I will say a controversial opinion, one that cannot easily be understood by those who have not played this gem but it must be said nonetheless: This game is better than Civilization.

Unconstrained by historical accuracy and weakness of mortals in its setting, Endless Legend springs forth from the usual box of 4X and unfolds into a world of magic and monsters. Every civilization plays uniquely with their own means and ends, weather events keep you on your toes, hulking titans roam around that may aid or obstruct you. Even combat keeps it fresh by being reminiscent to Heroes of Might & Magic where an army spread out from its stack and the very terrain and local layout becomes the temporary battleground.

The graphics are beautiful and the planet Auriga which you canonically play on is ever changing with harsh seasons and active minor factions scattered across to bribe or conquer, and assimilate into your nation.

Why bother with an inferior and more expensive 4X game such as Civ when you can play this? If you are a fan of this genre of games then it's a must-buy.

endless sleepers

If there is a maybe button, I would give this a maybe.
I honestly don't know how I feel about this, but since I received the game for completely free I would say, wait for discounts to buy this. The game is turn-based and you are allowed a very limited number of actions. The bigger your expansion throughout the map, the longer your turn is.

My friends and I received it for free thinking it was like a Civ5 or something but we were wrong. Everyone enters the turn doing whatever their action allows them to do and waits until everyone presses "enter next turn". Which means that the guy with the most expansion has the most action and most fun while the rest just sit there and wait for him to fully use up his actions. Its basically a waiting game.

If you love turn-based TTRPG then this may be for you, but for someone with ADHD like myself this game is torture, I would rather play Starcraft.