Hi everyone! I just released the free demo of Bricks & Bribes, a turn-based strategy game about fighting over a city.
If you like games about money and power, you know the problem. The deep ones turn into spreadsheets you babysit, where one strategy wins every time and the goal is always "make the number go up". The light ones are so cartoonish that nothing works the way money really does.
Bricks & Bribes sits in between. The economy is boiled down to what matters, so you learn it in one match and every result makes sense: rent comes from people who need homes and jobs nearby, and land goes to whoever wants it most. And you never just grow a number. Each match hands you a different goal and puts you against rivals chasing theirs, so there is no recipe to repeat. You read the city, read your rivals, and fight for every block.
The best moment is when a rival's plan falls apart because you saw it coming and outbid them by a hair.
Free on Windows: a quick tutorial and a full match against computer rivals.