In this game, you can…

• …stockpile hundreds of mortar shells, have one cook off during a raid, and set off a chain reaction that blows half your mountain base apart.
• …trap an insect infestation in a sealed room, steal the jelly, and keep repeating until the bugs are basically livestock.
• …recruit a cannibal crime lord, feed him nutrient paste, surgically add retractable claws, and rename him C.A.N.N.I.B.A.L.

In this game, you can…

• …lay down a base blueprint and have hundreds of flying robots swarm out to build the whole thing for you.
• …turn your own pollution into a trigger for escalating alien attacks, then answer with turrets, flamethrowers, laser walls, and artillery.
• …watch one slow belt starve a whole smelter line, then chase the fix into new mines, defenses, trains, and a bigger power grid.

In this game, you can…

• …capture aliens alive, interrogate them, autopsy them, and turn their bodies into new weapons and armor.
• …infect civilians into zombies that burst into new aliens, spreading the outbreak across the map.
• …blow holes through walls and erase enemy cover with rockets and grenades.

In this game, you can…

• …convert enemy soldiers so they instantly switch sides mid-battle.
• …raise the population cap to 500 and flood the map with armies big enough to change your entire battle plan.
• …win without conquering everyone by guarding a king, collecting relics, or building and defending a wonder.

In this game, you can…

• …use intrigue to install your brother as an anti-pope, go to war with the pope, and make your brother the official pope for Catholics
• …seduce queens and empresses across multiple realms, then spread bastards so widely that another player can end up as your kid
• …build a secret Odin cult, drag your spouse into it, get in a tavern brawl while disguised, then die crusading for Christianity while secretly pagan

In this game, you can…

• …vent rooms into space to suffocate boarders or put out fires.
• …reach the final boss, win the fight, then learn it has three phases and the battle keeps escalating.
• …teleport your crew onto an enemy ship to sabotage systems and fight room-to-room, then lose them if the ship explodes first.

In this game, you can…

• …accidentally route sewage outflow into your own drinking-water pumps and watch the whole city get sick from polluted water.
• …follow a single named citizen as they commute, work, shop, and chain a metro ride into a bus transfer.
• …use mods to expand the playable map far beyond the base size and even fly a plane through your own city.

In this game, you can…

• …watch a monk convert your knights mid-fight, and they instantly switch sides.
• …tell AI teammates what units to train, where to build, and what target to attack.
• …play voice-acted historical campaigns like Saladin or Joan of Arc, and even run some of those missions in co-op.