New York Taxi Simulator

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New York Taxi Simulator is a single player simulation game. It was developed by Little Freedom Factory and was released on March 4, 2016. It received negative reviews from players.

Start your career as a taxi driver in the city of New York and carry your customers safely and on time to their final destination.

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Single-Player

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20%

Audience ScoreBased on 35 reviews

humor1 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

The game runs stable without crashes upon startup.
Includes multiple mission types such as point-to-point rides, tourist routes, and timed challenges.
Some reviewers noted attempts at complexity with features like districts and vehicle unlocks.

Extremely poor driving controls with stiff, unresponsive handling and unrealistic physics.
Inaccurate and generic representation of New York City, with repetitive, bland visuals and low pedestrian density.
Terrible audio design including repetitive, low-quality sound effects and absence of music, harming immersion.

story
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
24%
38%
The game lacks a traditional story, offering only three mission types with minimal narrative or progression. Missions are repetitive and unengaging, with poor design and unresponsive controls leading to a tedious experience that quickly becomes boring.
- “You have three different missions to choose from, which includes a classic point A to point B, a tourist route through multiple destinations, and a get to a location as fast as humanly possible.”
- “On a first playthrough, it's easy to get lost in the different missions and trying to beat your scores and everything.”
- “You pilot a shopping cart painted like a taxi cab with the inertia of a battleship along the hidden bumper-car lanes of urban development in a quest to gain the favour of silent invigilators ('fares').”
- “This game has no story.”
- “On a first playthrough it's easy to get lost in the different missions and trying to beat your scores and everything, but it just turns out to be so freaking boring afterwards.”
- “Most missions barely give you any rewards no matter how perfect you were.”
gameplay
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
43%
The gameplay is widely criticized for being tedious, unresponsive, and mechanically simplistic, with poor mission design and repetitive, bland environments. Many users find the controls frustrating and the overall experience lacking depth or engaging mechanics.
- “The game’s biggest mechanical change is the unstacking of roads.”
- “By that I mean that this game contains about as much gameplay as a free flash game that you may be able to find online somewhere like freeonlinegames or Miniclip.”
- “However, my patience had run out two passenger rides into the game, so I never got a chance to find out the mechanics behind that system.”
- “It's absolutely tedious gameplay; mission design and the most unresponsive controls make this one painful journey to get through, so just skip this and play Crazy Taxi.”
- “Apart from the buggy physics engine that causes you to crash into cars and lampposts alike, and the bland, endlessly repeating, poorly textured landscape, the game mechanic itself is very elementary.”
- “By that I mean that this game contains about as much gameplay as a free flash game that you may be able to find online somewhere like FreeOnlineGames or Miniclip.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
60%
The graphics are notably outdated and rudimentary, with low resolution options and severe texture issues that fail to immerse players in the NYC driving experience. They are considered worse than older titles like Midtown Madness, contributing to an overall unenjoyable experience.
- “Nothing in the graphics or sound immerses you into the idea of driving around NYC.”
- “The graphics are worse than Midtown Madness, a game around 15 years older.”
- “Can't change the graphics resolution, the 3D engine is very rudimentary and has severe texture artifacts.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features no traditional music or soundtrack, relying instead on constant engine noises, ambient construction sounds, and random siren effects. This absence of music contributes to an unimmersive and unrealistic audio experience, detracting from the overall atmosphere.
- “There's no music whatsoever and the only audio you will hear is your engine constantly revving and terrible ambience of manholes being lifted and construction noises.”
- “Main features include: ghostly, collisionless pedestrians and blind commuters, no soundtrack (just like in real life), constant brake screeching sound effects and more.”
- “To top it all off, there's a weird effect where a siren is baked into the music randomly that made me think my lone taxi fare of carnage was going to attract a penalty.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the humor in the game's flawed audio loop, noting that its abrupt ending and awkward pause before restarting creates an unintentionally funny moment.
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The emotional aspect is impacted by the game's frustrating physics, where minor collisions halt movement entirely, causing players to feel stuck and disrupt the flow. This can create a sense of irritation rather than immersion.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in the game is described as tedious and frustrating, compounded by unresponsive controls and poor mission design, making progression a painful experience.