mechanics 199 records
Mechanics
Every mechanic as its icon, grouped by family and ordered by how many games use it. The table below holds every score: rubric anchors from 1 to 5, and exposure, the maturity-weighted reach of the technique set.
Economy & finance · 19 mechanics
178 uses across the catalog
Treasury and budget
29 games1973
Contracts and orders
17 games1994
Staff hiring and rosters
17 games1994
Trade routes
17 games1984
Loans and debt
14 games1990
Taxation
14 games1989
Supply-demand pricing
10 games1983
Customer value choice
8 games1973
Rival firms
8 games1983
Advertising and awareness
7 games1973
Labor market
5 games1998
Land value
5 games1989
Player-driven markets
5 games2003
Auctions
4 games1983
Equity and buyouts
4 games1990
Negotiation
4 games1994
Product development
4 games1997
RCI demand
4 games1989
Delivery-time payment
2 games1990
Agents & behavior · 16 mechanics
178 uses across the catalog
Agent skills
35 games1993
Needs decay
31 games1985
Personality traits
26 games1985
Utility action selection
18 games1994
Memories and thoughts
11 games1999
Agent pathfinding
9 games1994
Daily schedules
8 games1985
Mood and breakdowns
8 games2006
Crowd preferences
6 games1994
Work priorities
6 games1991
Creature learning
5 games1995
Smart objects
4 games2000
Aspirations and wants
3 games2004
Attribute-driven match engine
3 games1999
Autonomy levels
3 games2000
Stress accumulation
2 games2006
Logistics & networks · 14 mechanics
86 uses across the catalog
Fluid pipe networks
12 games1993
Service coverage
11 games1989
Vehicle routes and schedules
10 games1990
Conveyor transport
9 games2013
Road networks
8 games1991
Service queues
7 games1994
Traffic congestion
6 games1989
Hauling jobs
5 games2006
Public transit lines
5 games2003
Rail signaling
5 games1990
Request-provider logistics
2 games2013
Supply lines
2 games2016
Travel mode choice
2 games2015
Walker service delivery
2 games1998
Resources & production · 14 mechanics
203 uses across the catalog
Production chains
38 games1983
Resource extraction
29 games1982
Crop cultivation
25 games1968
Power grid
22 games1989
Storage and buffers
19 games1998
Hand crafting
18 games1997
Goods consumption
17 games1968
Spoilage
10 games1968
Renewable regrowth
6 games2012
Deposit depletion
5 games1994
Machine boosting
5 games2013
Quality tiers
4 games1995
Byproducts and waste
3 games2017
Power allocation
2 games2012
Physics & materials · 12 mechanics
68 uses across the catalog
Rigid-body physics
13 games1993
Fluid and gas simulation
11 games2006
Heat transfer
9 games2006
Vehicle dynamics
9 games1997
Material interactions
8 games1993
Flight aerodynamics
5 games1995
Projectile ballistics
4 games2005
Falling-sand materials
2 games2008
Orbital mechanics
2 games2008
Terrain deformation
2 games2020
Voxel destruction
2 games2013
Soft-body deformation
1 games2013
Space & construction · 12 mechanics
183 uses across the catalog
Building placement
77 games1970
Modular assembly
27 games1993
Terraforming
19 games1989
Decoration and beauty
11 games1998
Zoning
10 games1989
Vertical layers
9 games1991
Design performance rating
8 games1999
Room recognition
6 games2006
Structural integrity
5 games2015
Track laying
5 games1990
Adjacency scoring
4 games1983
Procedural build assist
2 games2020
Control & automation · 11 mechanics
120 uses across the catalog
Direct avatar control
32 games1983
Unit commands
18 games1982
Embodied skill control
14 games1984
Signal circuits
12 games1993
Blueprints
11 games1995
Player programming
10 games2003
Delegation to AI managers
7 games1995
Designation orders
5 games2006
God powers
5 games1989
Execution budget
4 games2014
Programming by demonstration
2 games2019
Environment & ecology · 10 mechanics
123 uses across the catalog
Information & legibility · 10 mechanics
50 uses across the catalog
Governance & policy · 9 mechanics
64 uses across the catalog
Population & lineage · 9 mechanics
63 uses across the catalog
Risk & failure · 9 mechanics
89 uses across the catalog
Progression & goals · 8 mechanics
140 uses across the catalog
Social relations · 8 mechanics
94 uses across the catalog
Multiplayer & persistence · 7 mechanics
99 uses across the catalog
Biology & health · 6 mechanics
41 uses across the catalog
Narrative & generation · 6 mechanics
39 uses across the catalog
Time & pacing · 6 mechanics
122 uses across the catalog
Conflict & defense · 5 mechanics
37 uses across the catalog
Operation & procedure · 4 mechanics
13 uses across the catalog
World generation · 4 mechanics
33 uses across the catalog
plain-text twin · 199 rows, sortable
| name | family | games | first seen | maturity | legibility | emergence | ai leverage | exposure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pause and speed control | Time & pacing | 83 | 1970 | Classic | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Building placement | Space & construction | 77 | 1970 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Modding API | Multiplayer & persistence | 55 | 1995 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Tech tree | Progression & goals | 43 | 1991 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Scenario objectives | Progression & goals | 40 | 1989 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Production chains | Resources & production | 38 | 1983 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Agent skills | Agents & behavior | 35 | 1993 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.25 |
| Direct avatar control | Control & automation | 32 | 1983 | Classic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2.75 |
| Needs decay | Agents & behavior | 31 | 1985 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Resource extraction | Resources & production | 29 | 1982 | Classic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Treasury and budget | Economy & finance | 29 | 1973 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Modular assembly | Space & construction | 27 | 1993 | Established | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.35 |
| Weather | Environment & ecology | 27 | 1971 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.688 |
| Personality traits | Agents & behavior | 26 | 1985 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.188 |
| Crop cultivation | Resources & production | 25 | 1968 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Content sharing | Multiplayer & persistence | 24 | 1993 | Established | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Milestone unlocks | Progression & goals | 24 | 1984 | Established | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Lifecycle and aging | Population & lineage | 23 | 1991 | Classic | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Reputation | Social relations | 23 | 1984 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.188 |
