GameRefinery: Users motivations in Games (February 2022)
Decoration meta is a must if you are making a casual game.
4X-strategies and Tycoon/Crafting Games appeal to the same wish of people to optimize resources. People between the age of 25-44 years are usually playing that kind of games, while more complex 4X-Strategies are mostly preferred by men and more casual Tycoon/Crafting games - by women.
Every casual game, that was in top-100 grossing in the US in the last 2 years, had decoration or renovation meta in it.