Offworld Trading Company

Feels incomplete to me when playing... Like there's no endgame content, just the initial building of things.

Super tense if you play online. Constantly switching buildings and trying to figure out what is the most valuable resource. Only the ending can feel a bit anticlimatic as you are both just trying to make money quickly and and suddenly you die because he bought you out. Or you manage to get it and in one click he's gone. You can also buy extra's from hte menu in the bottom right. These feel a bit broken. Every time one is bought it raises its price. But some are nobrainers at the low price point. Like  getting an extra claim. As a result at the start of the game you and your opponent both hammer the button to buy it as soon as it unlocks. Same with goonsquad, its too good. And its not like you have to use it immediately, you can just keep it.

Single-player did not work for me. Too short, too fast, too pointless. Probably fine for competitive multiplayer, seemed like it had some interesting different RTS mechanics going for it.

imagine an RTS where you cant see what the other person is doing. that's this game.

The UI might as well be a spreadsheet. you defeat your opponents by buying a big enough stake in their company.

the game wants you to compete for resources by making decisions on what investments to make and asking you to sabotage other players investments, but what happens is another player just saves up enough money and buys out all your shares and you lose immediately. 

it's like having a fleet of motherships come over and wipe out your base in starcraft, only you cant see the ships, you cant defend against the ships, and they wipe you out as soon as they are built.

I thought the gameplay looked neat, but then I played it and it made me want to fall asleep. It was just, math, numbers, economies. Blah, boring.

If you enjoy seeing numbers go up... then, that's the whole game really.

I mean if you want to play a simulated version of our BORING EARTH LIKE economic system, in COOL AWESOME, SPACE, then, go ahead.