Kenshi

This is a masterpiece... Nothing else to say really.. It's just too good

love it.

die a lot but kill a lot ( maybe )

Kenshi is a little clunky, but the massive amount of content in this game more than makes up for the little quirks. Once you get the hang of stuff (and it takes a bit) you will be swallowed by this game. This is the only game where I can be a drug kingpin, a tax evader, a cannibal, a thief, AND a devout Christian. Because why not. Thank you devs for the masterpiece, I give you my Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Award.

You could also call it a more in-depth survival Mount and Blade. Classification is hard with this one. My first goal was to create a manufacturing concern - maybe run a few caravans to sell my products. Well I quickly learned that to be profitable I would need to be near the raw materials. So I set up shop in the wilds next to some nice mining sites. Oh - hello bandits and wild animal. Ok. So I needed to set up defenses and have a few guards for my drudges. Ok cool so everyone is hungry. So I need some farmers. Also now that I have a big enough operation the local authorities want to tax me. Ok I guess - but take care of the bandits. They don't. By now I am relativly self sufficient and my manufacturing concern is a town more impressive than the Capital cities. I stop paying tax because the city state won't kill bandits. Now I am a small nation. The technology tree is making my small nation look impressive. I can manufacture gear for my soldiers. I send expiditions to far-away. Find new things. Anyway all that was in Beta on Steam. Haven't played this gem since. The Game is missing some kind of ground leveling mechanic. I find it maddening building in the hills.