There are many types of sim games these days as well as many types of tycoon games. These games provide endless hours of relaxation and entertainment for people all over the world as they look for games that are not overly complicated and that can be played in a relaxed fashion that won't tax your time or mind while playing. Coffee Tycoon is a new entry in this genre of gaming which is becoming quite popular with people these days.

Coffee Tycoon is simply a simulation of owning a coffee shop chain of businesses. Players start off with one shop and attempt to expand the business to add more shops as well as greater service and more types of items for sale. The objective of the game is to reach a certain amount of cash value for your coffee empire and thus win the game.

The first thing a player will do is select a name for your business. While not overly important it will serve to personalize the game and make it a little more interesting as you move along. Once you have given the business its new name the next order of business is to select a store style. Stores are shown in two-dimensional interior view and the game includes several different choices to make.

Next you select where your business is located, and you can be in either New York, Miami, Chicago, L.A. or Seattle. Where you choose to set up with have some affect on play as some cities want coffee and others items for sale more then others. You will also see some of the city in the background of your store and there are some weather effects as well.

Once you are set up you have to select the percentages of your work force in the three main areas. These are the actual workers, the store managers and the advertising execs who help the company expand at other times. A default value is given for this and usually works well enough but you can tinker with the values if you so choose, but you really don't have to change them at all if you don't want too.

Now that you are all set up the game begins. Each day you will see text messages telling you different things about how much you earn, how much you lose, new stores added or lost and other game related information. There is quite a bit of trivia about coffee related things here as well as good and bad events that happen. Players have no control over what appears here at all.

At the end of each day you count up how much money you made or lost and if you have enough you can buy improvements. The improvements include new items for your menus, additional perks for employees, new stores and even advertising that will increase revenue. The way money is made and lost it takes some time to make enough to get things, but it's slow and steady progress.

As your business grows you will see new customers appear in the store and they will spend more money. The game is quite simple and it repeats on this pattern throughout. It's a nice diversion for a day or a slow night, and there is some nice trivia in it, and it's not a bad little game, but don't expect too much; it's more a game for passing the time of day then anything else.

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