Hollow Knight
One of the most challenging / beautiful games I’ve played.
Sekiro also falls into these categories
The Binding of Isaac. It is too addictive
Dwarf Fortress is beautiful.
Rimworld and factorio cause time to disappear
Minecraft I keep coming back to year after year.
FTL is pretty fun too
Age of Empires 2 in campaign mode
Cheese steak Jimmy
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.
Fallout New Vegas
Two Point Hospital
Right now? Battlebit remastered
On my 3rd playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas
My friends make fun of me for it but…
Football Manager.
I know it’s a spreadsheet simiulator but I can’t stop.
Deep Rock
Solitaire
Good ol’ Skyrim. The possibilities to break the game are nigh endless.
You know there is a skyrim mods community here on lemmy? Come break the game with us!
Kerbal Space Program