A grey plain, smoking chimneys, and an entire country to build brick by brick.

Workers & Resources has one strength that jumps out: the desert island, ahead of 89% of games, the title you'd take to never get bored. Rediscovery and fun both sit above the average, the mark of a game that grips over time. Against that, connection, sound environment and visual style slide into the lower third, and the hands-on feel stays just below the middle. All of this rests on one or two votes per criterion, so nothing is settled, to confirm. But the picture is coherent: a game that holds you captive for hours without necessarily winning you over at first glance or marking you with its emotion.

In the deep tradition of city builders and management sims, this soviet-themed title aims for demanding depth, planning down to the last bolt, not instant comfort. Its reward is slow, and that's by design.

So, who's it for? For you if you love losing yourself in complex systems, optimizing, planning endlessly. Much less if you want gentle handling, a visual punch, or an emotional bond.