There's just something wonderful about a good farming sim, isn't there? Getting home after a stressful day of staring at screens full of numbers and unwinding as you... load up a different screen with different numbers.
Okay, I don't know why it works, but it does. I guess when the numbers you're looking at are the price of turnips in Animal Crossing or the value of mayonnaise in Stardew Valley it's okay.
Anyway, if what you enjoy about games like Stardew Valley is the whole process of gathering resources, building, and managing your very own empire, you might be interested in a new(ish) deckbuilder/city builder on Steam. Oh, and it's a free game, which I'm sure will get your attention.
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These Doomed Isles: The First God is a generation portion of game designed to give you a taste of the full game, These Doomed Isles.
You play as Cernunnos, the Celtic god of nature, and it's down to you to lead the Celtic civilisation to victory against waves of invaders, curses, and other threats.
"Take your first steps in the role of a deity with Cernunnos, the first god you will play as in the main game," developer Triplevision Games Limited teases. :Learn to raise land from the sea, build settlements for your followers, rain fire upon waves of invaders and answer your followers’ prayers ahead of the launch of the main game this Summer."
Okay, so maybe it's slightly less chill than a game like Stardew Valley, but if you're the sort of person that likes to watch numbers tick ever upwards as you build and nurture your own society, this is definitely the game for you. And if you like it, the full game is only £12 and currently in Early Access. What have you got to lose?
Featured Image Credit: ValveTopics: Free Games, Steam, Stardew Valley, PC