Abiotic Factor. Looks like it should have come out in the early 2000s, but so tight.
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Rimworld is number 1, hands down. I guess this is my answer, but I'm going to include more games
- Factorio - enough said
- Minecraft/7 Days to Die/Valheim - I can create my own world and story
- OpenTTD - so much rail transport
- Civ4 - so many mods (Fall From Heaven makes it a great fantasy game)
- X-COM 2 - difficult tactical decisions
Man roller coaster tycoon was LIT
Found out a year ago OpenRCT adds multiplayer support. Started a campaign with my sister as we've played it a lot as kids. Great fun for a Sunday every once in a while.
Dwarf fortress
Medieval 2: Total War
Also, Backpack Hero
I feel like I'm missing something, what does the title mean?
Games that maybe don't look the best or maybe older, but it doesn't matter because the gameplay runs deep
Factorio.
He said game, not crack sir.
Cackles in 5700 hours worth
Nioh 2
Another point for Nioh 2. Still the single best souls-like for pure gameplay if you give it the chance.
Rimworld
The Dwarf Fortress model. Losing is fun!
Idk... RimWorld feels less genuine when they anthropomorphize the RNG, so it feels like it's doing shit to you on purpose (because it kinda is).
Fuck you, Randy! I bet you thought that destroying my colony with 137 manhunting Boomalopes was pretty fuckin' funny, you sick son of a bitch.
Rimworld definitely makes it harder when you're doing well. You can control the parameters a bit though in the storyteller settings. It depends on your colony's wealth, number of people, how long it's been since something 'bad' happens (colonist dies or gets injured), etc.
This is advice I've given to new Rimworld players, and I hope it was helpful. The game (on most difficulties) is itching to give you the next "scenario."
Building your wealth in valuable equipment is not very good at the start of the game, because your town's silver value will go up much faster than its defensive/offensive capabilities. You end up putting a target on your back for raids.
Better to build a surrounding wall and set up trap corridors than to worry about getting everyone a gun.
I've had success doing that too. Buttload of traps. The raids that will circumvent your traps are definitely a problem though. Also the raids that just have a bunch of grenadiers can destroy your defenses in no time.
Master of Magic. It's basically the Civilization gameplay loop, but adds fantasy creatures, magic spells, hero units and loot. There's a recent remake but it just doesn't capture the same vibes as the original, at least for me.
Been looking for a spiritual successor for 25 years but nothing scratches that itch.
With that said the game is widely unbalanced and full of totally broken strategies, which somehow doesn't make it less fun.
Has been on my to-try list. The old one I mean, I don't have the new.
Na na na na na na na na Katamari Damacy
X4. Come for the arcadey spaceflight simulator, stay for the galactic-scale empire building, leave for another save file once the Xenon start sending multiple I-class battleships against your Teladi allies but they cannot muster the strength to repel them and the entire gate network falls because you were too busy solving the Paranid Civil War.
arcadey
Only from the perspective of Orbiter and Elite Dangerous maybe.
I've been chasing the high from Elite Dangerous on my HOSAS setup for years. Thankfully, the recent updates have breathed some new life into the game.
… Might and Magic Book One: Secret of the Inner Sanctum… Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Restoration of Erathia (vanilla)… Invisible, Inc… Severed Steel… Solitairica… Griftlands… Hand of Fate
I don't have a favourite unfortunately. No ranks. But I've played a lot more and these shine for gameplay first amd foremost. Some, like the first, are gameplay only (as was the requirement in the era, there was not much more to go by) whereas the others if you remove the flashy bits in ways which wouldn't affect the gameplay, they'd play really good… just fine.
A game I played as a youth, but was bought and killed by Sony that has been resurrected by passionate devs
Infantry Online https://www.freeinfantry.com/
OMFG! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
not quite sure which one takes the top spot,
but its openttd, factorio, btd6 or dota2
Super Metroid