Delivery Depot

Delivery Depot is a relaxed tycoon game about a parcel depot in a cartoon town seen from above. From seven in the morning parcels arrive in the sorting hall, each with a district, a deadline and a price: the Old Town with its narrow cobbled lanes, Hillside, the Market, the Harbour, the Station, Riverside across the bridge and the Ironworks. Drag a parcel onto a van, add others going the same way, press Go and pick a route: the short one straight through the traffic, the long ring road that stays clear, or the side streets. Then watch the little van drive its round, stop at every door and come home for more.

On time pays in full, late pays half, and a fragile parcel only arrives whole with a careful driver. Rush hours clog the avenues, roadworks and a bridge jam come and go, rain slows everyone down and a market day fills the streets around the stalls. In the evening the day's income and expenses are laid out line by line, and you grow: more vans, a bigger sorting hall, a conveyor sorter, GPS that shows the traffic, a bike courier for the Old Town, an electric van that is quiet at night and a second depot across the river. Hire drivers who are fast, careful or cheerful.

Twenty milestones lead from your first delivery to a thousand parcels and a whole town served on time. It is a gentle brain teaser more than a race: speed the clock up two or four times, skip to the evening whenever you like, and if a day ever goes badly a big customer prepays so the drivers always get paid. Sandbox opens everything for endless relaxed days. Your depot saves itself in your browser, ready for a quick round tomorrow. Drag and tap on a phone, or play with a mouse, or with the arrow keys and Enter.