I’m not sure if this counts as a “patient gamer” because I played them to death years ago…but I’ve been playing both again recently and they’re just perfect little games with a ton of replayability. They’re not retro (FTL 2012, ITB 2018) but they’re old enough to regularly go on sale which is great!
Highly recommended if you like roguelite strategy games.
If you have any similar games to suggest, please leave a comment. I’m sure there’s tons of great strategy games I’ve missed over the years
Into the Breach is so good and well-made, but depressingly, I’m just not smart enough to get addicted to it.
By that I mean, it is legitimately challenging. Battles take a bit longer because I need to really think through my moves, and require long-term strategic planning so I can’t just put it down and pick it up with the limited 15-30 minute blocks I can spare for fun. If I was better at making quick, correct decisions or had better long-term memory for a detailed battle plan, I’d enjoy it a lot more. As it is, I just keep looking at it for month after month and thinking, “when I have more time.”
I get that, you absolutely do need to be thinking a move or two ahead.
Back when I first played it, I was beating it on the max difficulty…but when I came back a few weeks ago, I had to knock it down to easy