Bread, Game Development, and MCP

I'm a real 4X games buff. Up to a certain amount of complexity, anyway. Civ (well, except 7), Endless Space, Age of Wonders, etc. all of those, I enjoy. I don't mind a learning curve, but I just don't have the time any more for the really heavy duty ones. Victoria, Crusader Kings, or Europa Universalis are a bridge too far, I'm on the fence about Stellaris. To feed this craving, I poke around various game sites' sales, hoping to find another hidden gem. In the last Steam