As I mentioned previously, the "easy" difficulty setting of Phoenix Point isn't really easy, and you can easily run into a wall and be unable to progress any further. On the positive side, Phoenix Point is a single-player offline game, which means that it isn't protected against cheating. So how can you create a game of Phoenix Point which is easy, without being trivial?

What you neat is a software called Cheat Engine 7.0. It enables you to search for values in a game, and change them. There are three types of basic resources in Phoenix point, materials, tech, and food, and they are saved in "float" format. If you know that, you can for example search for the value of your current supply of materials, then spend some materials on manufacturing something, and do a second search within the search results of the first search for the new value. That usually turns up a single address, which you can then change, and presto, unlimited amounts of materials.

While that by itself obviously already makes the game easier, the real trick comes afterwards: The reason why you can easily get stuck in Phoenix Point is that the aliens evolve with every battle you fight against them. The more you fight, the stronger they get. Cheating your supply of materials, tech, and food means you can now skip the scavenging battles. Less battles against the aliens means easier to fight aliens. To make up for the lost xp, you build 3 training centers in your home base, and then you can actually get your soldiers stronger faster than the aliens get stronger.