YouвЂ™re supposed to patrol for copyright infringement, harassment, and other cyber crimes. Ostensibly youвЂ™re a moderator for HypnOS, an AOL clone people use while asleep. Hypnospace OutlawВ ($20 on Steam) is like a small slice of Internet-that-was nostalgia. ItвЂ™s hard for me to remember that internet, the way it worked before social media came along and centralized everything. I grew up with the early Internet, with AOL and GeoCities and Netscape and Napster.

My favorites are the bears, which will climb pretty much any tree you give them, perching a hundred feet in the air and staring curiously at your guests.Д®nd of the day, Planet ZooвЂ™s the game IвЂ™m most looking forward to returning to-and with a steady supply of Steam Workshop items from enterprising modders? IвЂ™ve got plenty of reason. I never cared much for the вЂњride the ridesвЂќ feature in Planet Coaster, but Planet ZooвЂ™s animals are a joy to build for, exploring the spaces youвЂ™ve crafted for them and taking advantage of cliffs, lakes, and so forth. FrontierвЂ™s Zoo Tycoon successor uses the same creation tools as 2016вЂ™s Planet Coaster, and IвЂ™ve spent dozens and dozens of hours building everything from enormous reptile houses to fake cave dens and sprawling savannahs, placing every tree and rock just so.ДЄnd itвЂ™s worth it because of the animals.

If вЂњfunвЂќ were the only metric that mattered in Game of the Year discussions, Planet ZooВ ($45 on Steam)В would take home the prize.

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