Stardew Valley is a farming simulator where you also work to develop friendships with the other townsfolk.

Stardew Valley is a farming simulator where you also work to develop friendships with the other townsfolk. Play involves exploring the world, making decisions about your farm and incrementally turning it into a thriving business.

Townscaper is a creative town-building game where you pick colours from the range available and click to put down a house in the sea.

Townscaper is a creative town-building game where you pick colours from the range available and click to put down a house in the sea. As you continue to add houses of different colours the game automatically orientates the architecture for you.

Astro's Playroom is a running and jumping game that launched with the PlayStation 5.

Astro's Playroom is a running and jumping game that launched with the PlayStation 5. It not only showcases the PS5's new DualSense controller but offers a loveable adventure with novel interactions and considerable substance.

Osu! is a rhythm action game where you tap the screen in time to the music similar to the Elite Beat Agents games.

Osu! is a rhythm action game where you tap the screen in time to the music similar to the Elite Beat Agents games. This starts as a simple challenge but develops in speed and complexity.

Storyteller is a puzzle game about building stories.

Storyteller is a puzzle game about building stories. You use a set of icons to match what is happening in each frame of the story.

Mini Metro is a sequencing strategy game where you create an ordered, efficient underground train system.

Mini Metro is a sequencing strategy game where you create an ordered, efficient underground train system. It sounds like hard work, but the simple Tube-map visuals, calm music, and streamlined interactions make this relaxing, like sudoku.

Mini Motorways is a sequencing strategy game by the same developer as Mini Metro but tasks you with planning a road network rather than a subway.

Mini Motorways is a sequencing strategy game by the same developer as Mini Metro but tasks you with planning a road network rather than a subway. You lay down roads, traffic lights and motorways to ensure enough cars can get to the buildings that pop up in your city as time passes.

Wood and Weather is a simulation game where you play god in a wooden toy city.

Wood and Weather is a simulation game where you play god in a wooden toy city. You interact with the world using your floating blue hand to change switches and control the weather.

Terra Nil is a strategy game where you use clean technology to bring life back to a barren world.

Terra Nil is a strategy game where you use clean technology to bring life back to a barren world. It's a city-building game where you aren't building a city at all, but a clean thriving ecology.

Loop Hero is a dungeon-exploring adventure game where you place cards to create a world for your character to survive.

Loop Hero is a dungeon-exploring adventure game where you place cards to create a world for your character to survive. Your hero automatically moves around a looped path and attacks enemies in their path.

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney is a courtroom murder mystery series where you piece together clues to challenge testimonies and uncover the truth.

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney is a courtroom murder mystery series where you piece together clues to challenge testimonies and uncover the truth. It’s like a visual novel, although you must interact with characters and evidence to progress.

Tren is a traversal-puzzle game set in a hand-crafted world as a wooden train, sailing boats and helicopters.

Tren is a traversal-puzzle game set in a hand-crafted world as a wooden train, sailing boats and helicopters. You control points, shunt trucks around, operate cranes and generally move cargo from one location to the next.

Threes is a puzzle game where you slide numbered tiles on a grid.

Railbound is a track-bending puzzle game where you lay track, switch points, and use tunnels to get the carriages to the engine in the right order.

Valkyria Chronicles 4 is a turn-based strategy game where you take command of a squad of soldiers and use your wits and tactics to plan and lead them to battle.

Valkyria Chronicles 4 is a turn-based strategy game where you take command of a squad of soldiers and use your wits and tactics to plan and lead them to battle. You play as Commander Claude Wallace and the soldiers of Squad E and experience a gripping tale of a tight-knit group of friends set out to turn the tides of war in a last-ditch secret mission.

Pikmin 4 is an action strategy game where you direct tiny, plant-like creatures to clean up the world and collect treasure.

Pikmin 4 is an action strategy game where you direct tiny, plant-like creatures to clean up the world and collect treasure. Different coloured Pikmins have different abilities, with several new types in this fourth game.

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp is a refreshed version of the classic turn-based war game.

Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp is a refreshed version of the classic turn-based war game. You take charge of a miniature army in tactical, turn-based combat.

Bomber Crew is a cartoon-styled World War 2 strategic bombing simulator.