| Power grid | Resources & production | 22 | 1989 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Permadeath | Risk & failure | 21 | 1971 | Classic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Relationship values | Social relations | 21 | 1996 | Classic | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Day-night cycle | Environment & ecology | 20 | 1995 | Classic | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.75 |
| Procedural terrain | World generation | 20 | 1984 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.188 |
| Wear and breakdown | Risk & failure | 20 | 1994 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Random disasters | Risk & failure | 19 | 1968 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.188 |
| Storage and buffers | Resources & production | 19 | 1998 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Terraforming | Space & construction | 19 | 1989 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Fire spread | Environment & ecology | 18 | 1989 | Classic | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Hand crafting | Resources & production | 18 | 1997 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.75 |
| Unit commands | Control & automation | 18 | 1982 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1.562 |
| Utility action selection | Agents & behavior | 18 | 1994 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2.95 |
| Contracts and orders | Economy & finance | 17 | 1994 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Goods consumption | Resources & production | 17 | 1968 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Staff hiring and rosters | Economy & finance | 17 | 1994 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Trade routes | Economy & finance | 17 | 1984 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Triggered event chains | Narrative & generation | 17 | 1993 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.05 |
| Seasons | Environment & ecology | 16 | 1996 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Faction diplomacy | Social relations | 15 | 1985 | Classic | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.812 |
| Policy toggles | Governance & policy | 15 | 1991 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Raid defense | Conflict & defense | 15 | 1998 | Established | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Embodied skill control | Control & automation | 14 | 1984 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.9 |
| Loans and debt | Economy & finance | 14 | 1990 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Taxation | Economy & finance | 14 | 1989 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.188 |
| Career ladder | Progression & goals | 13 | 1993 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Fog of war | Information & legibility | 13 | 1991 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.188 |
| Population strata | Population & lineage | 13 | 1991 | Established | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rigid-body physics | Physics & materials | 13 | 1993 | Classic | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2.788 |
| Survival meters | Biology & health | 13 | 1971 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Fluid pipe networks | Logistics & networks | 12 | 1993 | Established | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Habitat suitability | Environment & ecology | 12 | 1989 | Established | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Romance and family | Social relations | 12 | 1996 | Classic | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Signal circuits | Control & automation | 12 | 1993 | Established | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Stability and unrest | Governance & policy | 12 | 1982 | Classic | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Turn structure | Time & pacing | 12 | 1968 | Classic | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Blueprints | Control & automation | 11 | 1995 | Established | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Decoration and beauty | Space & construction | 11 | 1998 | Classic | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.375 |
| Fluid and gas simulation | Physics & materials | 11 | 2006 | Established | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Memories and thoughts | Agents & behavior | 11 | 1999 | Established | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.812 |
| Natural-language interaction | Social relations | 11 | 1985 | Established | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2.175 |
| Service coverage | Logistics & networks | 11 | 1989 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Citizen satisfaction | Governance & policy | 10 | 1982 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Contagion | Environment & ecology | 10 | 1996 | Established | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Crisis countdown | Time & pacing | 10 | 2011 | Established | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Player programming | Control & automation | 10 | 2003 | Established | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Spoilage | Resources & production | 10 | 1968 | Established | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Supply-demand pricing | Economy & finance | 10 | 1983 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.287 |
| Vehicle routes and schedules | Logistics & networks | 10 | 1990 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Zoning | Space & construction | 10 | 1989 | Classic | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.375 |
| Adaptive threat scaling | Risk & failure | 9 | 2006 | Established | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.775 |
| Agent pathfinding | Agents & behavior | 9 | 1994 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1.25 |
| Animal husbandry | Biology & health | 9 | 1996 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Conveyor transport | Logistics & networks | 9 | 2013 | Established | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Heat transfer | Physics & materials | 9 | 2006 | Established | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Vehicle dynamics | Physics & materials | 9 | 1997 | Classic | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.413 |
| Vertical layers | Space & construction | 9 | 1991 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Customer value choice | Economy & finance | 8 | 1973 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.25 |
| Daily schedules | Agents & behavior | 8 | 1985 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 |
| Design performance rating | Space & construction | 8 | 1999 | Established | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.438 |
| Material interactions | Physics & materials | 8 | 1993 | Established | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.938 |
| Mood and breakdowns | Agents & behavior | 8 | 2006 | Established | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Real-time clock | Time & pacing | 8 | 1996 | Classic | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rival firms | Economy & finance | 8 | 1983 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.188 |
