I did not expect one of my favorite games of the year to be some random indie game called Probably Stolen

Why I enjoyed is so much? I guess the main reason is how most of the system in the games are interconnected. Pick cheese for example... you can sell it, or feed it to your caviar-producing sturgeon, or use it on a mouse trap to catch rats.

This kind of stuff apply to everything. You buy and sell stuff, but stuff can be used in other stuff to produce better stuff.

And I found the game oddly immersive. 

To close, the interface works, and whoever did the UI deserve some praise.

I am not one to recommend games but I recommend this one unless you hate pixel art or management games. It's not an braindead easy game either so this may be a plus or a minus depending where you sit on the fence.