Bomber Crew is a cartoon-styled World War 2 strategic bombing simulator. While it avoids the grim reality of these missions, it connects players to the extreme difficulty and danger of making it out and back again.

Iris and the Giant is a narrative strategy card game about a young girl named Iris who braves an imaginary world to tackle her inner demons and face her fears.

Iris and the Giant is a narrative strategy card game about a young girl named Iris who braves an imaginary world to tackle her inner demons and face her fears. It's a game about depression and anxiety where Iris uses escapism to cope with her life.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a life simulation game where you design your dream village in a world filled with anthropomorphic animals.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a life simulation game where you design your dream village in a world filled with anthropomorphic animals. Like other Animal Crossing games, you design and decorate your home, collect and sell items, chat and play with villagers, and partake in activities throughout the days and weeks.

Chessplosion is an action, puzzle game where you drop chess pieces on a board to trigger bombs in the shape of their related chess moves.

Chessplosion is an action, puzzle game where you drop chess pieces on a board to trigger bombs in the shape of their related chess moves. Your aim is to use the different pieces (and bomb attacks) to trap opponents like Bomberman.

Dig Dig Boom is a puzzle game about traversing a mine with explosives to recover buried treasure.

Dig Dig Boom is a puzzle game about traversing a mine with explosives to recover buried treasure. The turn-based play means you can take your time with each move, placement of dynamite and gem collecting.

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is a crime adventure about a down-on-his-luck detective duck.

Duck Detective: The Secret Salami is a crime adventure about a down-on-his-luck detective duck. Play involves exploring the crime scenes to find clues and using them to complete statements about what happened.

Bingle Bingle is a Roulette-themed puzzle game where you craft a Roulette wheel to enable ever higher scores.

Bingle Bingle is a Roulette-themed puzzle game where you craft a Roulette wheel to enable ever higher scores. Play involves not only placing bets but influencing the make-up and multipliers of the wheel.

Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items.

Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items. Play involves exploring the world to find resources and good locations to build.

Sid Meier's Civilization is a long-running strategy game where you develop a society from hunter-gatherer to space travel.

Sid Meier's Civilization is a long-running strategy game where you develop a society from hunter-gatherer to space travel. There are many ways to approach this challenge; socially, militarily, politically or perhaps by building wonders to impress other nations.

Factorio is a construction strategy game where you crash-land on an alien planet and must harvest resources to create industry to build a rocket to escape (or fall in love with running your factory and stay on longer).

Factorio is a construction strategy game where you crash-land on an alien planet and must harvest resources to create industry to build a rocket to escape (or fall in love with running your factory and stay on longer). Factorio is a construction management simulation where you control your resources by clicking and dragging.

Into the Breach is a fantasy turn-based battle.

Into the Breach is a fantasy turn-based battle. It's set in a future where humanity fights an army of giant monsters.

Football Manager is a football management simulation video game that started back in 1992 and has evolved each year.

Football Manager is a football management simulation video game that started back in 1992 and has evolved each year. Now fully licenced for most of the Football Leagues, it offers an intricate way to manage a Football Club of your own.

King of Dragon Pass is a fantasy strategy game where you control barbarian clans settling in the dangerous frontier region of Dragon Pass.

King of Dragon Pass is a fantasy strategy game where you control barbarian clans settling in the dangerous frontier region of Dragon Pass. You play as the Orlanthi clan, who have fled from their home after a foreign magician has usurped the throne.

A Little To The Left is a puzzle game where you tidy a house into meticulous order.

A Little To The Left is a puzzle game where you tidy a house into meticulous order. Each puzzle presents everyday objects and some evidence of how they should be organised.

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (known as TABS) is a fighting game where you choose different armies and troops to battle each other in an automatic simulation that models their offensive and defensive abilities.

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (known as TABS) is a fighting game where you choose different armies and troops to battle each other in an automatic simulation that models their offensive and defensive abilities. Once set up, the fight is largely automatic and calculated by the simulation rather than human input.

Slime Rancher is a farming simulation with a difference - rather than chickens, sheep or cows, you farm Slimes.

Slime Rancher is a farming simulation with a difference - rather than chickens, sheep or cows, you farm Slimes. As you gather more Slimes and species, you collect more types of Plorts from them, which can be used to upgrade your farm and your gear.