| Road networks | Logistics & networks | 8 | 1991 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Advertising and awareness | Economy & finance | 7 | 1973 | Classic | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.188 |
| Collection goals | Progression & goals | 7 | 1997 | Classic | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0.75 |
| Creature care | Biology & health | 7 | 1985 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Delegation to AI managers | Control & automation | 7 | 1995 | Established | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.062 |
| Dilemma cards | Narrative & generation | 7 | 2004 | Established | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.225 |
| Elections | Governance & policy | 7 | 2003 | Established | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.438 |
| Generative content on demand | Narrative & generation | 7 | 2019 | Emerging | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5.812 |
| Injury body model | Biology & health | 7 | 2006 | Established | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.25 |
| Persistent shared world | Multiplayer & persistence | 7 | 1997 | Classic | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.188 |
| Political capital | Governance & policy | 7 | 2013 | Established | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pollution spread | Environment & ecology | 7 | 1989 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.188 |
| Procedural characters | World generation | 7 | 1985 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 |
| Service queues | Logistics & networks | 7 | 1994 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.188 |
| Social exchanges | Social relations | 7 | 2000 | Established | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.312 |
| Statistical combat resolution | Conflict & defense | 7 | 1991 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Stats dashboards | Information & legibility | 7 | 1992 | Classic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Trait inheritance | Population & lineage | 7 | 1992 | Established | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.188 |
| Advisors | Information & legibility | 6 | 1968 | Classic | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1.125 |
| Crime and policing | Risk & failure | 6 | 1989 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Crowd preferences | Agents & behavior | 6 | 1994 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.375 |
| Interest groups | Governance & policy | 6 | 2013 | Established | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.188 |
| Megaproject sink | Progression & goals | 6 | 1999 | Established | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Procedural checklists | Operation & procedure | 6 | 1995 | Established | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Renewable regrowth | Resources & production | 6 | 2012 | Established | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Room recognition | Space & construction | 6 | 2006 | Established | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Territorial control | Conflict & defense | 6 | 1991 | Classic | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Traffic congestion | Logistics & networks | 6 | 1989 | Classic | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.45 |
| Work priorities | Agents & behavior | 6 | 1991 | Established | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Agent inspection | Information & legibility | 5 | 1996 | Classic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Creature learning | Agents & behavior | 5 | 1995 | Established | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0.625 |
| Daily action budget | Time & pacing | 5 | 1993 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Data overlays | Information & legibility | 5 | 1985 | Classic | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dated technology timeline | Progression & goals | 5 | 1990 | Classic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Deposit depletion | Resources & production | 5 | 1994 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Designation orders | Control & automation | 5 | 2006 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Flight aerodynamics | Physics & materials | 5 | 1995 | Classic | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.188 |
| God powers | Control & automation | 5 | 1989 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Hauling jobs | Logistics & networks | 5 | 2006 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Labor market | Economy & finance | 5 | 1998 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.25 |
| Land value | Economy & finance | 5 | 1989 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Machine boosting | Resources & production | 5 | 2013 | Established | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Planetary climate | Environment & ecology | 5 | 1990 | Established | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.188 |
| Player organizations | Multiplayer & persistence | 5 | 1997 | Classic | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Player-driven markets | Economy & finance | 5 | 2003 | Established | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Public transit lines | Logistics & networks | 5 | 2003 | Established | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Rail signaling | Logistics & networks | 5 | 1990 | Classic | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Structural integrity | Space & construction | 5 | 2015 | Established | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.188 |
| Subsystem damage | Risk & failure | 5 | 2008 | Established | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Track laying | Space & construction | 5 | 1990 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| War score and peace terms | Conflict & defense | 5 | 2013 | Established | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.188 |
| Adjacency scoring | Space & construction | 4 | 1983 | Established | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Asynchronous shared regions | Multiplayer & persistence | 4 | 2005 | Established | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Auctions | Economy & finance | 4 | 1983 | Established | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.25 |
| Corruption leakage | Governance & policy | 4 | 1991 | Established | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Culture and religion conversion | Population & lineage | 4 | 2013 | Established | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Equity and buyouts | Economy & finance | 4 | 1990 | Established | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Execution budget | Control & automation | 4 | 2014 | Established | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Food web | Environment & ecology | 4 | 1992 | Established | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Hydrology | Environment & ecology | 4 | 1999 | Established | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Immigration by attractiveness | Population & lineage | 4 | 2006 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Loss on death | Risk & failure | 4 | 1997 | Classic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Military operations | Conflict & defense | 4 | 2005 | Established | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0.938 |
