#AskFedi: It's recommendations time again! :boost_requested:
I'm looking for games that are high in simulation and strategic complexity, but that are not *obtuse*; ie. I should be able to learn and discover the complexity through gameplay, rather than through reading hundreds of pages of manuals.
Good examples are Factorio, Rimworld, Project Hospital, Workers and Resources, Software Inc., Airport CEO, and so on (but those games I obviously already know about).
I prefer games that also involve some kind of layout/design/building process, where the design choices meaningfully affect the outcome. Also especially interested in more obscure games, including indie ones and graphically unpolished games!
Also, no war-themed games please. And preferably no turn-based, as I tend to find those too slow for my liking.
@joepie91 I’m assuming this is something you’re aware of but if not cities skylines, specially with mods for micromanaging traffic and such can be kinda enjoyable
@cafkafk I'm aware of it, but I did not enjoy it very much - it was too carbrained for me, and even despite that the traffic engineering tools weren't actually very good (even with mods)... I'm looking forward to Junxions releasing though, which seems like a much better implementation of the same idea!
(The actual city-building part of Cities Skylines I've found pretty shallow, personally. Definitely deeper than the SimCity games before it, but not quite on the level I'm looking for here.)
