Airport CEO

I like tycoon and management games but this is for those who hate their life. I've already got 12 hrs in it and I think I'll give up at this point because most of the time is spent trying to figure out how to do stuff because the tutorial is bare bones. And when I try to find a tutorial online it's either been taken down or some woman and her man are screaming at me and I'm just over it. I've restarted my airport about 5 times now in order to get something usable and each progression ends in a train wreck because this game is so finicky. I finally gave up when I eventually got to baggage claim. Although I eventually got baggage claim to work after THREE HOURS, I some how broke something else in the game with zoning so I just give up at this point. I would have gotten my money back but this game requires so much research that by the time I did want my money back, it was too late.

game is tuff build airport get smol plane upgrade and get big plane happy

Game is really broken now. Can't report any bugs and cant even play the game after multiple re installs.

Instead of having a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Tutorial you could instead make a layout on how to visually do it. Everything is a learn as you go which I get but there is no "Tutorial" it just pushes out a general idea and you are supposed to just know what to do. Not only that but my FPS is hard capped at 180 and is not decreasing so my CPU is heating up for a simple game. This game is mid.

Its a nice game overall however, frustrating at times. Especially when baggage handling is to be implemented, everything gets chaotic until a system established. But its the real problem isn't it? establishing a system. This is where Airport CEO gets a bit short handed. Tutorials seem adequate at the beginning but feels quite short when trying to place a baggege handling, baggage claim area and conveyor systems. Tutorial says establish one but it doesn't tell you where to connect it and how to place it. Moreover, there is a neverending struggle of secure zone issues. The game does not tell you passenger ways need to be connected seamlessly between airfields and security checking areas. Sometimes there are a lot of personnel with red exclamation marks on top them trying to find a way to their work area and player cannot identify what is the problem. Ok, the game tells you to check the walls and zones but thats it, it doesn't physically point you where the real problem is. Altyhough its a nice concept it is frustration at a lot of times. Especially after mid game. I wish it was a lot more user friendly game.

so this is a mixed review. the game itself is very fun and good. but it is so badly optimised that towards the late game it becomes very buggy and laggy. aircraft will just sit at stands doing nothing even dismissing the aircraft it still sits there. says its waiting for a stair truck or push back truck and there is one there on the stand but aircraft still doesnt move. game is unplayable at late game stages becasue its just to laggy with the ammount of PAX trying to calculate a path. even running on minimal passenger density still very laggy. so yes i would purchase it but only in a sale. i wouldnt purchase it for full price

I really like this tycoon game, it was very fun to learn. Yes, you'll do some googling just to figure things out, but personally I prefer that to handholding, and it doesn't teach you how to perfectly build an airport, you have to learn each tool as you go. I really enjoyed it. I cannot stand playing this any more because of the pathing issues. No matter what I did to my service roads and vehicle checkpoints, the fuel deliver tankers would cruise right on through the airport and never enter it to refuel my tanks. Over and over and over, day after day of delaying all flights, I'm just too annoyed with the pathing system. Credit where it's due though, much of the game runs very smoothly, I just don't like little gimmicky bugs that can break the game and ruin my airport.

Decent Game, but Frustrating for Achievement Hunters ⭐⭐⭐ Don't let the basic graphics fool you into thinking this is a lightweight game. While it looks simple on the surface, Airport CEO suffers from poor optimization and becomes incredibly CPU-demanding as your airport expands, leading to significant performance drops. Because of this intense CPU load, your cooling fans will be blasting at maximum speed, making your PC loud and creating a genuinely unpleasant experience while trying to grind for the achievements. It is just not worth putting your hardware through that stress. Ultimately, it is a good management simulator at its core, but it is definitely not recommended for achievement hunting.

I really wanted to like Airport CEO. After 270 hours, I feel like I've given it more than enough of a chance. I've built small airports, large airports, restarted countless times, experimented with different layouts, and tried to engage with every major mechanic the game has to offer. Unfortunately, the more I played, the more obvious it became that this game feels unfinished. The biggest issue is that the simulation starts falling apart as your airport becomes more complex. Pathfinding is unreliable, especially when you have multiple secure zones or more advanced terminal layouts. Passengers and staff frequently make illogical decisions, get stuck, or fail to reach their destinations despite what appears to be a perfectly valid setup. Instead of designing efficient airports, you end up designing around the AI's limitations. Many systems feel shallow or only partially implemented. The game gives the impression that you're managing a realistic airport, but in reality, you're constantly fighting against bugs, strange AI behavior, and mechanics that don't interact with each other as well as they should. Once you move beyond a simple airport, the cracks become impossible to ignore. Performance also deteriorates significantly with larger airports. The simulation slows down, and many issues become more frequent as passenger numbers increase. A management game like this should become more rewarding as you scale up, not less stable. Development appears to have been paused while the developers moved on to their next project which is understandable. The foundation is genuinely good. The idea is excellent, and there are moments where you can see the potential, but if you want a game to build big airports I can't recommend it in its current state. It feels less like a finished airport management simulator and more like a first major project that never received the refinement needed to fulfill its ambitions.

kinda buggy once you get into the weeds (the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ catering and cleaning vehicles ARGH), but an urban planner's (or ADHD person's) wet dream. (I will say, this doesn't run all that well for being mostly 2D - I get 30-40 fps average, with lows down to the single digits.)