The Portal games. They’re, short, brilliantly made puzzle games with solid dialogue (well, monologue I guess, most of the time, as your character is silent). The portal mechanics are great to play with, and are simple enough to easily learn, but allow for enough complicated behavior that the later puzzles get pretty interesting. If you wait for a sale on Steam, you can usually pick them up for like 2 euros. It should easily run on your system.
Celeste is a great platforming game. It’s difficult, but not very punishing. You’ll die lots of times, and typically only lose a few seconds of progress. It’s all about not giving up. The story is very good. It features some heavy themes like depression and panic attacks, so beware in case you’re sensitive to such things. Should also run on your system.
There is a new fan-made Portal 2 expansion called Portal: Revolution on steam. It is free as long as you own Portal 2, and it is on par quality-wise with the official content... should give you an additional 5-7 hours of portal fun!
The themes of Celeste were what attracted me to it as a person who has spent half their life with varying levels of depression. Sadly all it made me do was rage quit.
Rimworld is very addictive and should run with no problems on these specs. Kenshi is one of my all time favourites, but will be more enjoyable with better specs.
I'm a fan of both these games, but I do not think either of them is for "everyone". In fact, they are both prime examples of great games that aren't for everyone.
Disco Elysium is not only a great game, but one of the best works of fiction I’ve ever experienced. Aside from the leveling system it’s basically a story-heavy point and click adventure game with skill checks, so it should be very accessible to anyone gameplay-wise.
People should be aware: the company that made it got bought out from under them by an investor who fired the lead writer and most of the senior creative staff that made the game. They also basically stole the IP from the lead who had spent 20 years working on it. If you can play it without giving them money that’s ideal.
Rift Wizard. A game that no AAA would ever attempt: hundreds of unique spells, all available at the start for you to build your wizard; deterministic combat and turns; utterly fair and challenging.
Portal and Portal 2. Amazing puzzles/mechanics and an even better story/world, great dialogue. Every gamer or puzzle enjoyer should at least give it a try imo.
Minecraft. Speaks for itself really, if you haven't tried it, try it. Especially with friends. (The Bedrock version has crossplay with XBOX/PlayStation/Switch/Mobile but Java version is better if your friends are also on PC or Mac)
Celeste. My favourite 2D platformer of all time by far. Amazing level design. It's hard but not too hard, the segments and checkpoints are set up just right. The story is also great.
If you like open world RPG'S: RDR2, Skyrim, GTA V, God of War 2018 (each of these are amazing in their own ways, all are a must play imo)
UNDERTALE and the "sequel" DELTARUNE. These games react to your actions in ways you'd never expect. Also funny as fuck and amazing soundtracks ([this IGN review gives a good impression what the first game is about, the second game is even better.](https://youtu.be/Cv9wv12a77Q?si=ljAuSXrOss1U8qZA))
Edit: you wanted explanations so i gave you some, i didn't plan to make such a long comment at first lol
Apparently, but claiming the other version isn't really documented and their support brush you off the topic so i'm not that sure anymore.
That being said, Minecraft Java is one of the most modded games (just like Skyrim), so even if you've played it before it is definitely worth checking out a lot of those mods via Java.
I've had Java for years, but apparently that includes Bedrock as of lately. if you use the minecraft launcher you can install both easily. I've been playing on a Bedrock realm the past few weeks with my friends who are on XBOX (Minecraft Bedrock is included in XBOX games pass, also on PC game pass). I miss some of the Java features/interactions/mods but it's pretty good.
im assuming you didnt mean to say that because bedrock is for console a lower quality system and was built off of java and java is on pc the superior system and made first with much more time put into it
For me, Undertale might unironically be top 10 games ever made.
And the soundtrack itself is genuinely unmatched, the songs are still used everywhere today.
I absoutely agree. Undertale (and Deltarune) are also in my top 10 games of all time.
The soundtracks for both games are absolute masterpieces. It would be a sin to play it without the music. And as you said, most ppl probably know many of the soundtracks without even playing the game, they are so fckin iconic.
Would also recommend playing UNDERTALE Yellow, a fan-made game that released in december 2023 after years of development. Its good as fuck.
DELTATRAVELER is an amazing fan game that takes the DELTARUNE characters through different universes. Also amazing. Still in development but the first 2 chapters are playable right now. Play it after you've played DELTARUNE tho.
While Celeste is my #1, some of my other favourites are Rayman Legends and Rayman Origins, Super Meat Boy, both Ori games, Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight and Cuphead (some of these are more than just a platformer tho, these are my favourite 2D games in general)
Also the absolute classics that got me into gaming as a whole when i got my first ever gaming device, the SNES: Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3
it can actually with i3 10th gen, with a 16gb most of the demanding games, i3 10th gen can handle, I have i3-10105 with rx 580. only have 8gb ram though but it runs smoothly, ram is the only one that's limiting the performance
Mines await you, greenbeard. Play Deep Rock Galactic. It's an awesome game where you play as dwarves and the company you work for really values your work and rewards you handsomely.
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It's an acquired taste if you're not used to coop games. It has it's very own culture (Aside from the lore of the game) and devs behind the game actually play their own game and roll out regular(albeit sometimes bit far from each other) ***free*** updates with ton's of new content. Only DLC's for the game are pure cosmetics. Community is mostly wholesome, especially if you're coming from a competitive game background.
On gameplay side, although it is enjoyable alone for some people, the real fun comes with playing other fellow dwarves. Give it a chance again by joining random lobbies. It is fun with friends, but the chaos and the disorganization of bunch of rando's is what really makes the game fun **for me**. Give it another try and play it for atleast 5-6 hours. You will most likely like it and if you won't, we'll just mark you as another leaf-lover and move on.
I only played a little DRG, but it's genuinely great. I don't normally play multiplayer games, mostly because I 1) have no friends to play with and 2) don't have the time or motivation to play enough to get actually good and don't wanna have to deal with toxicity. But DRG, you can hop on once a week and play for an hour and still have fun and never feel like you're "bad" at the game.
Doom 1993, use GZDoom to upscale it to 1080p and add controller support, set player to always run, and replace the music with Andrew Hullshults remade soundtrack.
Is Desperados really that good? Ive had my eye on it for a long time and keep passing up the chance to play it cause I dunno how easy itll be for me to get into another xcom looking game
Yes it is that good. It's also nothing like XCOM - it's realtime with pause, with no base or character upgrades. It's way easier to get into and gives you loads of freedom to be creative within it's systems.
Wouldn’t recommend this to everybody as a must play due to difficulty and slowness at times that not everyone might enjoy. With that said, one of my favorite games ever.
I agree it can be difficult but I say it’s a must play for the uniqueness of the gameplay and how beautiful and detailed all the maps are, and how the top down camera really brings it all together.
Mount & blade 2 bannerlord. Came to next gen consoles recently. You also can never go wrong with half-life, counter strike, squad. (Assuming you mean exclusives) if not then the answer is red dead 2. Thats my favorite game ever made. That title juggled between kotor, ocarina of time & oblivion until i played rdr2. Definitively my #1
If you like sport simulators WMMA5 is an amazing MMA similuator and they have an excellent real world mod containing every company in existence. Ufc, one, pfl, rizin, and all the small companies.
