#puzzlecraft

In a sea of city building games, Puzzlecraft didn't stand out even a little bit. But upon playing it, it ended up being a nice surprise. It has in-app purchases, but can be played without having to resort to those. Advancing through the game is paced at a reasonable speed and it will take a week or two of casual playing to actually finish the game.

The premise of the game is simple - you farm and mine resources, use the resources to advance your city and craft more tools, and then use those advancements to mine resources even more efficiently. Farming and mining is very similar to those "connect the colors" games where you have to use your finger to trace as many adjacent resources of the same type.