In this game, you can…

• …build castle walls and towers block by block, then stack them absurdly high to mount long-range weapons on top.
• …watch a dragon fly over your fortifications and burn your fields or granary from the middle of town.
• …toggle archer and ballista jobs right before an attack so villagers man the defenses, then turn them off to stop paying garrisons.

In this game, you can…

• …pause anytime, pick up most buildings, and relocate them without penalty to rebuild your whole layout mid-crisis.
• …open a new glade and immediately get stuck with a timed curse or ruin you have to deal with.
• …draft only a few random buildings each run, even if they don't match what you can currently make.

In this game, you can…

• …teach the wrong gender-only skill, make a man's genitals fall off, then refine them into a flying weapon and use it in combat
• …get a dragon moving into a giant hole in your monastery and survive by building it an unbelievably good bedroom before it murders everyone
• …watch random objects gain sentience, like a tree or even a wall coming alive and wandering off after enough qi and good feng shui

In this game, you can…

• …send experts on expeditions that can bring back rare exhibits or never bring them back at all.
• …deal with thieves that literally pop up from holes in the ground and steal pristine exhibits the moment you unpause.
• …build custom guided tour routes led by an expert, turning your museum into a staged visitor experience.

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…

• …start a prison riot, grab a guard's keys, and walk out the front entrance.
• …dig a tunnel under the prison wall with spoons or a plastic fork, then hide the dirt by clogging the toilet.
• …steal a guard uniform to blend in, or tie up another prisoner to take their job and access.

In this game, you can…

• …dig up hills with excavators, then dump the spoil into the sea to reclaim land.
• …launch rockets, build a space station, then capture asteroids to restock your island with resources you already mined out.
• …pump crude oil into tanks, run multi-stage distillation, then keep the whole refinery moving by routing every byproduct somewhere useful.

In this game, you can…

• …accept nomads into a town hall and watch your food reserves collapse overnight.
• …run out of tools and have your economy grind to a halt within a year.
• …have a lone 22-year-old woman become the foundation of a town for 60 years.