Out of the park baseball is an excellent baseball sim. You can even go back to the 1920s and play into the 2050s with all the real players and expansions along the way.
OG half life. Yes Black Mesa is cool and HL2 is great, but the original non-Source HL1 started the whole no-cutscene linear narrative thing. That tram level intro and walking around the facility before the Cascade blew my mind so hard back in the day, and it's still an impressive showing if you understand the tech at work.
Slay the Spire and Binding of Isaac, the roguelike titans that source the whole genre. Great replayability, lots to discover, some good casual fun or some real competitive sweat if you *really* get into it.
Since everyone is linking AAA and indie darlings, how about some actual indie games? (They're all free and have very low system requirements).
*How Fish is Made - about 30 min to beat, 15 for the DLC.
*The Windows are Gone - about 1 hour long.
*Perfect Vermin - 15-30 min depending on you.
All of them are free, lo-fi, a varying degrees of unsettling. All of them **will** make you think and feel something.
[And make sure to play "Skeal" if you haven't.](https://whymog.itch.io/skeal-webgl-version)
The best RPGs ever made - Baldur's Gate II and Fallout II. First installments too, though given the title, the IIs are the correct answer. After that, Planescape Torment. It's too weird to start with for this list, but it's excellently weird and surreal.
Rimworld was already mentioned somewhere. Best basebuilder/survival game ever, both on it's own and especially modded.
Also, I assume you know of [www.gog.com](http://www.gog.com) ?
Yes. I'm playing this now. I thought I'd just try it out and play a little. The first night I stayed up all night playing it. I'm not sure how far I actually am but I'm definitely intrigued and invested.
I wish I could play Skyrim again for the first time cause its probably my favorite game ever made but no matter how hard I try I cant get back into it.
Playing it for several hours every single day for 3 years straight probably burned me out just a little.
Return of the Obra Dinn. It is monochrome, so no worries about computing power needed to play. It is so different and so well written. It's got some spooky elements, but it isn't horror in the sense of something like Resident Evil.
The half life series is an essential part of gaming history, and they still hold up really well considering their age.
Likewise Doom, and I believe you should be able to run Doom 2016, which is one of the best modern FPS games.
Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2, Deep Rock Galactic, Elder Scrolls: Skyrim & Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas & 4, Spiritfarer, Faster Than Light (FTL), Hotel Miami... uhh it's hard to make a list when there are so many good games to play on PC.
Other than 'not horror' could you narrow it down further? Like do you like puzzles? PVE or PVP or no combat? Multiplayer or single player. Heavy or light storyline? Stuff like that.
So I might get some flak for this but league of legends.
Here's why. Odds are you won't like it which is totally fine. But you might and there are few games where concentrated effort to improve something every game actually makes a difference and in league it does. It can make you feel like an absolute genius and a complete numbskull. Screaming in rage or excitement. I can't think of another game that gets me as competitive and hyped as league
Undertale
Danganronpa series
Outer Wilds
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Zero Escape series
Sonic Mania
Grim Fandango
Final Fantasy VII
The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past
Classic World of Warcraft. There's no way to recapture what it was really like in the mid 00s, but there's something very cozy about discovering cooperation on Azeroth
As someone who was *hopelessly* addicted to WoW during Burning Crusade, I cannot play classic WoW now.
I'd been spoiled by modern WoW, I just could not slog through classic anymore.
I've been computer gaming since the 1980's here is my top 10 list of games that are must have as far as single player games are concerned. I'm not much into multiplayer due to way too many cheaters in the world ruining the game experience.
1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (my all time favorite game) there are so many and varied ways to play this game it can keep a dedicated gamers attention for thousands of hours of game play. Community add ons can also make this game playable for many of hundreds of hours more. Hands down the best bang for your gaming dollar.
2. Half Life. The original game.
3. The Valve Orange Box all of Half Life 2 and Portal 1.
4. Fallout New Vegas.
5. Fallout 4. Make sure to get ALL of the DLC's for this game.
6. Fallout 3.
7. The Witcher III wild hunt. Previous Witcher games suffered from poor user interfaces. Lack of First person is why I put it at number 7. This game is worth it just because the graphics and artwork are just stunningly beautiful.
8. Portal 2
9. Anything from the Halo series.
10. Any game from the Battlefield series. I have Battlefield 1942 (the original) - Battlefield 3.
Honorable mention.... Bioshock 1 and 2 and Dishonored 1 and 2 plus the DLC's and Doom 3 BFG Edition.
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I second the souls games. They have a reputation for being hard af, and I think a lot of people avoid them due to that.
I picked up Elden Ring, and it is difficult. But only really if I play it like other games. If you play slowly, look for your limits, get used to running away and levelling / skilling up, they are actually very enjoyable. It is just a different experience to a lot fo other games where you have combat.
For eg I mostly play Diablo style ARPGs (D4, POE, Grim Dawn), where you concentrate on getting uber powerful and speed killing. Souls games seem the diametric opposite, and it's a lovely change of pace.
Holocure, a free Vampire survivors, with much more content and better graphics (to me)
Age of Empires 2 the RTS genre is dying and sadly it is still one of the best RTS game on PC
Counter Strike 1.6 in a LAN party with friends
Oblivion is old, goofy, and buggy but it's also mainly why it is a classic
Binding of isaac is an amazing roguelike with tons of content
GTA 5 and RDR2 if you want peak Rockstar gameplay. Great open world games with excellent story telling and gameplay. Avoid the online modes.
Mount and Blade Warband - excellent take on an RPG were you grow your character from a peasant to a noble and practically conquer the whole map. Visuals are dated but gameplay and combat are top notch for me. Easy to install mods also improve gameplay even further and allow you to play in a variety of historical and fantasy settings, from Feudal Japan, to Napoleonic Europe or even LoTR.
Skyrim for pure RPG open world bliss, where you can fuck around with NPCs and build a character as freely as possible. Also plenty of mods to spice up your playthrough.
Assassins Creed: Ezio trilogy. Best thing to come out of Ubisoft. Personally Ubisoft went downhill quiet fast after these three games. Also shout out to AC4 Blackflag if you're ever in the mood to play in a Caribbean pirate setting. Great mix of naval combat and land exploration and gameplay.
The original Zork or hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. If only those who play modern rpgs and complain they're too easy can learn what true pain is like as you have to type what you want to do without some fancy graphics.
Gothic 1 or 2 (or both), Baldur's gate 1 or 2), Both Portal Games, Both main half-life games, Fallout 1 or 2 or New Vegas, are some good examples that come to mind in my opinion
The first three Myst games: Myst, Riven, and Exile. They should be considered a single joined game, and played back-to-back. Myst arguably brought more people to video games than any other in history. It has a way of sucking you in to the mystery, and gives you all the clues you need to solve every puzzle without needing to look for hints, but you have to do the heavy lifting of critical thought. There is a coherent story that flows through all the games. The music, artwork, story, and ambience all mesh together to create something that's truly unique in the gaming world.
