region: Pure Optimization
Games that reward planning and 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
+3 editions
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition
Pure Optimization · open-world RPG
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+7 editions
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Pure Optimization · open-world adventure
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+1 edition
Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Pure Optimization · story-driven RPG
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+1 edition
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Pure Optimization · tactical RPG
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+2 editions
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Pure Optimization · immersive sim RPG
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+1 edition
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Pure Optimization · metroidvania RPG
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+1 edition
Heroes of Might and Magic V
Pure Optimization · turn-based strategy
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