Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation (2024)
- Developer
- Why Not Games
- Genres
- Indie, Simulation, Strategy
- Rating
- 4.3 of 5, 7 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 1.2 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
a deliberate, thoughtful deconstruction of 4X strategy that feels more like researching and debating historical perspectives than competing for dominance
postcolonial parodythoughtfulunconventionalturn-basededucationalphilosophicalslow-pacedreflective
What players say
Players praise the game for being a thoughtful postcolonial critique of the 4X genre, framed as students researching a project. But many report crashes that prevent finishing a game, and others find the systems unclear and confusing.
Screenshots
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