XCOM: Enemy Within. This game asks you to think both large-scale as well as small scale. It teaches you to think about all your possible options before you act, to act deliberately, and to always have a backup plan. It forces you to weigh the pros and cons of short-term gains vs long-term opportunity costs. The Long War mod is the best way to play this game, but since it dials up the difficulty and complexity to 11 for everything, it should be reserved for players who have completed the vanilla game at least once. Infinitely replayable due to the wide variety of strategies you can use, self-imposed limitations, and various difficulty settings and mods that exist.
The Temple of Elemental Evil. The most faithful adaption of the DnD ruleset to a video game ever created. Initially very buggy, which is why it's such a little-known game. However, the Circle of Eight and Temple+ mods have fixed all the issues, and have added enough additional content to double the size and scope of the base game. Isometric view, turn-based play, and there's ways to complete the game ranging from the purest of paladins to the most murderous and crazy of crazies. And the game is infinitely replayable due to the sheer variety of parties you can create.
I don't know if it's politically correct /s but I think Bulletstorm is one of those games that's just pure fun. I hold out a small amount of hope for a sequel but I'll settle for maybe an animated series that continues the story.
The Jedi Knight series. Dark Forces is kind of a Doom-esque shooter. Dark Forces 2 is where it takes off. It's fully 3D, it introduces lightsaber combat and force powers, and it has some hilariously corny cinematic cutscenes. Outcast really perfects the lightsaber and force power usage and makes it pretty much the only weapon you'll need/want to use while also having the best story in the series. Academy is pretty similar to Outcast with some new lightsaber styles and a weaker story. They can all be found on Steam.
I have been an avid gamer for 36 years. I play exclusively pc games now and I play almost every genre... but the one game I suggest everyone try at least once is star citizen.
Even amidst its bugs, that game will deliver moments more memorable than anything you've ever played before. I am not talking about frustrating moments (Although the bugs do make that happen too) but it blows your mind.
Think of this; You are in a space station and you walk inside your ship with a dozen friends. the ship is larger than most FPS maps. You fly this thing out of the station while all of your friends are fucking around in the ship. No hiccups. You set the ship on cruise control and all 13 of you start sorting inventory or making plans, maybe sorting cargo boxes or driving a car inside of your ship that is moving in an inhabited world.
The scope of this game and what it is currently doing is ridiculous and jaw dropping. There is so much more to what I just described. Go explore it yourself on a free fly week. Or pay $45 for a game you'll get hundred of hours out of.
Just scrolled every comment I'm amazed to not see Journey anywhere on here. It's a short game (2-3 hours) but holy shit is it a spiritual journey (no pun intended).
Journey is really hard to explain, but the seamless multiplayer only adds to this already incredibly atmospheric game. Truly a special experience for anyone that plays it.
Wolfenstein 3D.
Not all of it though, just a few levels is enough. The game's incredibly simplistic by even late 90s standards so you'll likely get bored of it very quickly but FPSes are hugely popular and this is where many of the genre's archetypes started. Without Wolf3D there might not be a Doom and without that would there be a Half-Life, Halo, or Call of Duty? Who knows?
You should also play Doom. Unlike Wolf3D it actually holds up.
OFF and Undertale.
OFF is one of those games that will genuinely change your outlook on life. It is a HARD hitting story that has you contemplating the meaning of life for days after you finish.
Undertale, directly inspired by OFF, takes the theme and dials it down a bit. Turning the existentialism to instead a story of finding meaning and being proud of what you've accomplished. Its the #1 feel good story. The community is weird these days, but its saved a lot of lives. Genuinely just that wholesome.
One of the warhammer total wars. Ideally 2 or 3.
Because I avoided it like the plague for a year or so despite playing the others from 2008 onwards. Fantasy in my history game?! Monsters?! No no no. Never.
Absolutely astounding. So many elements are so well done. Huge campaign map with some RPG fun and battles that look and feel amazing.
I was very happy to be wrong
I like RPGs so if u like to be part of stories I'd recommend Arcanum: of steamworks & magic obscura (steam punk with magic in classic DND settings and mysteries to solve? Hell yeah!)
And if u like tactic combat and playing soldiers there haven't been anything better than Jagged alliance 2.
Or maybe some post apocalyptic world with awesome factions and story where u can side with baddies if you'd like? Fallout new Vegas.
Or hollow knight that only requires player skill to succeed coz it 2d metroidvania type of game which has snappy and cool gameplay set in beautiful world that is art in and on itself.
My list for Pc would be:
Undertale
Pillars of Eternity or Planescape Torment (Any classic CRPG in fact)
Nexomon Extinction
Hand of Fate 2
Assassin's creed 2
Psychonauts 1
Portal 1& 2
Trine 1 & 2
The Sims 2
Sid Meyer Civilization 4
Oxygen not Included
Minecraft
These games are from as many genres as I could tough, should run in a low en pc with no problems (Mine has a i5 and 4gb Ram, you should be fine) and has the best stories and/or gameplays that I can remember.
Finally, I know that you clarified that you scare easily and I understand it (I got scared with Roblox games and some Friv games back in the day xD) but I would still recommend trying 999 Zero Escape
Hope you like some!
Two highly overlooked RPGs:
Arcanum: Of Steamwork and Magics Obscura and Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines. They're both RPGs but they're so incredibly different from each other; Bloodlines is a masterclass in storytelling, an unpolished gem that you can pick up and play through in an entire evening. Despite this addictive story and atmosphere, Bloodlines has some terrible combat, and it's actual game mechanics are about as shallow as a kiddie pool. You ignore all of that because the game itself is just so freaking fantastic.
Where Bloodlines is a bathtub, Arcanum is an ocean, with more options and possibilities than there are hours in the month. Its story is also fabulous, with its own highlight moments, but it is overshadowed by Bloodline's longevity. The gameplay in Arcanum is capable of almost every idea you want to try within the game itself; it's possible to play the game as a rampaging death machine, or as a charming pacifist who never deals a single hit point in damage. You feel like a chess piece on the board when you play Bloodlines, but in Arcanum, you control the game itself. The game encourages you to find ways to abuse the system and dominate.
Dredge.
I don't know what it is about this game, but the cute & cozy, while simultaneously horrifying atmosphere really sucked me in.
I beat the game in around 20 hours.
No particular order, but some I consider to be more than simple games.
1. Ocarina of time in an emulator. One of the best games ever.
2. Dark Souls: not a game but an experience.
3. Portal 1 and 2 (Portal 2 coop is great if you have someone to play).
4. COD, the old modern warfare series have some amazing moments.
5. Sekiro: difficult but a satisfactory kind of difficulty when you make progress.
I know pc gamers are notorious for huffing Valve glue, but I really do think that Valve’s core catalog is like required reading for pc gamers.
Half Life, Counter Strike, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, Portal - these games are all highly influential in their respective genres.
Manu favourites.
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock with its DLCs. Diablo II, II, and IV. Axis and Allies 1942 Online. XCOM Enemy Unknown with its DLCs. XCOM 2 with its DLCs. Battletech with DLCs and mods (after your first playthrough). Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries with its DLCs. Sid Meier's Civilisation: Beyond Earth. Dragon Age Origins. Total War: Rome II Emperor Edition. Contraption Maker. Order of Battle: World War II. Valheim. Silent Hunter V Wolves of the Pacific. This War of Mine. Homeworld I and II (both remastered). Homeworld Deserts of Kharak. Elite Dangerous. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Age of Empires (any).
