In Photosynthesis, each player takes on the role of an arborist who is particularly focused on ensuring that their preferred species of tree becomes the most prevalent.
Many games feature thieves as the central protagonists (or antagonists, sometimes) but it's rare to come across a game based around a time-traveling thief.
Thieves Den is a, soon to be Kickstarted, worker placement game from Alice Davis, who is also the designer of the cute and popular card game Kitten Clash.
Think sporting events could be a little more fantastic? Pit Tolkein-esque races against each other in the Orc-Lympics, coming to a card table near you.