An alternate Eastern Europe, farms, rusted mechs, and turns that weigh a ton.

On gut feeling, no criterion attached, Scythe: Digital Edition only gets ahead of 21% of games. How it feels with a controller in hand sits even lower, close to the floor, which is hardly a shock for a board game adaptation built around a mouse. The art style holds the middle of the pack, attachment gets close to it, while soundtrack and fun stay in the lower reaches. And then there is the outlier: on the desert island question, it beats 89% of games. On just two votes, so handle with care, but the idea is a nice one. A game you can replay endlessly, alone with your own decisions, is exactly what you take to an island.

Next to strategy games born for the screen, it pays the price of adaptation: no nerve, no direct feedback in your hands. It hands you a board, rules, real depth, and leaves you to it.

So, who is it for? For you if you love to plan, optimise, feel a game tighten turn after turn. Much less so if you want immediate sensation or a mood that stays in your head afterwards.