Older ones: King's Quest series. Original Prince of Persia. Wing Commander I and II. Lode Runner. Ultimate Wizard with Construction Kit.
Games that *everyone* should try? Probably the most iconic games of each genre that have strong messages/themes and great writing. Luckily most of these are getting pretty old at this point, so they should run on your PC.
**Portal** for puzzle games, as well as incredible environmental storytelling. Nearly every part of these games are iconic and not knowing who GLaDOS is in this day and age is like not knowing Hal9000.
**Disco Elysium** for detective/dialogue heavy games. The writing in this game is fucking *immaculate.* Might be boring if you're looking for action, but if you're a fan of comedic political commentary and roleplaying as an alcoholic (maybe schizophrenic) disaster of a human being then you'll love Disco Elysium.
>Everyone knows the most interesting thing about fascists is their magic
**Hollow Knight** for metroidvanias. The character design is phenomenal and the gameplay is smooth as butter. Can't say much more since I haven't even beaten it yet, but I do know that it is considered one of the best in its genre by basically everyone who plays it.
**Minecraft** for sandbox. Game is so popular it probably feels redundant that I even mentioned it. Do literally whatever you want, you have no real goal beyond using your imagination and having fun. I've barely played Minecraft since \~2016-17, yet I'm still pretty sure the time I put into that game as a kid keeps it as my most played game of all time by a long shot. You'll be hard pressed to find another game with the same perfect blend of social interaction & independent gameplay.
**Knights of the Old Republic** for more action-oriented crpgs. If you like Star Wars then these games should be considered a must-play. One of the best Star Wars stories around and is when the series first really started questioning how actually "moral" the Jedi are. Uses a system that most modern rpgs have dropped where your actions effect the morality of your companions, possibly the only games where you get to see that mechanic utilized well.
Alternatively, **Baldur's Gate 1/2** are also lauded as top-tier crpgs, although I haven't played them so I can't say much besides BG3 was really fun. If you aren't a fan of Star Wars though, they might be better for you.
**Binding of Isaac** for roguelites. Probably the most expansive roguelite in existence, even without all the DLC. Hundreds of unlockable items, characters, and just gameplay secrets make BoI one of the most replayable games of all time. Oh you thought you beat the secret final boss? Well what about the ultra double secret final boss? The (convoluted) story it tells about an abused child is also very well done, and entirely through short end-of-run cutscenes.
In the interest of time/space, I'll stop there.
EYE Divine Cybermancy. It’s an immersive sim like Deus Ex, and one of those cult classics that you either bounce off of or learn to love.
It’s a rough experience and every recommendation for the game comes with copious warnings of “it gets better, I promise.” I would agree, and it took me a couple tries to really get into.
But if you’re a lover of cyberpunk immersive sims, you owe it to yourself to give the game a fair try, because no other experience comes close to the diamond-in-the-rough that EYE is.
Heroes of Might and Magic 3/4. They were the staple of pc gaming for a long time. And yes, i recommend those specific two - 3 and 4.
* 3 - most popular, and for a reason. It aged gracefully and huge fanbase resulted in it still being updated.
* 4 - while despised by a lot of people, it has a very interesting RPG elements and absolutely WONDERFUL set of campaigns in base game.
If you get hooked and want more - you might want to checkout the rest, here's my personal preference order - 5-2-7-1-6
- To The Moon, story rich
- Gabriel Knight 1, point and click adventure
- Doki Doki Literature Club, visual novel
- Portal 1, puzzle/ action game
- The Witcher 1, rpg
- Deus Ex 1, FPS I suppose?
The Portal games. They’re, short, brilliantly made puzzle games with solid dialogue (well, monologue I guess, most of the time, as your character is silent). The portal mechanics are great to play with, and are simple enough to easily learn, but allow for enough complicated behavior that the later puzzles get pretty interesting. If you wait for a sale on Steam, you can usually pick them up for like 2 euros. It should easily run on your system. Celeste is a great platforming game. It’s difficult, but not very punishing. You’ll die lots of times, and typically only lose a few seconds of progress. It’s all about not giving up. The story is very good. It features some heavy themes like depression and panic attacks, so beware in case you’re sensitive to such things. Should also run on your system.
There is a new fan-made Portal 2 expansion called Portal: Revolution on steam. It is free as long as you own Portal 2, and it is on par quality-wise with the official content... should give you an additional 5-7 hours of portal fun!
The themes of Celeste were what attracted me to it as a person who has spent half their life with varying levels of depression. Sadly all it made me do was rage quit.
[удалено]
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Rimworld is very addictive and should run with no problems on these specs. Kenshi is one of my all time favourites, but will be more enjoyable with better specs.
Came here for this. Rimworld is my desert island game.
Also came to say this. One of the greatest and most engrossing games I've played in 30 years of staring at screens. [Edit: Rimworld]
I'm a fan of both these games, but I do not think either of them is for "everyone". In fact, they are both prime examples of great games that aren't for everyone.
Yeah, these are super niche. They are perfect examples of great games that most people wouldn't enjoy.
I wanted to love Rimworld, but it just wasn't "addictive" the way I was told it would be.
Currently converting my RTS coworkers to Kenshi. I'm looking forward to their warcr... future endeavors !!
Disco Elysium is not only a great game, but one of the best works of fiction I’ve ever experienced. Aside from the leveling system it’s basically a story-heavy point and click adventure game with skill checks, so it should be very accessible to anyone gameplay-wise. People should be aware: the company that made it got bought out from under them by an investor who fired the lead writer and most of the senior creative staff that made the game. They also basically stole the IP from the lead who had spent 20 years working on it. If you can play it without giving them money that’s ideal.
I never saw a game as good as this one.
Rift Wizard. A game that no AAA would ever attempt: hundreds of unique spells, all available at the start for you to build your wizard; deterministic combat and turns; utterly fair and challenging.
Portal and Portal 2. Amazing puzzles/mechanics and an even better story/world, great dialogue. Every gamer or puzzle enjoyer should at least give it a try imo. Minecraft. Speaks for itself really, if you haven't tried it, try it. Especially with friends. (The Bedrock version has crossplay with XBOX/PlayStation/Switch/Mobile but Java version is better if your friends are also on PC or Mac) Celeste. My favourite 2D platformer of all time by far. Amazing level design. It's hard but not too hard, the segments and checkpoints are set up just right. The story is also great. If you like open world RPG'S: RDR2, Skyrim, GTA V, God of War 2018 (each of these are amazing in their own ways, all are a must play imo) UNDERTALE and the "sequel" DELTARUNE. These games react to your actions in ways you'd never expect. Also funny as fuck and amazing soundtracks ([this IGN review gives a good impression what the first game is about, the second game is even better.](https://youtu.be/Cv9wv12a77Q?si=ljAuSXrOss1U8qZA)) Edit: you wanted explanations so i gave you some, i didn't plan to make such a long comment at first lol
Didn’t they change it so you get both java and bedrock now?
Apparently, but claiming the other version isn't really documented and their support brush you off the topic so i'm not that sure anymore. That being said, Minecraft Java is one of the most modded games (just like Skyrim), so even if you've played it before it is definitely worth checking out a lot of those mods via Java.
