me up from dawn to dusk on the hill.
Entertaining with Great Potential
JoeySeam
I was shown this game on browser a few weeks before it released, and at that point I thought it was pretty neat. Now, having it on my phone makes it so much more fun! The depth of finances is stellar, and there are so many functions and operations to fine tune at every resort. If I were to ask for anything, it would likely be stronger base village decor (pathing, uncentered objects, parking lot!!!) but the foundations of an awesome and addicting game are here.
Fun SIM Game
Skiing is my #1 hobby
Have spent a lot of time on small mountain ski hills. The game gives me the opportunity to try my hand at running one. I thought I could do better than the real owners … turns out “maybe not!” Hill graphics are very impressive.
Wow, it’s a real game
mn_ice
Super fun, full ski game for an iPhone app. Love that you can seamlessly move saves between desktop play and phone. Atmosphere and music are sublime. In-depth ski operations, finance, while keeping it simple so still easy to play. Scratches the ski itch in the off season.
- Leveling: seventy career levels, each one worth talent points for your Playbook.
- Play your way: hand the nightly calls to your crew, or run everything yourself.
- Skiers move like skiers: around buildings, out of their own chair, home on time.
- Runs cooler and lasts longer on phones.
Version 1.0.3
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Information
Seller
Firn Limited Liability Company
Size
51.3 MB
Category
Simulation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
