Terra Nile. Easy-to-miss indie Steam hits of 2023

Terra Nile, Devolver Digital, 2023

Terra Nil captivates as a unique combination of a strategy game with a puzzle and something like a city... no, rather – a nature-builder. We don't build cities – instead, we help to turn barren wastelands into areas full of vegetation. First, we prepare the ground, restore biodiversity, then import the fauna and finally recycle, cleaning up after ourselves – because in the process, we have to construct structures that help improve the whole process. After we're done, we can move to the next biome.

You have to be careful not to use up all your resources prematurely during the game, but if you just want to marvel the barren land turning into a jungle, you can use the easiest difficulty (or make it harder by choosing the highest). It's a very relaxing and fun game that gives you access to four different biomes with randomly generated maps. You can complain that it's short and lacks a little bit of content, but if you find yourself enjoying this production, you will certainly find a reason to return to it.

1. Terra Nil in our game encyclopedia
2. Terra Nil on Steam