Game Builder Garage enables anyone to make video games.

Game Builder Garage enables anyone to make video games. Unlike other game makers, this offers in-depth lessons to take you from the basics to advanced techniques.

Ready or Not is a tactical shooting game, where you need restraint and discipline as much as a quick trigger finger.

Ready or Not is a tactical shooting game, where you need restraint and discipline as much as a quick trigger finger. Like Rainbow Six Siege, you take on tactical missions with other people and must work together to apprehend suspects with minimal casualties.

Zoo Tycoon is a zoo simulator series where you take charge of a zoo business, build the park, care for animals and attract visitors.

Zoo Tycoon is a zoo simulator series where you take charge of a zoo business, build the park, care for animals and attract visitors. You can build, expand, and upgrade the zoo by purchasing animals, creating suitable animal habitats, and allocating staff and resources for animal maintenance and care.

Lego Worlds takes virtual building back to the classic bricks with familiar figures, buildings and challenges from other Lego video games in an open world where your imagination can go wild in a bottomless bucket of bricks.

One Hour One Life is a civilisation survival game where each player lives a whole life in an hour of play and then passes away.

One Hour One Life is a civilisation survival game where each player lives a whole life in an hour of play and then passes away. Born as a baby into the care of anonymous other online players, you initially depend on them for food.

Potion Craft is a puzzle adventure game where you create potions in an ancient-looking workshop to send your bottle around the map.

Potion Craft is a puzzle adventure game where you create potions in an ancient-looking workshop to send your bottle around the map. You combine ingredients, fire and water to move your bottle along the map to the target location and brew a potion to help your village.

Paradise Killer is a detective game set in the open world of Paradise Island.

Paradise Killer is a detective game set in the open world of Paradise Island. It's a strange place with quirky characters and an alien obsessed, demon worshiping world.

Grounded is a survival game where you are tiny and find yourself in someone’s back garden.

Grounded is a survival game where you are tiny and find yourself in someone’s back garden. It’s like Honey I Shrunk The Kids meets Fortnite.

Skyblock is a game played on Minecraft servers where you start on a bare island floating in the sky and must gather resources to thrive and reach other players.

Skyblock is a game played on Minecraft servers where you start on a bare island floating in the sky and must gather resources to thrive and reach other players. It's the Minecraft equivalent to being washed up on a desert island and is hugely popular.

Paralives is a simulation game where you build houses for people and then control how they live.

Paralives is a simulation game where you build houses for people and then control how they live. It's inspired by games like the Sims, however, you have complete control over every aspect of the design of the house and its residents.

Viva Pinata is a strategy garden simulation where you tend and care for 60 different piñata animals.

Viva Pinata is a strategy garden simulation where you tend and care for 60 different piñata animals. Play involves interacting with the Pinata themselves, but also creating the right environment to attract new creatures and helping them thrive.

Hundred Days, Winemaking Simulator is a strategy game about making wine.

Hundred Days, Winemaking Simulator is a strategy game about making wine. You control every aspect of a new Winery, choose vines, and learn how to grow them and when to harvest.

Summer in Mara is a farming game with a strong narrative about an adventurous girl called Koa.

Summer in Mara is a farming game with a strong narrative about an adventurous girl called Koa. With a full day-night and season cycle, you can take the challenge on at your own pace as you build your farm and explore the world around you Take care of the island, harvest crops, create tools and buildings and sail with your boat to discover new islands and secrets.

Surviving Mars is a colony simulation game based on the real geography of Mars.

Surviving Mars is a colony simulation game based on the real geography of Mars. You build and maintain a liveable habitat while balancing resources and researching new ways to adapt to the hostile environment.

The Wandering Village is a strategy game where you build a city on the back of a giant, wandering creature called Onbu.

The Wandering Village is a strategy game where you build a city on the back of a giant, wandering creature called Onbu. It's unusual because as well as building a thriving settlement, you have to also take care of the creature on whom you are building.

Triple Town is a puzzle game where you expand an empire by building cities in a limited space.

Triple Town is a puzzle game where you expand an empire by building cities in a limited space. You combine lower-value pieces into better ones to improve your city and make the best use of available space.

