Ice Coast Revival is a ski-resort tycoon game about bringing New England's forgotten mountains back to life. A Real New England History New England is full of hills that used to have chairlifts. In the years after World War II, veterans of the 10th Mountain Division and small groups of local skiers strung up rope tows on hillsides across Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. Most of those places never had the money for real snowmaking or a big enough base to survive. One by one they closed. Some in the 1980s. Some later. A few just a handful of years ago. The trails grew back in. The lift towers rusted. This game is about going back to one of those hills and starting over. Build Your Mountain Clear the terrain by hand. Ski runs take shape on the ground you actually open up, and you can draw, name, and rate your own signature trails. String up lifts as your budget allows, from a surface T-bar to double chairs, quads, and gondolas. Build a snowmaking fleet, groom at night, light the hill for night skiing, and watch the weather like your season depends on it, because it does. Run a Real Business Underneath it all is a real economy, not a score counter. Every skier on your hill is an individual who picks their own line, gets tired, gets hungry, and leaves reviews. Ticket, rental, food, and parking revenue land in their own ledger lines. Demand bends to your prices, your reputation, the weather, and the holidays, and a demand analyst on your team will tell you when you're pushing your luck. At season's end you sit down with the full books: an income statement, a balance sheet, and a statement of cash flows, plus a banker's valuation of what your mountain is actually worth. Loans charge real interest. Wages, electricity, and maintenance don't care that it hasn't snowed. The Base Village Down at the base, build a village that feels lived-in. Rentals, restaurants and cafés, bars, shops, a skating rink, and a lodge that grows from a warming hut into the kind of place people plan a trip around. Play as a Founder Play as one of ten founders, each with their own reason for showing up to the auction, their own strengths and baggage, and their own legacy to chase. A Rival With Deep Pockets And you won't be rebuilding in peace. Apex Summit Collective, the megapass conglomerate that consolidated the rest of the region, has noticed you. They poach your staff, spread rumors through the valley, and price lowball buyout offers straight off your own balance sheet. You can take the check. The game goes on either way, because in New England, closed doesn't always mean finished. Staying independent is the hard way, and the point. Career Mode Take it further in career mode. Acquire and restore real, historically lost ski areas across a New England region map, through purchases, legal settlements, petitions to the legislature, and inherited debt, with caretakers keeping your other hills alive while you work the next one. Key Features Terrain clearing where ski runs take shape on ground you've actually opened; draw, name, and rate your own trails Lifts from T-bars and double chairs up to quads and gondolas Snowmaking, night skiing, weather, and a grooming operation you run yourself Persistent skiers who decide, tire, eat, and review your hill as individuals Dynamic pricing with demand elasticity, player reviews, and a demand analyst Full end-of-season books: income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow, plus a banker's valuation of your mountain A base village economy with rentals, restaurants, cafés, bars, shops, and a skating rink, and a lodge that grows with you Ten playable founders with their own goals, stories, and personalities An acquisitive megapass conglomerate that poaches your staff and prices buyouts off your own books Career mode across real New England lost ski areas, including acquisitions, legal settlements, and petitions on a region map An original soundtrack with a theme for every hill, plus the in-game Mountain Radio Daily Challenge and weekly cups for quick sessions
