Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Shopkeeping games
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These games put buying, selling, stocking, pricing, or trading at the center of play.
medium
Public opinion is the system
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The game systems revolve around viewers, voters, surveillance, ratings, or public approval.
hard
Nautical survival and sailing
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The water is not scenery. Navigation, supplies, weather, drift, or survival at sea define the play.
tricky
Morally gray business sims
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These management games ask you to build an empire, then quietly let the ethics get weird, cynical, or profit-shaped.