Dwarf Fortress is a longstanding strategy game set in a fantasy world where you control a group of dwarves wanting to construct a wealthy fortress.

Dwarf Fortress is a longstanding strategy game set in a fantasy world where you control a group of dwarves wanting to construct a wealthy fortress. It's unusual not only for it's text-based appearance but for it's expansive scope, and intricately modelled characters, psychology, politics, landscape, creatures, minerals and vegetation.

Rail Route is a simulation game where you design a railway network and oversee the movement of trains between stations to minimise delays.

Rail Route is a simulation game where you design a railway network and oversee the movement of trains between stations to minimise delays. You play from the rail operations centre and control the strategic placement of tracks and routing of trains within your budget to develop a vast automated network.

Farm Together is a low-pressure farm simulator where you develop your farm by yourself or cooperate with your friends.

Farm Together is a low-pressure farm simulator where you develop your farm by yourself or cooperate with your friends. Starting with an empty plot you can grow crops, plant trees, take care of the animals, add buildings and facilities, and unlock new items as you go.

Terra Nil is a strategy game where you use clean technology to bring back life to a barren world.

Terra Nil is a strategy game where you use clean technology to bring back life to a barren world. It's a city-building game where you aren't building a city at all, but a clean thriving ecology.

Evil Genius 2 is a tongue-in-cheek strategy game where you play the evil villain.

Evil Genius 2 is a tongue-in-cheek strategy game where you play the evil villain. You must build a detailed, functional lair from where you can take control of the world.

Subnautica is an open-world adventure where you explore the ocean on an alien planet after crashlanding.

Subnautica is an open-world adventure where you explore the ocean on an alien planet after crashlanding. You collect resources and fight creatures to survive.

Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator.

Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator. That’s partly what it is, but you also develop relationships with the other townsfolk and delve deep into the mines.

Astro's Playroom is a running and jumping game that launched with the PlayStation 5.

Astro's Playroom is a running and jumping game that launched with the PlayStation 5. It not only showcases the PS5's new DualSense controller but offers a loveable adventure with novel interactions and considerable substance.

Mini Metro is a sequencing strategy game where you create an ordered, efficient underground train system.

Mini Metro is a sequencing strategy game where you create an ordered, efficient underground train system. It sounds like hard work, but the simple Tube-map visuals, calm music, and streamlined interactions make this relaxing, like sudoku.

Mini Motorways is a sequencing strategy game by the same developer as Mini Metro but tasks you with planning a road network rather than a subway.

Mini Motorways is a sequencing strategy game by the same developer as Mini Metro but tasks you with planning a road network rather than a subway. You lay down roads, traffic lights and motorways to ensure enough cars can get to the buildings that pop up in your city as time passes.

Don't Starve is an open-world survival game where it’s the environment and enemies, rather than other players, that you have to work with.

Don't Starve is an open-world survival game where it’s the environment and enemies, rather than other players, that you have to work with. You need to find and develop food, weapons and shelter to survive.

Station to Station is a railway-building puzzle game about connecting commerce and community to create a beautiful rail network.

Station to Station is a railway-building puzzle game about connecting commerce and community to create a beautiful rail network. Play is about making connections between buildings to move materials and people around the world efficiently.

Barotrauma is a cooperative space-submarine adventure set after humanity has fled to Jupiter's moon.

Barotrauma is a cooperative space-submarine adventure set after humanity has fled to Jupiter's moon. You work with other players to steer your submarine, work the ageing machinery, fight monsters and fix the endless leaks.

Sid Meier's Civilization is a long-running strategy game where you develop a society from hunter-gatherer to space travel.

Sid Meier's Civilization is a long-running strategy game where you develop a society from hunter-gatherer to space travel. There are many ways to approach this challenge; socially, militarily, politically or perhaps by building wonders to impress other nations.

Against the Storm is a construction-based strategy game where you build outposts, towns and villages in an eternally rainy world.

Against the Storm is a construction-based strategy game where you build outposts, towns and villages in an eternally rainy world. Unlike other city builders, this is a game where you attempt and fail over and over.

Tracks The Train Set Game is a digital version of wooden toy train sets, without the costs of buying more and more track pieces.

Tracks The Train Set Game is a digital version of wooden toy train sets, without the costs of buying more and more track pieces. You build your toy train set and towns and then jump into the driver's seat and drive the train, seeing your toy world to scale.

