Advertises itself as an "action survival" game, but it's more of a clumsy, weakly-written investigation game with simplistic stealth, combat, and crafting awkwardly tacked on. Can't recommend it.

A "4X" strategy game with most of the empire building mechanics being underdeveloped in favor of being a game about production lines managing excessive amounts of different resources. Don't bother.

Suffers from the same problem as all roguelites: reliance on RNG means you're basically bashing your face against a wall until you've unlocked enough cards and get lucky enough on your "golden" run.

Crap story, dull and tedious gameplay, and a painfully generic "heavy metal" soundtrack that's completely forgettable. It's just modern slop that was shoveled out for Game Pass and should be avoided.

A fairly simple platformer that expands upon the original freeware version with new content and an audio/visual overhaul, but the new soundtrack isn't anywhere near as catchy.

Better visuals at the cost of atrocious performance and stability + gameplay changes that either make no real difference or make the game worse. Are we supposed to be impressed by this pathetic slop?

While it ticks a lot of boxes for the franchise, the weak writing and gameplay mechanics drag the entire experience down to just being "Game Pass fodder" at absolute best. Not worth buying.

A classic 4X strategy game that highly influential, but has some issues and is a bit tricky to get into since it's a somewhat awkward "middle game" between Civilization 2 & 3. Your mileage will vary.

A fairly barebones remaster that has some odd engine-related issues and just isn't worth the full $30 price. Maybe consider if it's on sale for a sizable discount but otherwise just play the original.

Originally a singleplayer and multiplayer game built around crappy MMO-style loot n' click gameplay, this now entirely singleplayer game is absurdly boring and not remotely worth bothering with.