How do you call these games that let you macro-manage people/creatures/processes and you can watch your engine run?

Examples are Rimworld, Roller Coaster Tycoon, Factorio.

I don’t like fast action-based RTS, micromanaging games, I just love to create a world and watch it running on it‘s own!

Is there a specific name for this mechanic? And what are your favorite examples?

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    1 year ago

    I see a pattern of games mentioned here! What do you call games like theme hospital? I’d love to skim a few recommendations for these kind of games that let you hire different employees to run parts of your business.

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      1 year ago

      I probably would group those into the Manamement/Tycoon genre. More economic than colony builders, but smaller scale than city builders.

      The Two Point games are pretty good versions of those, if you light the more light-hearted atmosphere.