Papers, Please is a narrative puzzle game where you play the role of a border-crossing immigration officer in the fictional dystopian Eastern Bloc-like country of Arstotzka.

Papers, Please is a narrative puzzle game where you play the role of a border-crossing immigration officer in the fictional dystopian Eastern Bloc-like country of Arstotzka. You review each immigrant’s and returning citizen’s passports and paperwork according to an increasing list of changing rules stemming from a volatile political landscape.

The Sims puts you in charge of a world of characters living normal lives.

The Sims puts you in charge of a world of characters living normal lives. By providing a home, a job, leisure, friendships and even a love interest, you work to make them happy.

Puzzle Quest 3 is the latest in a series of games that combine role-playing with tile-matching puzzles.

Puzzle Quest 3 is the latest in a series of games that combine role-playing with tile-matching puzzles. Set in a fantasy world, you move around the map, encountering monsters and other enemies.

Heaven's Vault is a communication adventure game you play an archaeologist translating an ancient alien language whose decrypting weaves through an unfolding drama.

Heaven's Vault is a communication adventure game you play an archaeologist translating an ancient alien language whose decrypting weaves through an unfolding drama. While doing real linguistic work you interact with companions and locals.

Orwell's Animal Farm is an adventure game with a decent slice of strategy, all brought to life with beautiful hand-drawn storybook art.

Orwell's Animal Farm is an adventure game with a decent slice of strategy, all brought to life with beautiful hand-drawn storybook art. As the name suggests, the game is based on the 1945 literary classic Animal Farm by George Orwell, which uses a farm as an allegory to reflect events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.

The Finals is an online shooting game where you are a contestant in a violent game show.

The Finals is an online shooting game where you are a contestant in a violent game show. You play from first-person perspective, aiming to shoot opponents before they shoot you.

Eco extends the resource-collecting and building of Minecraft by introducing environmental implications to your actions.

Eco extends the resource-collecting and building of Minecraft by introducing environmental implications to your actions. Using resources like trees will erode the soil; mining might pollute the river; and each animal depends on another.

Evil Genius 2 is a tongue-in-cheek strategy game where you play the evil villain.

Evil Genius 2 is a tongue-in-cheek strategy game where you play the evil villain. You must build a detailed, functional lair from where you can take control of the world.

Outlanders is a building simulation where you are the leader of a group of regular people building a town together.

Outlanders is a building simulation where you are the leader of a group of regular people building a town together. Some want to survive, while others want to build amazing things.

Democratic Socialism Simulator is a puzzle game where you run for office and then run a country.

Democratic Socialism Simulator is a puzzle game where you run for office and then run a country. It offers a flow of questions with a yes or no response.

Imagine Earth is a simulation strategy where you manage space colonies for a huge corporation.

Imagine Earth is a simulation strategy where you manage space colonies for a huge corporation. You gather resources, manage your finances, shape the planets and expand your cities while fending off rival companies and alien invaders.

Buildings Have Feelings Too is set in a city where buildings can walk and talk.

Buildings Have Feelings Too is set in a city where buildings can walk and talk. Not only that, but each has aspirations, hopes and fears.

Lil' Guardsman is a puzzle adventure where you play a 12-year-old covering her dad's shift at the guardhouse.

Lil' Guardsman is a puzzle adventure where you play a 12-year-old covering her dad's shift at the guardhouse. Play involves questioning each person who wants to pass to determine who to admit or deny.

Parkasaurus is a strategy simulation game where you create a dinosaur park for people to visit.

Parkasaurus is a strategy simulation game where you create a dinosaur park for people to visit. You need to construct well-designed exhibits, research specialised technology and maximize profits so you can expand with more dinosaurs.

112 Operator and its predecessor, 911 Operator, are strategy games that put you in control of the emergency services as they fight natural disasters, crime and terrorism.

112 Operator and its predecessor, 911 Operator, are strategy games that put you in control of the emergency services as they fight natural disasters, crime and terrorism. You choose how to deal with each scenarios and work your way up the chain of command, gaining more and more responsibility and control.

From Dust is a strategy game.

From Dust is a strategy game. You play as an all powerful God of a primitive people.

