Was never attracted to the genre, but had this recommended as a good beginner level introduction to it. It's fun, although it doesn't really solve my major gripe with it that is: You can't really plan a city and have it be pretty or optimal. You just do whatever you need right now for people not to die and once you're stable enough you'll need days of grinding to slowly rebuild into the city you actually want to do.

Still, that's a purely subjective gripe. The game does exactly what it promises to do, but nothing more. I guess I'll try Frostpunk next and see how it compares to one that's notoriously punishing compared to this cozy one.