As a huge fan of Dark And Darker Gold Arkanersquos Arx Fatalis and all the great ImSims it inspired, Gloomwood definitely scratched my clever level design itch. Check out Andrew Kingrsquos thoughtful preview. This is also a turn-based game, but thatrsquos the only thing it has in common with Moonbreaker. 

I have a condition I call number-go-up-itis, and the only treatment is watching big numbers become even bigger. You explore a dangerous alien world, build bases, and craft machines that terraform the environment. Check out my preview of the free version, The Planet Crafter: Prologue. 

Anyone that has gotten really deep into idle games knows what I mean, and while Irsquove managed to avoid the siren song of clicker games for years, The Planet Crafter managed to sneak up on me where I least expected - a survival/crafting game. This is basically Cookie Clicker meets Subnautica. 

Every machine increases pressure, heat, and oxygen at a constant rate, and the more machines you build, the faster it increases. I thought this game might have been made specifically for me, but 16,000 overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews suggest otherwise. 

If yoursquove heard of anything on this list, itrsquos probably V Rising. This survival/crafting and action-RPG hybrid was a huge phenomenon for about two weeks when it launched back in May, and though the buzz has died down, development has buy Dark And Darker Gold continued on a steady pace.