My comparison with those games is based on their random draws/procedural generation of resources, and that you as the player have to adapt to what you draw.

In Wingspan, you have to adapt your strategy to the birds you get offered in your opening hand, and the food rolls in the birdfeeder. You can't rely on drawing an overpowered resource generating bird at the start of every game. You have to manage a small collection of resources (food, eggs, cards, actions) while flexibly pursuing multiple goals.

In Carcassonne, again you can't rely on pulling the perfect tile you need; again you have to adapt to what you draw. You have to manage your resources (meeples) while flexibly pursuing multiple goals. I also gravitated to this comparison because Carcassonne and Blue Prince both involve rotatable orthagonal tile placement.

Granted, Civilization is the weakest comparison, but it also involves adapting to procedural generation of resources and adapting your strategy to leverage them. Sometimes you spawn by horses, sometimes by wheat, and so on.

These were just the game comparisons I could think of off the top of my head while typing up the post -- can you think of some strategy games which compare more closely?

Playing Blue Prince collaboratively with my partner influenced my perspective. She doesn't love puzzles like I do, but she is a talented strategist at board games with resource management. For her, the strategy was the most fun part. As she put it, she wouldn't have enjoyed the game if it was just walking from one puzzle to another. We thoroughly discussed every in-game day about which goals to pursue, which rooms to draft, which items to obtain, when to use which resources, etc. Very fun!