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2014PCSteam Deck playable71 % positive14.99 €

A city-building management game set in the California Gold Rush, where you plan mining towns, manage resources and grow a thriving frontier settlement.

  • Historical setting
  • Economy and management
  • Building and crafting
  • Tactical depth
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Kaizen: A Factory Story

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2025PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive−25 % 19.99 € 14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about 1849: economy and management, a historical setting as well as building and crafting.

An automation puzzle game from the former Zachtronics team, where you design and optimize production lines for calculators, camcorders and arcade machines in 1980s Japan.

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