Other games in the genre I have in mind for people who are interested but aren't me:
Cities Skylines: Really easy so the opposite of what I'm looking for, but a lot of fun to play around with.
Frostpunk: see other comment
Prison Architect: a bit tricky, and kinda fun if you reorient your as a minimum security re-education center imo
Planet Coaster: The scenarios are fun and get progressively more difficult, lots of room to be creative with all the theme park decorations
KSP: Very hard, something like this is what I think I'm looking for, although I'd rather have the challenge be in economic management rather than aerospace engineering
Factorio: Haven't played in a while, maybe this would scratch the itch
Airport CEO: Downloaded it based on some meme Youtube video but only played it a couple times. Idk if it's been updated, but maybe it actually went somewhere
There's a bunch of airline manager sims online, and that would also be a lot like what I'm looking for, except I want to play something that actually resembles a game with spreadsheets in it rather than just a spreadsheet.
In short WR:SR is probably the ultimate suggestion for this, but I just wish it had a bit more "polish" (not to be too greedy about it or anything)
Factorio can be a good pick if you have someone to coop with on deathworld. I must have spent a couple of months trying to perfect a run on that mode with friends.
Other games in the genre I have in mind for people who are interested but aren't me:
In short WR:SR is probably the ultimate suggestion for this, but I just wish it had a bit more "polish" (not to be too greedy about it or anything)
deleted by creator
Factorio can be a good pick if you have someone to coop with on deathworld. I must have spent a couple of months trying to perfect a run on that mode with friends.