Zoo Tycoon meets fantasy dinosaurs is the best game pitch I’ve heard all year - and the game looks swell too
Oct. 8, 2023Fantastic Haven is an ecologically friendly city-builder
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An upcoming game describes itself asZoo Tycoon, but with fantastic creatures. All I can say to that pitch is: finally.
Goblinz Publishing have announced the upcoming Fantastic Haven, which is a chill management game about building a refuge for adorable creatures. There are also some city-building elements attached, as you choose where to build your magical sanctuary and slowly construct infrastructure to house even more creatures, research new technologies, and help your animal friendos prosper.
You can also send out “scouting parties to survey points of interest and to find creatures in need.” But even more interestingly, you can “negotiate with hostile populations using diplomacy to form strong ties” and “train your citizens to properly care for the fantastical creatures.”
I’m excited to see how Fantastic Haven rejigs city-building elements - which are usually about conquering, extracting, and colonisation - into a game about restoring nature. In that sense, the game reminds me of this year’s excellentTerra Nil, a “reverse city-builder” about ecological repair.
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
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