I just got mindustry (which is currently on sale for $3) and it's a great tower defence, resource production, machine builder, tech tree researcher, sort of game! Really really worth the $3 and will probably appeal to a lot of people here.

Fyi: you can get it for free on android

I work for home and make 1500€ a month filling out 350€ surveys :D

@PublicByte tmw you don't wanna spend $3 on a game that at least took lots of time and objectively is obviously worth $3

@AlgoRythm Oh there are many reasons why people'd compile over buying.

@linuxxx why not both?

@AlgoRythm Maybe someone doesn't have a lot of money or wants to play the game to try first...

@linuxxx I know people struggle but I would say $3 isn't too difficult to justify. Even at minimum wage that's under a half an hour of work, where someone may work 40 hours a week. It's a good reason not to pay, for sure, but if you're not in terrible financial trouble, it may be difficult to argue

And of course, you can pay after you try the game ;) that's not a reason at all!