The calendar of upcoming game releases is absolutely stacked with major launches leading up to GTA 6, but my list of most anticipated games just got a new addition: Transport Fever 3 from Urban Games. I've spent a lot of time in simulators over the last few years, though I admit I had no idea about this third Transport Fever game's existence until its most recent features trailer landed in my inbox. It might not be a full city builder like Cities: Skylines or even a hybrid like Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic, but Transport Fever 3 is digging into the management aspects and quality-of-life improvements I've been wanting from city builders for a long time.

Transport Fever is technically a tycoon sim and a logistics management puzzle first, city builder second, but it looks like developer Urban Games is leaning a bit more into the city management aspect this time. Like in previous games, the big idea is building a transport network that supports enough trade for your settlement to grow from a squalid little village to a magnificent metropolis. If traffic lanes are unclogged and passengers get to their destination on time, everyone's happy, and the city........

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