spreadsheet simulator

Derogatory term for the grand strategy genre of video games. These games require a significant amount of resource management that boils down to maintaining a macro economy through numbers alone. Spreadsheet simulator can also refer to another kind of strategy game such as an RTS or 4X game as long as resource management is integral to the gameplay.

For fuck's sake, all of the Paradox Interactive games are spreadsheet simulators!

by my name is not billy December 30, 2021