I do love it for many reasons, although I do also recognize it has its share of bad puzzles that are now mostly gone from the modern era of Point & click games.

My genre definitions are pretty loose. I simplified & combined lots of categories in my CSV data when I wrote the statistics tool, but honestly there are lots of games that are either genre-defining or so different from anything else that I'll just give them their own genre. I hate to use something like "platformer" or "action adventure" as that hardly tells anything about what kind of game it is. What genre is Undertale?

Hardspace: Shipbreakers is a dad game to me because it's the kind of game a dad might play after coming home from work, feel like they're doing something useful, with visual signs of a job well done, wrap it up and still have time for their kids. I think this is similar to films like Grayhound where we watch a hero who does his best to maintain a stalwart face, endures hardship, inspires, maybe has a weak moment but pulls through and keeps everyone protected until finally coming home and falling asleep when the job is done. This is what I describe as a dad fantasy.

Dad simulator is just Octodad, and I think I might want to make a category for "humor" or "parody" games instead.

For your own list, I recommend keeping the data as simple as you can and building tools on top of that, if you're able.

I've kept my eye on Ixion but did not realize its gameplay was that kind of decision making. I'll put it on my to-play list. Yes I have a list for that too.

I thought real gamers just play the same dozen games over and over for 30 years 🤷