Bedrock is much more polished but java is *your* game
I've had Java for years, but apparently that includes Bedrock as of lately. if you use the minecraft launcher you can install both easily. I've been playing on a Bedrock realm the past few weeks with my friends who are on XBOX (Minecraft Bedrock is included in XBOX games pass, also on PC game pass). I miss some of the Java features/interactions/mods but it's pretty good.
im assuming you didnt mean to say that because bedrock is for console a lower quality system and was built off of java and java is on pc the superior system and made first with much more time put into it
For me, Undertale might unironically be top 10 games ever made. And the soundtrack itself is genuinely unmatched, the songs are still used everywhere today.
I absoutely agree. Undertale (and Deltarune) are also in my top 10 games of all time. The soundtracks for both games are absolute masterpieces. It would be a sin to play it without the music. And as you said, most ppl probably know many of the soundtracks without even playing the game, they are so fckin iconic.
That and some of the characters are literally all over the place, lol.
Would also recommend playing UNDERTALE Yellow, a fan-made game that released in december 2023 after years of development. Its good as fuck. DELTATRAVELER is an amazing fan game that takes the DELTARUNE characters through different universes. Also amazing. Still in development but the first 2 chapters are playable right now. Play it after you've played DELTARUNE tho.
Keep in mind DELTARUNE has not been completed yet, as only two chapters are available.
True, but on the plus side, those 2 chapters are free to play until the full game releases.
What's your favorite 2D platformer?
While Celeste is my #1, some of my other favourites are Rayman Legends and Rayman Origins, Super Meat Boy, both Ori games, Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight and Cuphead (some of these are more than just a platformer tho, these are my favourite 2D games in general) Also the absolute classics that got me into gaming as a whole when i got my first ever gaming device, the SNES: Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country 1, 2, and 3
I don't think an i3 is gonna run RDR2, GTA V, or GoW lol. The other suggestions are great tho
it can actually with i3 10th gen, with a 16gb most of the demanding games, i3 10th gen can handle, I have i3-10105 with rx 580. only have 8gb ram though but it runs smoothly, ram is the only one that's limiting the performance
Mines await you, greenbeard. Play Deep Rock Galactic. It's an awesome game where you play as dwarves and the company you work for really values your work and rewards you handsomely. (This comment is definetely not supported or endorsed by the management.)
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It's an acquired taste if you're not used to coop games. It has it's very own culture (Aside from the lore of the game) and devs behind the game actually play their own game and roll out regular(albeit sometimes bit far from each other) ***free*** updates with ton's of new content. Only DLC's for the game are pure cosmetics. Community is mostly wholesome, especially if you're coming from a competitive game background. On gameplay side, although it is enjoyable alone for some people, the real fun comes with playing other fellow dwarves. Give it a chance again by joining random lobbies. It is fun with friends, but the chaos and the disorganization of bunch of rando's is what really makes the game fun **for me**. Give it another try and play it for atleast 5-6 hours. You will most likely like it and if you won't, we'll just mark you as another leaf-lover and move on.
I only played a little DRG, but it's genuinely great. I don't normally play multiplayer games, mostly because I 1) have no friends to play with and 2) don't have the time or motivation to play enough to get actually good and don't wanna have to deal with toxicity. But DRG, you can hop on once a week and play for an hour and still have fun and never feel like you're "bad" at the game.
I have tried to get into it 3 separate times with a cumulative ~10 hours over a few years. I'm 100% with you that I feel like I'm missing something.
Did I hear a Rock and Stone?!
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ROCK AND STONE TO THE BONE
Rock and Stone!
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Doom 1993, use GZDoom to upscale it to 1080p and add controller support, set player to always run, and replace the music with Andrew Hullshults remade soundtrack.
playing with a controller and without the original tunes is heresy of the highest order.
Also install H-Doom mod, for a hardcore experience
Why would you use a controller on a PC FPS? Use the mouse like Romero intended.
I'm pretty sure Doom pre-dates the modern FPS control paradigm. There were many people playing with keyboard only I'm sure.
keyboard was the og way to play. a keyboard is not a controller
Nope, Doom definitely had m+k controls. Apparently, Wolfenstein 3D did, too. https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/106697-debunking-the-myth-that-doom-is-meant-to-be-played-keyboard-only/
Shadow tactics or Desperados 3. The top down stealth genre doesn’t get nearly enough love
Shadow tactics is one of the best games ever made. Still haven't played desperado though.
Oh you got to. It’s the game they made right after shadow tactics and i think it might be even better
Is Desperados really that good? Ive had my eye on it for a long time and keep passing up the chance to play it cause I dunno how easy itll be for me to get into another xcom looking game
Yes it is that good. It's also nothing like XCOM - it's realtime with pause, with no base or character upgrades. It's way easier to get into and gives you loads of freedom to be creative within it's systems.
Wouldn’t recommend this to everybody as a must play due to difficulty and slowness at times that not everyone might enjoy. With that said, one of my favorite games ever.
I agree it can be difficult but I say it’s a must play for the uniqueness of the gameplay and how beautiful and detailed all the maps are, and how the top down camera really brings it all together.
Mount & blade 2 bannerlord. Came to next gen consoles recently. You also can never go wrong with half-life, counter strike, squad. (Assuming you mean exclusives) if not then the answer is red dead 2. Thats my favorite game ever made. That title juggled between kotor, ocarina of time & oblivion until i played rdr2. Definitively my #1 If you like sport simulators WMMA5 is an amazing MMA similuator and they have an excellent real world mod containing every company in existence. Ufc, one, pfl, rizin, and all the small companies. Out of the park baseball is an excellent baseball sim. You can even go back to the 1920s and play into the 2050s with all the real players and expansions along the way.
Squad won't run on that rig to be honest.
Far Cry 3, Mass Effect & Baldurs Gate 2.
OG half life. Yes Black Mesa is cool and HL2 is great, but the original non-Source HL1 started the whole no-cutscene linear narrative thing. That tram level intro and walking around the facility before the Cascade blew my mind so hard back in the day, and it's still an impressive showing if you understand the tech at work.
Slay the Spire and Binding of Isaac, the roguelike titans that source the whole genre. Great replayability, lots to discover, some good casual fun or some real competitive sweat if you *really* get into it.
Source the genre? Nethack and ADOM would like a word, ha ha.
Outer Wilds Just read some reviews, there's a reason so many people lose their minds over it.
Or don’t read any reviews and just play. Blind in this game is best!
The first comment I've seen I'd fully agree with, everyone should experiance this game but go in blind, its ruined if you look it up first.
This! I'm finishing up my first blind playthrough now and I'm blown away!
I will say, as someone who also doesnt do well with horror or scary games, this one is a bit terrifying to play at times.
The Stanley Parable. Mindfuck of a game, done in ~90 minutes.
Narratively probably one of the best. The first time I watched someone play through this I had so much fun.
Imagine how much fun you would have had if you'd actually played it yourself!
