Real estate has become about much more than just finding a place to live. For some, it's a market that's as addictive as the stock market and often even more lucrative. While most people don't have money to play the real estate market as they'd wish, there are plenty of games out there devoted to letting people become property tycoons. Though most of these games operate more on the scale of flipping homes, Landlord Tycoon is more of a game about making the big purchases. If you're itching to see if you have what it takes to corner the big property market, you might want to take a look at this game.

Features and Benefits

Landlord Tycoon is, at its core, a game about buying and selling properties. As such, the features of the game are really centered around making this process as much of a reality as possible. While there are several games that have the same basic premise, this one is a bit different because it uses your location data to populate your list of potential properties to buy. Once you see a property, you can click on it and find out how much it costs to invest in the property. From here, you can earn and income on the property and either hold onto it to keep generate money slowly or you can sell the property for a bigger payday. Your goal is to keep climbing up the property ladder to buy bigger, more expensive properties.

As you might expect, this is a game that's incredibly beneficial for those who would love to dabble in the wider world of business properties without having to stake their own money to their claims. This is a reasonably accurate simulator of the process, with only some of the more technical aspects of real estate investment cut out in order to make the game play a bit more smoothly. Though it's certainly not a fast-paced game nor is it a game for those who want immediate results, it can still be very satisfying to watch your own real estate empire grow in real time.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Almost unlimited number of properties to buy
• The game generally makes sense - buying low and selling high is the name of the game
• Very realistic depiction of the property market, at least for the most part
• Geolocation features are actually used quite well

Cons

• Could really use a better, more up-to-date tutorial
• Often feels like you have to spend real money to progress

Conclusion

Landlord Tycoon is definitely a game that can give budding property moguls a few pointers about how to conduct their own business, even if doing so is a little different than how it is done in real life. The only thing that really stands in the way of the game being a must-download are the various microtransactions - though it's possible to play the game and do well without spending a dime, things definitely run much smoother if you're willing to pay to play. Even with that said, though, this is a solid game that does a very good job of emulating its source and those who have always wondered if they could dominate the cut-throat world of real estate will find themselves falling in love with the game quickly.