Message:"Fallout Shelter" on STEAM by Bethesda Gaming which did Fallout series. In this one you manage a small, easy to run SIM (Tamagachi?) of the post apocalyptic bolthole. Do not give up too quickly, because you think it is dull. The trick is the game is running on an external server, constantly. Build a bit and then SAVE and leave. Come back in a day and see what has occurred.
Kinda stupid, kinda fun and FREE. Well, you must resist the urge to pay a few bucks and speed things up. PLAY to PLAY is the established norm. Taking advantage of our Short Attention Spans and "Spend a buck who cares?" ego.
I am at what I see as STAGE Three (of 100).
1. Build Basics and get everyone Pregnant.
2. Send forth minions into Unknown (so far collecting riches and killing mutant bugs); text updates. Hey kids are wandering about!
3. Build OVERSEE HQ allowing picked-quests daily with small mini-game of running your Apocalyptic mercs through a 2D maze of traps and treasures. "Son, Daddy didn't come home; you must don his Gadzooka and Body Armor now."
Nothing you haven't seen but lots of humor for the genre.
Last note, if you are a glutton--who isn't?--you can start multiple Boltholes (VAULTS) and run each twenty minutes everyday.
If I find there is a multiplayer element of trades and raids, I will update this post. Bethesda is pretty good about content, so I would expect it's in there or soon to come.
Yours,
IronRed
29-Jan-2025