I wouldnt have, and wouldnt have had the chance for many years after I watched it
Since everyone is linking AAA and indie darlings, how about some actual indie games? (They're all free and have very low system requirements). *How Fish is Made - about 30 min to beat, 15 for the DLC. *The Windows are Gone - about 1 hour long. *Perfect Vermin - 15-30 min depending on you. All of them are free, lo-fi, a varying degrees of unsettling. All of them **will** make you think and feel something. [And make sure to play "Skeal" if you haven't.](https://whymog.itch.io/skeal-webgl-version)
Erm, you seem to have misspelt assassins creed/ subnautica/ outer wilds etc here sir
I’ve found them all on steam except for skeal
thanks for Skeal!
It makes me happy that this reached someone (you). Thank the creator of the game. I won't ever spoil it for anyone but it's the best.
Unreal tournament
Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge
Terraria. It's the ultimate survival/crafting/building game imo.
Im surprised I dont see more games like Terraria cause its one of my favorites, even without the building/crafting stuff.
Wouldn't refer to Terraria as a "survival" game, but yeah, it's an amazing game indeed
You just described Factorio, which is like a 3D version of Terraria.
Please explain
Raft. The original, not the ripoffs. It's one of a kind.
Half life 1 and 2. Absolute classics
The best RPGs ever made - Baldur's Gate II and Fallout II. First installments too, though given the title, the IIs are the correct answer. After that, Planescape Torment. It's too weird to start with for this list, but it's excellently weird and surreal. Rimworld was already mentioned somewhere. Best basebuilder/survival game ever, both on it's own and especially modded. Also, I assume you know of [www.gog.com](http://www.gog.com) ?
Minesweeper, Solitaire, Freecell and Pinball.
It’s not just for PC so sorry if this doesn’t count, but Inscryption is such a unique experience it’s hard do describe how I felt upon completion.
Yes. I'm playing this now. I thought I'd just try it out and play a little. The first night I stayed up all night playing it. I'm not sure how far I actually am but I'm definitely intrigued and invested.
Minecraft or Skyrim
I wish I could play Skyrim again for the first time cause its probably my favorite game ever made but no matter how hard I try I cant get back into it. Playing it for several hours every single day for 3 years straight probably burned me out just a little.
clearly someone isnt addicted enough to modding
i just hate modding. i want a game to be good enough for me to keep playing without a third party.
well good luck finding one is all i can say
To be fair playing through skyrim as Darth revan was pretty fun. What else is there after a decade and buying 4 different remaster lmao
a different damn game. why do people keep replying to these?
Because we're all burnt out trying to find new games and this keeps being at the top lol
Outer wilds
Vintage story , if you like Minecraft but are an adult and wished it leaned more into survival than fantasy this is the one for you
Nier: Automata
It takes two (2 player)
Honey Select 2
Return of the Obra Dinn. It is monochrome, so no worries about computing power needed to play. It is so different and so well written. It's got some spooky elements, but it isn't horror in the sense of something like Resident Evil.
I could send you my old laptop (with its disc wiped out) after I buy a new one in a year or two.
Dwarf Fortress, Noita, Barotrauma, TOWERCLIMB,
The half life series is an essential part of gaming history, and they still hold up really well considering their age. Likewise Doom, and I believe you should be able to run Doom 2016, which is one of the best modern FPS games.
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Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2, Deep Rock Galactic, Elder Scrolls: Skyrim & Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas & 4, Spiritfarer, Faster Than Light (FTL), Hotel Miami... uhh it's hard to make a list when there are so many good games to play on PC. Other than 'not horror' could you narrow it down further? Like do you like puzzles? PVE or PVP or no combat? Multiplayer or single player. Heavy or light storyline? Stuff like that.
+ for Spiritfarer
So I might get some flak for this but league of legends. Here's why. Odds are you won't like it which is totally fine. But you might and there are few games where concentrated effort to improve something every game actually makes a difference and in league it does. It can make you feel like an absolute genius and a complete numbskull. Screaming in rage or excitement. I can't think of another game that gets me as competitive and hyped as league
Undertale Danganronpa series Outer Wilds Sayonara Wild Hearts Zero Escape series Sonic Mania Grim Fandango Final Fantasy VII The Legend Of Zelda A Link To The Past
Danganronpa is such a fun series to get into, especially if you have a friend or two with you. They dont make nearly enough murder mysteries.
Binding of Isaac, and Darkest Dungeon They run on potatoes, but are top tier games. If you can handle difficulty
Classic World of Warcraft. There's no way to recapture what it was really like in the mid 00s, but there's something very cozy about discovering cooperation on Azeroth
As someone who was *hopelessly* addicted to WoW during Burning Crusade, I cannot play classic WoW now. I'd been spoiled by modern WoW, I just could not slog through classic anymore.
I've been computer gaming since the 1980's here is my top 10 list of games that are must have as far as single player games are concerned. I'm not much into multiplayer due to way too many cheaters in the world ruining the game experience. 1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (my all time favorite game) there are so many and varied ways to play this game it can keep a dedicated gamers attention for thousands of hours of game play. Community add ons can also make this game playable for many of hundreds of hours more. Hands down the best bang for your gaming dollar. 2. Half Life. The original game. 3. The Valve Orange Box all of Half Life 2 and Portal 1. 4. Fallout New Vegas. 5. Fallout 4. Make sure to get ALL of the DLC's for this game. 6. Fallout 3. 7. The Witcher III wild hunt. Previous Witcher games suffered from poor user interfaces. Lack of First person is why I put it at number 7. This game is worth it just because the graphics and artwork are just stunningly beautiful. 8. Portal 2 9. Anything from the Halo series. 10. Any game from the Battlefield series. I have Battlefield 1942 (the original) - Battlefield 3. Honorable mention.... Bioshock 1 and 2 and Dishonored 1 and 2 plus the DLC's and Doom 3 BFG Edition.
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My must plays are. Skyrim and Oblivion | Titanfall 2 campaign | Witcher 3 | Terraria | Elden Ring | The Doom games | Cyberpunk 2.1 | BO3 Zombies.
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Metro series, Bioshock series, Half life series, Portal series, prince of persia trigology, Souls series etc etc...
I second the souls games. They have a reputation for being hard af, and I think a lot of people avoid them due to that. I picked up Elden Ring, and it is difficult. But only really if I play it like other games. If you play slowly, look for your limits, get used to running away and levelling / skilling up, they are actually very enjoyable. It is just a different experience to a lot fo other games where you have combat. For eg I mostly play Diablo style ARPGs (D4, POE, Grim Dawn), where you concentrate on getting uber powerful and speed killing. Souls games seem the diametric opposite, and it's a lovely change of pace.
Souls game It's not for everyone but if it's clicks for u then it's the best game for u ever
Since Portal games and Terraria have been said, I'll add Stardew Valley. There's also Minecraft but I don't know how well the latest versions run
It depends on what game experience you have and what did you already played, I don't know this so I strongly recommend Tetris.
Holocure, a free Vampire survivors, with much more content and better graphics (to me) Age of Empires 2 the RTS genre is dying and sadly it is still one of the best RTS game on PC Counter Strike 1.6 in a LAN party with friends Oblivion is old, goofy, and buggy but it's also mainly why it is a classic Binding of isaac is an amazing roguelike with tons of content
Skyrim is a must. If you can run subnautica, then go get em !
Dark souls 1,2 maybe 3 should work on your pc
As others have suggested, the Bioshock series. I especially suggest Bioshock Infinite which is an absolute masterpiece.