Ark: Survival Evolved is an adventure simulation game that offers hunting-and-harvesting gameplay in a primal setting.

Ark: Survival Evolved is an adventure simulation game that offers hunting-and-harvesting gameplay in a primal setting. Although not as polished or streamlined as a game like Horizon Zero Dawn, this is a more ambitiously open world where you can choose your own way to survive.

Satisfactory is a factory building set on a foreign planet.

Satisfactory is a factory building set on a foreign planet. Like the popular Tycoon and Factory games in Roblox, you start with humble beginnings, you harvest what you can by hand but steadily you build a sprawling empire of automated harvesting machines, conveyor belts, storage containers, and manufacturing machines.

Stranded Deep is a survival game set in the Pacific Ocean.

Stranded Deep is a survival game set in the Pacific Ocean. Taking a cue from films like Cast Away, you survive a plane crash and face life-threatening scenarios in a large open world.

Cities: Skylines is a city-building simulation.

Sim City is a series of city-building games, created by Will Wright.

Sim City is a series of city-building games, created by Will Wright. Since their inception as educational experiences in 1989, the games have enabled players to design ambitious cities.

Two Point Hospital is a light-hearted healthcare simulator.

Two Point Hospital is a light-hearted healthcare simulator. You take charge of a hospital, similar to Theme Hospital, where you must construct and maintain wards, machines and staff.

Little Dragons Café is a strategy game about running a cafe.

Little Dragons Café is a strategy game about running a cafe. Unlike other farming and friendship games, you don't have to earn money or toil to gain ingredients.

Bad North is a stylised strategy fighting game.

Bad North is a stylised strategy fighting game. You control an army defending an island and must train and develop your forces efficiently.

Surviving Mars is a colony simulation game based on the real geography of Mars.

Surviving Mars is a colony simulation game based on the real geography of Mars. You build and maintain a liveable habitat while balancing resources and researching new ways to adapt to the hostile environment.

Forager is an open-world adventure where you manage resources in a simple pixel world.

Forager is an open-world adventure where you manage resources in a simple pixel world. The collecting, crafting and consuming requires you to tap buttons.

Planet Coaster Console Edition is a pleasure park construction and management game.

Planet Coaster Console Edition is a pleasure park construction and management game. It draws on games like Theme Park and Rollercoaster Tycoon.

Buildings Have Feelings Too is set in a city where buildings can walk and talk.

Buildings Have Feelings Too is set in a city where buildings can walk and talk. Not only that, but each has aspirations, hopes and fears.

Crashlands is a world-building game where you fight monsters, craft resources, and build a base on an alien planet.

Crashlands is a world-building game where you fight monsters, craft resources, and build a base on an alien planet. As you explore, either on your own or with a friend, you encounter locals, complete quests and missions, and meet strange new enemies.

Imagine Earth is a simulation strategy where you manage space colonies for a huge corporation.

Imagine Earth is a simulation strategy where you manage space colonies for a huge corporation. You gather resources, manage your finances, shape the planets and expand your cities while fending off rival companies and alien invaders.

Balance - Power Grid is a puzzle game about power grids.

Balance - Power Grid is a puzzle game about power grids. You place cables, pylons and power generators to make sure there are no blackouts.

Parkasaurus is a strategy simulation game where you create a dinosaur park for people to visit.

Parkasaurus is a strategy simulation game where you create a dinosaur park for people to visit. You need to construct well-designed exhibits, research specialised technology and maximize profits so you can expand with more dinosaurs.

Timberborn is a construction strategy game where you control a population of beavers, building a civilization and preparing for drought.

Timberborn is a construction strategy game where you control a population of beavers, building a civilization and preparing for drought. You build waterways, storage houses, dams and more in a densely packed city as you manage resources, allocate buildings and ensure you have enough precious water.

112 Operator and its predecessor, 911 Operator, are strategy games that put you in control of the emergency services as they fight natural disasters, crime and terrorism.

112 Operator and its predecessor, 911 Operator, are strategy games that put you in control of the emergency services as they fight natural disasters, crime and terrorism. You choose how to deal with each scenarios and work your way up the chain of command, gaining more and more responsibility and control.

Learning Factory is a strategy game where you automate an old factory.

Learning Factory is a strategy game where you automate an old factory. Unusually, this isn't to make money and conquer the world but a round about approach to understand cats.