Haste Broken Worlds is a super fast racing and reaction game where you guide a running character through a changing landscape.

Haste Broken Worlds is a super fast racing and reaction game where you guide a running character through a changing landscape. You play by directing your character to avoid running into things, using boosts and gliding to find the best way forward.

Tinykin is a puzzle game where you play Milo.

Tinykin is a puzzle game where you play Milo. You have landed on Earth in 1991 but are tiny.

Beholder is a detective game where you spy on tenants in a building, discover their secrets and report violations of laws to the authorities.

Beholder is a detective game where you spy on tenants in a building, discover their secrets and report violations of laws to the authorities. As the game unfolds and you see more of the controlling totalitarian state, an uneasy tension develops between your conscience and your mission.

Humankind is a strategy game where you develop a civilisation through the many ages of humanity's existence, from the nomadic tribes of ancient history to the space age.

Mario Tennis Aces is the latest in the series of tennis game.

Mario Tennis Aces is the latest in the series of tennis game. These games recreate a relatively traditional game of tennis, although you play as Nintendo characters who each have special moves and powers.

Tetris is a longstanding puzzle game where you make horizontal lines by placing differently shaped tiles in a well.

Tetris is a longstanding puzzle game where you make horizontal lines by placing differently shaped tiles in a well. It's simple and fun, but as the pieces speed up it gets increasingly difficult.

Watch Dogs 2 is a futuristic adventure game where you explore a city and use technology to foil your enemies.

Watch Dogs 2 is a futuristic adventure game where you explore a city and use technology to foil your enemies. It's the second game in the series and set in a fictionalised San Francisco Bay Area.

Marching Order puts you in charge of a disorderly animal marching band.

Marching Order puts you in charge of a disorderly animal marching band. Listen to each animal’s requests to get them in the right order in the game about sequence, rules and order.

Pocket City is a creative strategy game where you build your own living breathing city by creating residential, commercial, and industrial zones, as well as placing special buildings.

Pocket City is a creative strategy game where you build your own living breathing city by creating residential, commercial, and industrial zones, as well as placing special buildings. In addition to this Sim City-style play you earn points to upgrade by completing missions.

Spelltower+ is a word-spotting game a little like Boggle mixed with Tetris.

Spelltower+ is a word-spotting game a little like Boggle mixed with Tetris. As you play, more tiles rise from the bottom of the screen so you need to pick good words to clear down the letters and avoid any letters make it to the top row.

Cult Of The Lamb is a god-sim strategy game, where you are a cult leader rather than an actual god.

Cult Of The Lamb is a god-sim strategy game, where you are a cult leader rather than an actual god. You play a lamb and start your own cult as you venture out into the world of woodland worshippers.

Dying Light is a pair of role play survival games set in a zombie infested city.

Dying Light is a pair of role play survival games set in a zombie infested city. Following in the line of Dead Island and Call of Juarez, you explore a dynamic open city, scaling buildings and hunting for rescues.

Fly Together! is a strategy puzzle game where you need to direct planes to different airports so passengers can get to their destinations.

Fly Together! is a strategy puzzle game where you need to direct planes to different airports so passengers can get to their destinations. You do this against the clock, by drawing flight paths and avoiding collisions in increasingly challenging action puzzles.

Football Chairman Pro is a simulation strategy game about running a football (soccer) club.

Football Chairman Pro is a simulation strategy game about running a football (soccer) club. The game has over two million downloads for its accurate and complex simulation of running a football club.

Project Zomboid is a zombie-infested open-world strategy game.

Project Zomboid is a zombie-infested open-world strategy game. It's a survival game that's designed to be really hard.

RimWorld is a sci-fi strategy game about survival, trading, exploring and developing your colony.

RimWorld is a sci-fi strategy game about survival, trading, exploring and developing your colony. You start the game with three survivors of a shipwreck on a distant planet and begin to craft structures, weapons and clothes.

The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War, also called Lord of the Rings: War, is an online strategy game where you play against other players in factions and try and conquer land.

