Skyport Tycoon

Skyport Tycoon drops you in charge of a small regional airport and asks you to grow it without everything grinding to a halt. You lay out gates, hire staff, route passengers and juggle the occasional weather delay. It's management done at a friendly, approachable level.

The loop is quietly addictive. There's always one more upgrade to save for, one more bottleneck to untangle. The game does a good job of surfacing problems clearly, so you rarely feel stuck without knowing why.

It won't challenge hardcore sim fans looking for spreadsheets, but that's not the point. As a relaxed builder you can dip into for twenty minutes, it does exactly what it sets out to do.

What we liked

• Easy to learn, hard to walk away from
• Clear feedback on problems
• Great for short sessions