Probably my favorite type of game, I've played dozens of them but I'm always looking for something good I might have missed. My personal favorite for the past few years has definitely been Farthest Frontier but theres been a ton of good ones. And if anyone else is looking for recommendations let me what you like and I probably know something that fits.
Dorf Fortess by a huge margin. It's so much weirder and more complex than most of it's competitors and doesn't force you to have neoliberal car brain. Plus the warcrimes you can commit are endlessly amusing.
RIP to merfolk farming
Apparently they've domesticated angels now, somehow, so fresh horrors abound.
Awesome