Game: Virtual Villagers: Origins

Virtual Villagers: Origins boils the classic Virtual Villagers series of simulation games down into a digestible, freemium game you can play on iOS devices. If you're not familiar with the series, then it's best described as a line of "god games" where you try to build a tiny village that supports only a handful of people into a happy civilization, while investigating secrets in the landscape around you. Villagers can be trained for specialized skills that become more valuable as your civilization's population and technology levels increase.