Factorio

Incredibly addictive game. There's always something more to build, just another process to optimise or new technology to implement. Very hard to put down. At the moment the game is up-to-date on GOG. For multiplayer and other features you need to register the game at the company homepage. Not a big deal in my opinion, but your mileage may differ.

No I don't want to rate the game, not even later

I played 17 hours in two sessions.

So factorio is a game about automation. TRY THE DEMO from the official site!!! I'm not normally into these kinds of games, i thought... but after trying the demo on the official site, i had to get this. i bought it without even thinking about the price. So far i've played it for over 200 hours within just a few months. the most recent update to the game (.15) added another material to be gathered (uranium) and updated much of the graphics (not all of it yet though! it's coming) the game is pretty excellent if you like to build, optimize, plan and see what a smart design you can come up with. you can choose to focus on a smaller factory/base, where you are very effecient about how you place your buildings, so you have a smaller area to defend from the aliens. A large factory would be harder to defend, obviously, since you can only be in one place at a time. There are some things you can do to help you though. Anyways, it's kinda hard to explain all your options in the game, but i really suggest you try out the free demo from factorios own site. there's also a decent forum. The game also supports modding which is great. And there are many good mods, some small, some more comprehensive. personally im more into the "quality of life" mods, but there are mods that make the game harder or easier. join the various communities such as the subreddit, if you want some inspiration as to what you can do in the game. also, there are trains.

Take the cancel culture mentality and shove it up your a$$ Twitter/Reddit.