region: Pure Optimization
Games that are, in principle, fully solvable systems.
You'll spend six hours automating a ten-minute chore and call it relaxing. The spreadsheet is the game.
Examples: Factorio, Opus Magnum, Satisfactory

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition
Pure Optimization · open-world RPG

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Pure Optimization · open-world adventure

Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Pure Optimization · story-driven RPG

South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Pure Optimization · tactical RPG

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Pure Optimization · immersive sim RPG

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Pure Optimization · metroidvania RPG

Heroes of Might and Magic V
Pure Optimization · turn-based strategy