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If NOW SHOWING: A Cinema Programming Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are AIR EMPIRE: 1950 Airline Tycoon, Angel Investor Simulator™ and Starship Contractor: Galactic Tycoon — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About NOW SHOWING: A Cinema Programming Game: You are the person who decides what plays, and when. One cinema, seven days, five slots a day. Which new release to sign, which revival to licence, what to spend on the house, whose trust to keep. These are the calls a cinema programmer makes, week after week.

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Frequently asked about NOW SHOWING: A Cinema Programming Game

What games are most similar to NOW SHOWING: A Cinema Programming Game?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NOW SHOWING: A Cinema Programming Game are AIR EMPIRE: 1950 Airline Tycoon, Angel Investor Simulator™, Starship Contractor: Galactic Tycoon.
Who developed NOW SHOWING: A Cinema Programming Game?
NOW SHOWING: A Cinema Programming Game was developed by Astraea Games.

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