I'm slightly interested in Valheim, teetering on the "eh...maybe not" side. It looks cool with what looks like decent combat but I can't tell how grindy it is. Is it real time or more like Minecraft where day and night have its own cycle? And more importantly, can I save any time?

I've continued examining my Steam list by playing Civilization 4. I used to be a big DOS Civ player and got my ex to play it, which gripped her like a bear's jaw around a salmon. We played Civ 2, which was decent but had changes that didn't mesh ("what do you mean you can't take a city with a catapult?"). We did get Civ 3 with its nice tin but our play stopped. I snagged Civ 4 as part of some sale but never got around to playing it.

It's ok, but just seems to have a lot of busy work that I think started in Civ 2, like building mines or farms. It doesn't grab me as much as the simplicity of the first game.