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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Factorio. The factory must grow. Started on my Switch until I could no longer save games, then migrated to laptop. Because the Factory. Must. Grow.

Never in my life have I been so hooked on a game.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

For fans of Factorio I highly recommend Dyson Sphere Program. It’s a beautiful factory building game. It’s been in early access for a while now but can already be played like a finished game. There is a combat system coming but that will be totally optional. The only downside is that it’s far more demanding than Factorio when it comes to CPU, especially in the late stages of the game as your factory grows.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Factorio is one of those few games (rim world too) that I can sit down and not realize that HOURS are flying by.

For that alone, Factorio is a must have for anyone who enjoys base building aspects in other games. Also, there is multiplayer on PC. At least with mods it's possible.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Cyberpunk. They fixed most of the issues the game had at launch. There's a dlc coming out soon too that will add a bunch of hours, and with it they are reworking loads of mechanics for free. Can't recommend it enough.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Skyrim is always up there.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I've reeeaaaally gotten into the rogue-like/lite genre. Dead Cells, Hades, Slay the Spire, FTL, Vampire Survivors... Just endlessly fun and entertaining. Also for all you Vampires lovers, I just picked up a game called Halls of Torment during the Steam sale for cheap. Super fun "vampires-like"

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dwarf Fortress is beautiful.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Witcher 3 wild hunt. Game was released in 2015 and we are still getting regular patches 8 years later. Patch 4.03 was just released last May. Engaging storytelling, a vast open world along with 2 expansion pack, deep role-playing elements to create a memorable and immersive gaming experience.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Rimworld.

It's kind of funny because I bounced off the game hard the first two times I played it. What really did it for me was the Ideology DLC, gave it a shot on a whim and the amount of structure it gave me for RPing colonies was exactly what I was missing.

Hundreds upon hundreds of hours in now, and it is the game I keep coming back to. Not to mention one of the biggest modding communities I have ever seen in a video game. The only video game subscriptions I maintain currently are to a few Rimworld modders whose work I really enjoy. When I am not playing it, I am working on ideas of themed mod packs to put into it.

Dyson Sphere Program is a close second, it's my favourite factory-builder. It is still in early access but is a VERY polished experience already. Amazing dev communication too.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Slay the spire. Probably have close to 1000 hours playing it and I'm still addicted.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Rimworld - 2000 hours so far. I'm not done yet. The mod community and periodic dlc keep it alive for me.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mindustry. People compare it to Factorio, but Mindustry (which also has an Android version) is open source.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Dwarf Fortress, been playing it off and on for many years now. I happily bought the steam version when it came out!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (8 children)

RimWorld.

Yes, I am a degenerate.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

FTL. Theme song triggers ptsd in my wife.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Outer Wilds. Best space exploration game with environmental storytelling I have ever played. And that ending...chef's kiss made me cry.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vampire Survivors on the steam deck.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Cyberpunk2077 at the moment. Got more than 250 hours on it. Before that I played Dishonored a lot and that before the very first Deus Ex. The story was just incredible and IMHO still is one of the best in video game history.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Please don't make fun of me but I am a die-hard SimCity guy

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The most recent, Dave the diver!!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Kerbal Space Program

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I haven't see Horizon Zero Dawn in the comments so far. This is probably the best (by graphics, game play, characters, story lines) game I've ever played. I really hope that Horizon Forbidden West is released for PC soon.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Cities Skylines for me. It's like building my own little world that I would want to live and work in

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Kenshi. It's very unique and one of my favourite games. It also has an amazing modding community.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On my 3rd playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

There's no game I don't eventually get tired of, but here are three that are fantastic and I can recommend playing for hours and hours:

  • FTL
  • Slay the Spire
  • Darkest Dungeon

All indie titles, none of them new, still fantastic and well worth it if you haven't played any on this list. Also all challenging roguelikes, so be warned. =P

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Looking at my steam:

Total: Factorio. Though I do think I need to put that one on hold after I'm finally done with my current save - which is not far out anymore. Also, this game has multiplayer so it may technically not count.

Recent: Derail Valley, a very down-to-basics train simulator, focusing on cargo rail in a fictional rendition of an area in the Balkans. They recently put out a major update, which makes all kinds of simulation features much more expansive.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Factorio, Satisfactory, and Minecraft. Generally sandbox games keep me interested the longest since you're just limited by your creativity there.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

For a hot month at a time, The Sims, then never again for the rest of the year

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

RimWorld, I can't stop playing it for at least 6 hours every time I launch it.

Also Factorio until I got stuck on making the fucking trains work

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I got Slay the Spire recently from the steam summer sale since it’s so cheap. I haven’t been able to put it down. It’s such a time suck, and I normally don’t even like card games. I would 100% recommend it.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Age of Empires 2 in campaign mode

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Skyrim, Fallout 4 and Might & Magic VIII

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The Mass Effect trilogy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Rollercoaster Tycoon / OpenRCT2

Transport Tycoon Deluxe / OpenTTD

While they do now have multiplayer modes thanks to their corresponding open source projects, I still think the spirit of these games is firmly in the single player pc game category. Best of all they're both free and available on any OS!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Binding of Isaac. It is too addictive

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

STALKER - with mods this game looks amazing and it's so immersive. I had so many fun/terrifying hours on this

Bayonetta

Dwarf Fortress

Cyberpunk

Mass Effect

Morrowind

Inscryption

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I'm flabbergasted we're getting no metroidvania love in here so I'll list my two favorites: Hollow Knight and Blasphemous. Both with sequels coming out this year which I'm so excited about!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Workers and resources. It's like cities skylines on steroids.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Civilization for me... I don't mind the newer versions but I'm old enough that I've played it since Civ I and I do sort of feel like it's lost something as the graphics have improved and animations were introduced. Still, irrespective of the version, every game is a little different and eats hours like nothing else.

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