Play Eufloria for the PC for Simple Strategy

As I'm writing this PC video game review, I'm waiting for the population on two of my planets to increase enough that I can attack a neighboring planet that I have yet to explore. No, it's not NASA.

My planet's inhabitants are nothing more complicated than a series of plants and seedlings. The seedlings are the ones that do the attacking, and actually my second planet was just invaded by seedlings of another color. No, it isn't a virtual garden.

It's Eufloria.

This PC video game is Eufloria (formerly known as Dyson); a simple point-and-click strategy PC video game that I downloaded the demo of a few months ago and wasn't able to stop playing. I finally convinced myself to download the full version of the video game, and I haven't been able to stop playing since.

Released in October of 2009, Eufloria is a PC video game that is picking up speed with PC gamers who have enjoyed population control video games like SimCity, and the planetary abduction in video games like Spore. Eufloria is a flower of a different color though, marked by its incredible simplicity.

To play Eufloria, the only commands you need to know are the left click (selecting planets to review their stats) and right click (assigning seedlings a place to attack). Eufloria's soundtrack is calm and soothing and can easily be listened to in the background while working on other projects if you've got the game zoomed out away from planets. If you want to be more tuned into the action, zoom in on the planet to see and hear explosions, aerial dogfights and lasers.

Speaking of working on other projects, Eufloria is the perfect video game for multi-taskers who want to take over the world while they are working on their TPS reports. Seedlings will continue to multiply and defend their planets while the video game runs in the background and because Eufloria's soundtrack is so non-invasive, each of your eight bosses will think you just have your music playing at a low and reasonable volume.

Eufloria can be purchased either at Direct2Drive or Steam for $19.99, although I waited for Steam to have a weekend sale where I downloaded it for $9.99. Because Eufloria is so simple a concept, I feel the $19.99 price tag is a little steep, but if you can find the game on sale for $10 or less it is definitely a great investment in an often surreal bit of time wasting goodness.