A spy cold war, run from a dashboard, with the singularity in the crosshairs.

The gut verdict is blunt: when the community picks on instinct, Sigma Theory only edges past 13% of games. And the criterion by criterion detail does not rescue it, it drives the point home. Controller pleasure and the wish to rediscover it sit at the very bottom, close to last. Art style, bottom too. Desert island, attachment, fun, soundtrack: all low. On few votes each, to be fair, so nothing is set in stone. But the consistency leaves little room for doubt: not a single line lifts.

Let us be fair though. Sigma Theory is a turn based strategy and management game, cold by design, played with a mouse and savoured through calculation. Questions built around emotion, attachment and the beauty of a world are simply not its home turf. Against blockbusters, a niche indie starts with a structural handicap.

So, who is it for? For you if you like recruiting agents, weighing moral dilemmas and playing a geopolitical chess match. Much less so if you want a visual punch or a game you will still remember in ten years.