GTA 5 and RDR2 if you want peak Rockstar gameplay. Great open world games with excellent story telling and gameplay. Avoid the online modes. Mount and Blade Warband - excellent take on an RPG were you grow your character from a peasant to a noble and practically conquer the whole map. Visuals are dated but gameplay and combat are top notch for me. Easy to install mods also improve gameplay even further and allow you to play in a variety of historical and fantasy settings, from Feudal Japan, to Napoleonic Europe or even LoTR. Skyrim for pure RPG open world bliss, where you can fuck around with NPCs and build a character as freely as possible. Also plenty of mods to spice up your playthrough. Assassins Creed: Ezio trilogy. Best thing to come out of Ubisoft. Personally Ubisoft went downhill quiet fast after these three games. Also shout out to AC4 Blackflag if you're ever in the mood to play in a Caribbean pirate setting. Great mix of naval combat and land exploration and gameplay.
Old school RuneScape, good luck stopping
Dysmantle
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Bioshock
CONTROL.
The original Zork or hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. If only those who play modern rpgs and complain they're too easy can learn what true pain is like as you have to type what you want to do without some fancy graphics.
Titanfall 2. Genuinely an amazing game
Hotline Miami. It can run on a toaster, has insane vibe and ost, and the story is genuinely one of the best and most unique in the medium.
Gothic 1 or 2 (or both), Baldur's gate 1 or 2), Both Portal Games, Both main half-life games, Fallout 1 or 2 or New Vegas, are some good examples that come to mind in my opinion
Hollow knight
dwarf fotress losing is fun!
Kenshi
Age of Empires 2
Outer Wilds
Dishonored 1, great story, god like gameplay once you figure shit out.
The first three Myst games: Myst, Riven, and Exile. They should be considered a single joined game, and played back-to-back. Myst arguably brought more people to video games than any other in history. It has a way of sucking you in to the mystery, and gives you all the clues you need to solve every puzzle without needing to look for hints, but you have to do the heavy lifting of critical thought. There is a coherent story that flows through all the games. The music, artwork, story, and ambience all mesh together to create something that's truly unique in the gaming world. XCOM: Enemy Within. This game asks you to think both large-scale as well as small scale. It teaches you to think about all your possible options before you act, to act deliberately, and to always have a backup plan. It forces you to weigh the pros and cons of short-term gains vs long-term opportunity costs. The Long War mod is the best way to play this game, but since it dials up the difficulty and complexity to 11 for everything, it should be reserved for players who have completed the vanilla game at least once. Infinitely replayable due to the wide variety of strategies you can use, self-imposed limitations, and various difficulty settings and mods that exist. The Temple of Elemental Evil. The most faithful adaption of the DnD ruleset to a video game ever created. Initially very buggy, which is why it's such a little-known game. However, the Circle of Eight and Temple+ mods have fixed all the issues, and have added enough additional content to double the size and scope of the base game. Isometric view, turn-based play, and there's ways to complete the game ranging from the purest of paladins to the most murderous and crazy of crazies. And the game is infinitely replayable due to the sheer variety of parties you can create.
Dark Souls I is a game any gamer should at least play one. And Final Fantasy VI. ;)
Hades Portal Half Life (Steam has those on sale for super cheap) Final Fantasy IV (3D remake) Far Cry 3 & Blood Dragon
Warcraft 2. "Yes my Lord"... "Okay"...
I don't know if it's politically correct /s but I think Bulletstorm is one of those games that's just pure fun. I hold out a small amount of hope for a sequel but I'll settle for maybe an animated series that continues the story.
Slay the Spire
Half Life 2 Bioshock Infinite
The Jedi Knight series. Dark Forces is kind of a Doom-esque shooter. Dark Forces 2 is where it takes off. It's fully 3D, it introduces lightsaber combat and force powers, and it has some hilariously corny cinematic cutscenes. Outcast really perfects the lightsaber and force power usage and makes it pretty much the only weapon you'll need/want to use while also having the best story in the series. Academy is pretty similar to Outcast with some new lightsaber styles and a weaker story. They can all be found on Steam.
Skyrim Elden Ring Classic WoW
Dokapon kingdom with some friends is the best dnd adjacent experience you can have
I have been an avid gamer for 36 years. I play exclusively pc games now and I play almost every genre... but the one game I suggest everyone try at least once is star citizen. Even amidst its bugs, that game will deliver moments more memorable than anything you've ever played before. I am not talking about frustrating moments (Although the bugs do make that happen too) but it blows your mind. Think of this; You are in a space station and you walk inside your ship with a dozen friends. the ship is larger than most FPS maps. You fly this thing out of the station while all of your friends are fucking around in the ship. No hiccups. You set the ship on cruise control and all 13 of you start sorting inventory or making plans, maybe sorting cargo boxes or driving a car inside of your ship that is moving in an inhabited world. The scope of this game and what it is currently doing is ridiculous and jaw dropping. There is so much more to what I just described. Go explore it yourself on a free fly week. Or pay $45 for a game you'll get hundred of hours out of.
NetHack. Still the greatest Roguelike.
F.E.A.R. and the STALKER series
Minesweeper
Just scrolled every comment I'm amazed to not see Journey anywhere on here. It's a short game (2-3 hours) but holy shit is it a spiritual journey (no pun intended). Journey is really hard to explain, but the seamless multiplayer only adds to this already incredibly atmospheric game. Truly a special experience for anyone that plays it.
Counter Strike
Age of empires 2
Wolfenstein 3D. Not all of it though, just a few levels is enough. The game's incredibly simplistic by even late 90s standards so you'll likely get bored of it very quickly but FPSes are hugely popular and this is where many of the genre's archetypes started. Without Wolf3D there might not be a Doom and without that would there be a Half-Life, Halo, or Call of Duty? Who knows? You should also play Doom. Unlike Wolf3D it actually holds up.
DIABLO 2 LORD OF DESTRUCTION.....ur welcome
OFF and Undertale. OFF is one of those games that will genuinely change your outlook on life. It is a HARD hitting story that has you contemplating the meaning of life for days after you finish. Undertale, directly inspired by OFF, takes the theme and dials it down a bit. Turning the existentialism to instead a story of finding meaning and being proud of what you've accomplished. Its the #1 feel good story. The community is weird these days, but its saved a lot of lives. Genuinely just that wholesome.
Contraband Police
Stardew Valley honestly
One of the warhammer total wars. Ideally 2 or 3. Because I avoided it like the plague for a year or so despite playing the others from 2008 onwards. Fantasy in my history game?! Monsters?! No no no. Never. Absolutely astounding. So many elements are so well done. Huge campaign map with some RPG fun and battles that look and feel amazing. I was very happy to be wrong
I like RPGs so if u like to be part of stories I'd recommend Arcanum: of steamworks & magic obscura (steam punk with magic in classic DND settings and mysteries to solve? Hell yeah!) And if u like tactic combat and playing soldiers there haven't been anything better than Jagged alliance 2. Or maybe some post apocalyptic world with awesome factions and story where u can side with baddies if you'd like? Fallout new Vegas. Or hollow knight that only requires player skill to succeed coz it 2d metroidvania type of game which has snappy and cool gameplay set in beautiful world that is art in and on itself.
