Iron Lynx

If you want the most extensive, expansive, awesome emergent story base building game out there, there’s of course Dwarf Fortress. You can download it right off the devs, where it’s free but takes a PhD to begin to make sense of the UI. Or you can buy it on Steam, where it will cost you a little bit, but thanks to massive UI improvements, it’s actually playable by regular people.

If you want something where you can just unwind & chill, look into the Slime Rancher games.

It ain’t called Cracktorio for nuthin’!