Games for people who love simulation games.
Lakeside Games is an independent studio building simulation games you can lose yourself in: a persistent political world that advances every hour, a 3D transit builder that imports real cities, an election-campaign game, a 19th-century grand-strategy world, and a Venice of tides and canals.
The games
Five worlds. Pick one to bring it forward.
A House Divided
One politician in a live world of hundreds. The world turns every hour — funds move, bills pass, races get called. Climb from the State House to the presidency across eight parliaments, or skip the ballot and build a corporate empire.
MetroForge
Ten real American cities in 3D, true building heights, actual scale. Lay subway lines through real streets and let the demand model tell you if anyone would ride.
Electioneer
Thirty-four real elections, Reagan to the 2024 rematch. Run the money, the staff, and eleven actions a week through every story beat — the debate stumble, the October surprise.
Grand Century
A whole century from 1836. Run a great power's industry, parliament, and armies on a single world market where every rival plays the same game against you.
Rialto
A Venice of tides and canals. The tide is the clock, the economy, and the antagonist — it feeds you at low water and floods you at high. Outlast the storms.
