Anocris checked properly

Anocris is a city builder along the Nile that actually uses its setting. Temples count, the flood counts, and the production chains run through grain and stone rather than anonymous resources.

It is a game of patient accumulation. Buildings take real time, research unlocks better ones, and the pleasure is watching a scruffy settlement acquire monuments over a few weeks.

Nothing threatens you. It is one of the calmest things here and far better suited to short regular visits than to long sessions.

Where it earns the slot

• Egyptian city-building
• Economy management
• Strategic expansion

Checks out for

Anybody who builds for the sake of building and has a quarter of an hour rather than two.

Does not check out if you need an opponent for progress to feel earned.

Starting it properly

Food before monuments. A handsome city with no granary simply stops, and unsticking it takes days.

Start a long build before closing the tab. The timers are the game and one running overnight is free progress.