| Negotiation | Economy & finance | 4 | 1994 | Classic | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0.625 |
| Periodic ticks | Time & pacing | 4 | 1982 | Classic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Product development | Economy & finance | 4 | 1997 | Established | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Projectile ballistics | Physics & materials | 4 | 2005 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Quality tiers | Resources & production | 4 | 1995 | Established | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| RCI demand | Economy & finance | 4 | 1989 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Real-world data feeds | World generation | 4 | 2004 | Established | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.562 |
| Scouting knowledge | Information & legibility | 4 | 1999 | Established | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0.188 |
| Smart objects | Agents & behavior | 4 | 2000 | Classic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.125 |
| Alerts feed | Information & legibility | 3 | 1985 | Classic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Aspirations and wants | Agents & behavior | 3 | 2004 | Established | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 |
| Attribute-driven match engine | Agents & behavior | 3 | 1999 | Classic | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Autonomy levels | Agents & behavior | 3 | 2000 | Established | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Board confidence | Risk & failure | 3 | 1999 | Classic | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Byproducts and waste | Resources & production | 3 | 2017 | Established | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Causal breakdown tooltips | Information & legibility | 3 | 2013 | Established | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Diagnosis and treatment | Biology & health | 3 | 1997 | Established | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Dynasty succession | Population & lineage | 3 | 2013 | Established | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Education and workforce | Population & lineage | 3 | 2015 | Established | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Gossip propagation | Social relations | 3 | 2023 | Emerging | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1.125 |
| Natural selection | Population & lineage | 3 | 1990 | Established | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0.438 |
| Off-screen life progression | Population & lineage | 3 | 2009 | Established | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.812 |
| Storyteller director | Narrative & generation | 3 | 2005 | Established | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1.375 |
| Surface work tools | Operation & procedure | 3 | 2018 | Emerging | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Villager requests | Narrative & generation | 3 | 2009 | Established | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0.75 |
| Care-dependent development | Biology & health | 2 | 1993 | Established | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Combination discovery | Progression & goals | 2 | 2019 | Established | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.75 |
| Comparative histograms | Information & legibility | 2 | 2011 | Established | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Delivery-time payment | Economy & finance | 2 | 1990 | Established | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Diagnose and repair | Operation & procedure | 2 | 2018 | Established | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Falling-sand materials | Physics & materials | 2 | 2008 | Established | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0.25 |
| Forecasting | Information & legibility | 2 | 1973 | Established | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 |
| History chronicle | Narrative & generation | 2 | 1999 | Established | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 |
| Opinion modifiers | Social relations | 2 | 2013 | Established | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Orbital mechanics | Physics & materials | 2 | 2008 | Established | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Player legislation | Governance & policy | 2 | 2003 | Established | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Power allocation | Resources & production | 2 | 2012 | Established | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Procedural build assist | Space & construction | 2 | 2020 | Emerging | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1.812 |
| Programming by demonstration | Control & automation | 2 | 2019 | Emerging | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.438 |
| PvP security zones | Multiplayer & persistence | 2 | 1997 | Established | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Request-provider logistics | Logistics & networks | 2 | 2013 | Established | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Rule-checking inspection | Operation & procedure | 2 | 2013 | Established | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Seasonal world reset | Multiplayer & persistence | 2 | 2003 | Established | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Simulated history generation | World generation | 2 | 2006 | Established | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Stimulus attraction | Risk & failure | 2 | 2011 | Established | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Stress accumulation | Agents & behavior | 2 | 2006 | Established | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Supply lines | Logistics & networks | 2 | 2016 | Established | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Terrain deformation | Physics & materials | 2 | 2020 | Established | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Travel mode choice | Logistics & networks | 2 | 2015 | Established | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.287 |
| Voxel destruction | Physics & materials | 2 | 2013 | Established | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 |
| Walker service delivery | Logistics & networks | 2 | 1998 | Established | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Policy influence network | Governance & policy | 1 | 2020 | Emerging | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.25 |
| Soft-body deformation | Physics & materials | 1 | 2013 | Experimental | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0.9 |