For The King is a strategy game where you play an adventurer bringing peace to the kingdom of Fahrul.

For The King is a strategy game where you play an adventurer bringing peace to the kingdom of Fahrul. It's like a tabletop board game, with rewards and hits determined by dice rolls, but combines this with more traditional video game fights.

Humankind is a strategy game where you develop a civilisation through the many ages of humanity's existence, from the nomadic tribes of ancient history to the space age.

Isle of Arrows is a strategy game where you defend a magical crystal from waves of enemies.

Isle of Arrows is a strategy game where you defend a magical crystal from waves of enemies. Using randomly assigned pieces and cards that grant you bonus abilities, you construct the invader's path and then fortify it to travel on with weapons, traps, and other structures.

Core Keeper is a life-simulation strategy game set in a vast cave system where you construct a sprawling base.

The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War, also called Lord of the Rings: War, is an online strategy game where you play against other players in factions and try and conquer land.

The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War, also called Lord of the Rings: War, is an online strategy game where you play against other players in factions and try and conquer land. It includes all of Tolkien's world, from Hobbiton to Rivendell and Isengard to Barad-dûr in a huge map filled with monsters and resources you can use to expand your army.

Claustrofactory is a time management factory simulation.

Claustrofactory is a time management factory simulation. You build factories on a grid to connect their processes and make products using conveyors and assemblers and pickers.

Football Chairman Pro is a simulation strategy game about running a football (soccer) club.

Football Chairman Pro is a simulation strategy game about running a football (soccer) club. The game has over two million downloads for its accurate and complex simulation of running a football club.

Air Traffic Controller (Airport Hero) is a series of games where you take charge of an airport.

Air Traffic Controller (Airport Hero) is a series of games where you take charge of an airport. You deal with landing planes, directing them to runways and gates while ensuring things run on time and without accidents.

Fae Farm is a simulation game where you build a farmstead, harvest your crops, and go adventuring.

Fae Farm is a simulation game where you build a farmstead, harvest your crops, and go adventuring. It's an increasingly common set-up for a game.

Foundation is a city-building simulation game where you create networks of supply and consumption in a medieval village.

Foundation is a city-building simulation game where you create networks of supply and consumption in a medieval village. You not only develop structures, gather resources and create your own unique settlement, but also manage the individual needs of each villager as the lord of the town.

Big Ambitions is a role-playing game that simulates running a business.

Big Ambitions is a role-playing game that simulates running a business. Like similar games, you make decisions about what, where and how to grow your business.

Dice Legacy is a city-building simulation game where dice represent your civilians.

Dice Legacy is a city-building simulation game where dice represent your civilians. You roll the dice and then place the skill that lands face-up on the map to gather resources, expand your outpost, or fight hostile invaders in real time.

Train Valley 2 is a toy train puzzle game where you build a railroad company from the days of the Industrial Revolution into the future.

Train Valley 2 is a toy train puzzle game where you build a railroad company from the days of the Industrial Revolution into the future. It looks like a kids train-set but simulates real economics of the valley's cities and industries.

Dune: Spice Wars is a strategy game based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, where you use military might and political machinations to survive and expand your fiefdom on the hostile planet of Arrakis.

Dune: Spice Wars is a strategy game based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, where you use military might and political machinations to survive and expand your fiefdom on the hostile planet of Arrakis. You decide whether to dominate or partner with the local tribes and settlers, harvest the invaluable resource known as spice, develop your civilisation, evade the deadly sandworms, and participate in highly tactical real-time fights.

Rabbids Coding is an educational game where you use simple blocks of code to move a Rabbid and make it perform actions.

Rabbids Coding is an educational game where you use simple blocks of code to move a Rabbid and make it perform actions. It's designed as a simple way for younger children to begin to interact with code and understand how games work.

Steamworld Build is a strategy simulation game where you build and manage a city and underground mine with monsters lurking in the deep.

Steamworld Build is a strategy simulation game where you build and manage a city and underground mine with monsters lurking in the deep. You place buildings, fortify defences, lay roads and then direct civilians to do jobs above ground and in the mines below.

Kenshi is a single player role-play game where you have complete control over your character and how they live their life.

Kenshi is a single player role-play game where you have complete control over your character and how they live their life. With no central story, it allows you to go anywhere and play however you like, be that as a city dweller who never ventures into the wider world or a ruthless warlord who fights the other factions.