The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War, also called Lord of the Rings: War, is an online strategy game where you play against other players in factions and try and conquer land. It includes all of Tolkien's world, from Hobbiton to Rivendell and Isengard to Barad-dûr in a huge map filled with monsters and resources you can use to expand your army.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a turn-based strategy game with a large strategic map that leads to multiple turn-based battles.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a turn-based strategy game with a large strategic map that leads to multiple turn-based battles. You build your empire with one of six unique factions, progress through each faction’s missions using your wits, military strength and diplomacy, explore planetary ruins and encounter other survivors as you unravel the history of a shattered civilization.

Before We Leave is a city building simulation and strategy game.

Before We Leave is a city building simulation and strategy game. Humanity has been living in bunkers after a great calamity, and are emerging to start a new life by building farms, industry and trade routes throughout the solar system.

Claustrofactory is a time management factory simulation.

Claustrofactory is a time management factory simulation. You build factories on a grid to connect their processes and make products using conveyors and assemblers and pickers.

Home Quest is a strategy game where you incrementally build a town, recruit an army and manage your economy.

Home Quest is a strategy game where you incrementally build a town, recruit an army and manage your economy. Like other idle games, it's a familiar set-up where you tap buttons to assign resources and then wait for the results.

Llama Villa is a simulation game about managing a llama farm.

Llama Villa is a simulation game about managing a llama farm. You buy a llama, sell the wool and build him a mansion to live in with lots of llama friends.

Dish Life: The Game is a puzzle narrative game where you play a stem cell researcher, managing a laboratory and growing stem cells.

Dish Life: The Game is a puzzle narrative game where you play a stem cell researcher, managing a laboratory and growing stem cells. You begin as an undergraduate in the lab and start growing your stem cells, which are complete with animated faces.

Foundation is a city-building simulation game where you create networks of supply and consumption in a medieval village.

Foundation is a city-building simulation game where you create networks of supply and consumption in a medieval village. You not only develop structures, gather resources and create your own unique settlement, but also manage the individual needs of each villager as the lord of the town.

Rain on Your Parade is a slapstick puzzle game where you play a mischievous cloud ruining everybody’s day.

Rain on Your Parade is a slapstick puzzle game where you play a mischievous cloud ruining everybody’s day. "You are a cloud jerk," says the trailer.

Rivengard is a strategy battle game where you fight creatures with fantasy superheroes.

Rivengard is a strategy battle game where you fight creatures with fantasy superheroes. You upgrade your team to make them as powerful as possible then use them in turn-based encounters requiring tactical prowess.

Traffix is a puzzle game that puts you in charge of traffic lights on different road systems.

Traffix is a puzzle game that puts you in charge of traffic lights on different road systems. By changing the lights to red, orange and green you work to get traffic to flow on increasingly complex and busy roads.

Universal Paperclips is an adventure game about making paperclips.

Universal Paperclips is an adventure game about making paperclips. It sounds simple, but behind the incremental process of clicking a button to create these paperclips is a story about how the desire to make paperclips (or anything) if fully realised and unrestrained will take over the entire world.

Against the Storm is a construction-based strategy game where you build outposts, towns and villages in an eternally rainy world.

Against the Storm is a construction-based strategy game where you build outposts, towns and villages in an eternally rainy world. Unlike other city builders, this is a game where you attempt and fail over and over.

Captain Tsubasa Dream Team (Captain Tsubasa Flash Kicker Dream Team on Android) is a game set in the world of a Japanese cartoon about football.

Captain Tsubasa Dream Team (Captain Tsubasa Flash Kicker Dream Team on Android) is a game set in the world of a Japanese cartoon about football. It's a tactical rather than action game.

Do I Have A Right? is a puzzle game where you run a law firm that takes pro-bono cases where client's rights have been infringed.

Do I Have A Right? is a puzzle game where you run a law firm that takes pro-bono cases where client's rights have been infringed. It's like Diner Dash, with a stream of customers whose needs must be met.

Elite Dangerous is a new version of the classic 1980s space game Elite.

Elite Dangerous is a new version of the classic 1980s space game Elite. Like the original, it’s a space exploration, trading and combat game that provides a huge and rich universe rather than a specific story.

Immigration Nation is a strategy game about guiding newcomers to the country along their path to citizenship.

Immigration Nation is a strategy game about guiding newcomers to the country along their path to citizenship. You are in charge of Immigration Bay with an inflow of boats, each with their own story to understand.