“If you need a starting point to get into colony sims and crunchy management games, Rimworld is an excellent option with its creative setting and chaotic storytelling.”

“What this game has in spades is the brilliance to give you all the tools to make your own fun, and all the chances and encouragement you need to do it.”

“A brilliant mix of strategy, planning, construction, and exploration has made factory management my new favorite hobby.”

“Surely the closest that any of us will come to dying in the zombie apocalypse, this highly-technical sim is every survivalist's dream come true.”

“It’s bigger and badder than the original, so if more grotesque dungeon roaming is what you crave you’ll have to work for it.”

“I never expected Risk of Rain 2 to outperform the original so completely, but the move to 3D has treated it incredibly well.”

“Hollow Knight does what few games manage to do, take clear inspiration from classics and find its own way to surpass them.”

“Is No Man’s Sky good now? It’s good enough to give it a chance, just with the understanding that it’s still not quite what it was meant to be.”

“Owlcat completely understood the assignment here, crafting an incredible, sprawling tale of corruption, decadence, and intrigue that spans so much of the 40K lore without feeling overstuffed.”

“Dead Cells has set a new gold standard for the genre, one that will be tough to match as it continues to draw players in with its gratifying action and wealth of secrets.”