Shadows of Forbidden Gods

Hands down one of the best grand strategy games I have ever played, the narrow scope of your own units initially compared to that of your enemies creates a unique feel, like all your enemies are playing high fantasy crusader kings with heroes and armies and all you've got a single cultist with a dream to help you destoy it all. The payoffs of subverting the political and interpersonal relations are enjoyable and have incedible depth. UI is kind of clunky user-unfirnedly, it takes awhile to gasp, but honestly for organizing the sheer amount of information that you're working with in any given playthrough it does the job.

Even though the UI is really simplistic, this game gave me quite a few interesting experiences. The journey to destroying the world is not a straight line with these mechanics and you can get surprised with what events happen, especially with the madness mechanic. I've played only 2 gods, but each god gives you a totally new gimmick to work with and it changes the play style. You do just stare at a map and some dialogue boxes all game, so if you're not into that, this game is not for you. But if you're into creative strategy games, this is a quite unique one.

Great game! Bit of tactical, turn based gameplay, where you're feeling like an end-game crisis in some other 4x genres out there. God forbid you take a break though, the rules can at times be rather arcane and takes time to relearn, once you've gone through it once before.

Game can be as complex or as simple as you want. Lots of little details emerge as you play. Lots of fun.

Addicting

Enjoyable and replayable strategy with a unique and interesting twist. Kinda almost a single player variable ttrpg.