It's also there to convince people to switch to a land tax, but it's really not successful at it. I think because there's no land owners separate from building developers

It's the regulations that stop you building more places that are the issue : - )

The game has those rules. Can't build a hotel until you have 5 houses. In real life can't get a permit to build a hotel until you marry your first daughter off or can influence someone.

It's a great tool to teach about the evils of monopolies, but a terrible game.

It teaches how capitalism obviates monopolies.

Capitalism without appropriate regulation always degenerates into monopoly.

And "appropriate regulation" is always unsustainable under capitalism.