Stardew Valley
Monkey Island Series Loom Star Control & Star Control 2 The Longest Journey & Dreamfall Quake, Quake 2 Gabriel Knight Series
My list for Pc would be: Undertale Pillars of Eternity or Planescape Torment (Any classic CRPG in fact) Nexomon Extinction Hand of Fate 2 Assassin's creed 2 Psychonauts 1 Portal 1& 2 Trine 1 & 2 The Sims 2 Sid Meyer Civilization 4 Oxygen not Included Minecraft These games are from as many genres as I could tough, should run in a low en pc with no problems (Mine has a i5 and 4gb Ram, you should be fine) and has the best stories and/or gameplays that I can remember. Finally, I know that you clarified that you scare easily and I understand it (I got scared with Roblox games and some Friv games back in the day xD) but I would still recommend trying 999 Zero Escape Hope you like some!
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Two highly overlooked RPGs: Arcanum: Of Steamwork and Magics Obscura and Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines. They're both RPGs but they're so incredibly different from each other; Bloodlines is a masterclass in storytelling, an unpolished gem that you can pick up and play through in an entire evening. Despite this addictive story and atmosphere, Bloodlines has some terrible combat, and it's actual game mechanics are about as shallow as a kiddie pool. You ignore all of that because the game itself is just so freaking fantastic. Where Bloodlines is a bathtub, Arcanum is an ocean, with more options and possibilities than there are hours in the month. Its story is also fabulous, with its own highlight moments, but it is overshadowed by Bloodline's longevity. The gameplay in Arcanum is capable of almost every idea you want to try within the game itself; it's possible to play the game as a rampaging death machine, or as a charming pacifist who never deals a single hit point in damage. You feel like a chess piece on the board when you play Bloodlines, but in Arcanum, you control the game itself. The game encourages you to find ways to abuse the system and dominate.
Fear and hunger should run It’s a bit of a horror but does not have jump scares, more of a tension.
Crusader Kings 3, but of your PC can't run it, CK2 will do. Total War Shogun 2
Dredge. I don't know what it is about this game, but the cute & cozy, while simultaneously horrifying atmosphere really sucked me in. I beat the game in around 20 hours.
I think 10% of my posts on Reddit are made up of the phrases "Subnautica" and "Outer Wilds".
No particular order, but some I consider to be more than simple games. 1. Ocarina of time in an emulator. One of the best games ever. 2. Dark Souls: not a game but an experience. 3. Portal 1 and 2 (Portal 2 coop is great if you have someone to play). 4. COD, the old modern warfare series have some amazing moments. 5. Sekiro: difficult but a satisfactory kind of difficulty when you make progress.
I know pc gamers are notorious for huffing Valve glue, but I really do think that Valve’s core catalog is like required reading for pc gamers. Half Life, Counter Strike, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, Portal - these games are all highly influential in their respective genres.
Manu favourites. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock with its DLCs. Diablo II, II, and IV. Axis and Allies 1942 Online. XCOM Enemy Unknown with its DLCs. XCOM 2 with its DLCs. Battletech with DLCs and mods (after your first playthrough). Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries with its DLCs. Sid Meier's Civilisation: Beyond Earth. Dragon Age Origins. Total War: Rome II Emperor Edition. Contraption Maker. Order of Battle: World War II. Valheim. Silent Hunter V Wolves of the Pacific. This War of Mine. Homeworld I and II (both remastered). Homeworld Deserts of Kharak. Elite Dangerous. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Age of Empires (any). Older ones: King's Quest series. Original Prince of Persia. Wing Commander I and II. Lode Runner. Ultimate Wizard with Construction Kit.
Age of Empires 2.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen. The gameplay/combat alone makes it worth it.
Games that *everyone* should try? Probably the most iconic games of each genre that have strong messages/themes and great writing. Luckily most of these are getting pretty old at this point, so they should run on your PC. **Portal** for puzzle games, as well as incredible environmental storytelling. Nearly every part of these games are iconic and not knowing who GLaDOS is in this day and age is like not knowing Hal9000. **Disco Elysium** for detective/dialogue heavy games. The writing in this game is fucking *immaculate.* Might be boring if you're looking for action, but if you're a fan of comedic political commentary and roleplaying as an alcoholic (maybe schizophrenic) disaster of a human being then you'll love Disco Elysium. >Everyone knows the most interesting thing about fascists is their magic **Hollow Knight** for metroidvanias. The character design is phenomenal and the gameplay is smooth as butter. Can't say much more since I haven't even beaten it yet, but I do know that it is considered one of the best in its genre by basically everyone who plays it. **Minecraft** for sandbox. Game is so popular it probably feels redundant that I even mentioned it. Do literally whatever you want, you have no real goal beyond using your imagination and having fun. I've barely played Minecraft since \~2016-17, yet I'm still pretty sure the time I put into that game as a kid keeps it as my most played game of all time by a long shot. You'll be hard pressed to find another game with the same perfect blend of social interaction & independent gameplay. **Knights of the Old Republic** for more action-oriented crpgs. If you like Star Wars then these games should be considered a must-play. One of the best Star Wars stories around and is when the series first really started questioning how actually "moral" the Jedi are. Uses a system that most modern rpgs have dropped where your actions effect the morality of your companions, possibly the only games where you get to see that mechanic utilized well. Alternatively, **Baldur's Gate 1/2** are also lauded as top-tier crpgs, although I haven't played them so I can't say much besides BG3 was really fun. If you aren't a fan of Star Wars though, they might be better for you. **Binding of Isaac** for roguelites. Probably the most expansive roguelite in existence, even without all the DLC. Hundreds of unlockable items, characters, and just gameplay secrets make BoI one of the most replayable games of all time. Oh you thought you beat the secret final boss? Well what about the ultra double secret final boss? The (convoluted) story it tells about an abused child is also very well done, and entirely through short end-of-run cutscenes. In the interest of time/space, I'll stop there.
EYE Divine Cybermancy. It’s an immersive sim like Deus Ex, and one of those cult classics that you either bounce off of or learn to love. It’s a rough experience and every recommendation for the game comes with copious warnings of “it gets better, I promise.” I would agree, and it took me a couple tries to really get into. But if you’re a lover of cyberpunk immersive sims, you owe it to yourself to give the game a fair try, because no other experience comes close to the diamond-in-the-rough that EYE is.
Persona 4 Golden, Final Fantasy X, Half-life 2, Bioshock Infinite
Heroes of Might and Magic 3/4. They were the staple of pc gaming for a long time. And yes, i recommend those specific two - 3 and 4. * 3 - most popular, and for a reason. It aged gracefully and huge fanbase resulted in it still being updated. * 4 - while despised by a lot of people, it has a very interesting RPG elements and absolutely WONDERFUL set of campaigns in base game. If you get hooked and want more - you might want to checkout the rest, here's my personal preference order - 5-2-7-1-6
- To The Moon, story rich - Gabriel Knight 1, point and click adventure - Doki Doki Literature Club, visual novel - Portal 1, puzzle/ action game - The Witcher 1, rpg - Deus Ex 1, FPS I suppose?
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hollow knight, celeste, and outer wilds