Golden Frontier

Absolutist sets its builder in the Wild West and uses the setting properly. Mining sits alongside cultivation as a primary resource stream, and gold hunting gives exploration a payoff that a purely agricultural game would not have.

Crafting is the middle layer: raw materials become goods, goods build the settlement, and the settlement unlocks new locations. The chain is long enough to plan around and short enough to follow without notes.

Neighbours can be invited for trade and co-operation, which speeds progress considerably — though the single-player route works on its own.

1. Secure a steady resource stream from mining and crops.
2. Craft goods rather than trading raw materials.
3. Spend on buildings that unlock new locations.
4. Add neighbours for trade if you want faster progress.

Unlock locations before upgrading buildings. New ground brings resources you cannot get at home, and an upgraded building with nothing to process is money parked.