I'm not much of a city builder kind of guy, but Frostpunk really drew me in. The sombre atmosphere with a wintery armageddon, this almost religious worship of fire (and then if you want, the 'main character') and warmth. The scenarios are all pretty great mixups of the formula too, with each offering something new.

I will say that I think the game could have used some more unique events that pop up, especially in the early game. You start to know what you're going to get offered and when pretty early, and this bleeds into the endless mode being kind of easy to 'solve' aswell.

All in all though, I'm not super experenced with city builders so I can't vouch for its ability as one, but as an atmospheric crawl through an oncoming winter grave where you must make the best of what you can, it's great.