Oxygen Not Included is a creative strategy game where you build an underground colony for survivors of a spaceship crash-landing.

Oxygen Not Included is a creative strategy game where you build an underground colony for survivors of a spaceship crash-landing. You need to manage everything, placement and planning for oxygen distribution, energy, plumbing and living arrangements.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out is a city-building game based on the popular and long-running cartoon.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out is a city-building game based on the popular and long-running cartoon. After Homer causes the destruction of Springfield, you complete quests to earn money, unlock buildings and characters, and rebuild the town.

Common'hood is a squatter simulator where you craft the means to survive in an abandoned factory.

Common'hood is a squatter simulator where you craft the means to survive in an abandoned factory. You work to create a thriving community by growing food, constructing shelters, workshops, and eventually high-tech manufacturing.

Craftomation 101 is a simulation adventure where you must survive after landing on a frozen planet.

Craftomation 101 is a simulation adventure where you must survive after landing on a frozen planet. Play involves defrosting land to harvest and combine materials to survive.

Lightyear Frontier is a peaceful open-world game about farming a new planet.

Lightyear Frontier is a peaceful open-world game about farming a new planet. From a first-person perspective, like Slime Rancher, you gather resources and build a working farm to harvest alien crops.

Manor Lords is a medieval city-building strategy game with a focus on visual and simulated realism.

Manor Lords is a medieval city-building strategy game with a focus on visual and simulated realism. You grow your settlement, manage its politics and relations with other kingdoms, and fight in real-time battles, all while gathering resources and assigning jobs to your people.

Urbek City Builder is a city-building and resource management game where you grow, plan and shape a city.

Warsim: The Realm of Aslona (often called just Warsim) is a simulation management game where you rule a medieval fantasy kingdom.

Warsim: The Realm of Aslona (often called just Warsim) is a simulation management game where you rule a medieval fantasy kingdom. The twist is it's all depicted as text, through which you interact with your subjects and enemies, decide how you want to rule, and even fight opponents.

Word Factori is a puzzle game where you use factories to create letters and words by a series of interrelated processes.

Word Factori is a puzzle game where you use factories to create letters and words by a series of interrelated processes. You start with the letter i and chain together a system of satisfying factories to form words.

Lueur and the Dim Settlers is a simple-looking strategy game where you create a thriving town and reclaim the land from darkness.

Lueur and the Dim Settlers is a simple-looking strategy game where you create a thriving town and reclaim the land from darkness. You expand your settlement by selecting different tiles to meet the resources and people you need.

Rip Them Off is puzzle game where you build businesses to attract customers.

Rip Them Off is puzzle game where you build businesses to attract customers. It's an economic management version of tower defence.

Stellaris is a strategy game where you play a space-faring empire seeking to expand your territory.

Stellaris is a strategy game where you play a space-faring empire seeking to expand your territory. It offers complete customisation of your civilisation, with different sets of ethics and morals to choose from that change how you play, from limiting your interaction with robots to being unable to restrict their use and more.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a stealth strategy game set in Japan, where a new Shogun employs five recruits to use assassination, sabotage and espionage to enforce peace in the country.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a stealth strategy game set in Japan, where a new Shogun employs five recruits to use assassination, sabotage and espionage to enforce peace in the country. Play involves commanding a team of specialists to sneak in amongst enemies to complete missions.

Craftlands Workshoppe is a strategy game where you build and manage a crafting empire.

Craftlands Workshoppe is a strategy game where you build and manage a crafting empire. You start the game by opening your own workshop that can specialize in one of three trades: Blacksmithing, Alchemy, or Cooking.

Human Resource Machine is a strategy game where you program little office workers to solve puzzles.

Human Resource Machine is a strategy game where you program little office workers to solve puzzles. Play involves giving each worker instructions so they complete the jobs you are assigned for the day.

Neon Noodles is a simulation game where you direct worker robots to prepare food orders for your clientele.

Neon Noodles is a simulation game where you direct worker robots to prepare food orders for your clientele. Unusually, rather than making each dish individually, you design a series of steps so your robots can create a continuous supply of the dish with maximum efficiency.

Rebots is an adventure game where you are sent to help aliens terraform a remote world.

Rebots is an adventure game where you are sent to help aliens terraform a remote world. Play involves exploring the planet to find the best place to establish networks of supply and production with your robotic helpers.