Okay so I never played a strategy game, and got into crpgs and stuff recently and now really want to play a strategy game. Problem is, from looking up everything seems like most games are either unfinished, very complicated, too much combat, to little combat or just very outdated. And while I'm normally not really caring about graphics (I love gothic and other stuff) I would really like a strategy game that looks decent enough and has a good balance of combat and building. I heard civ 6 is a decent way to start, what are your suggestions?

Looking for games that are hard to perfect. For instance games like Sifu, Sekiro, all souls/ soulslikes games, Nine Sols, Fallen order.

I have been playing other games for now like CP2077, RE, outer wilds but can't seem to get into the flow state of any of them.

The closest I came to that feeling was when I played Hades recently and even that feels sort of repetitive without being challenging now (tbf this was after about 80 runs).

Have a vacation coming up that will allow me to game while tripping and I've desperately been scouring steam for the past week with no luck. I miss that feeling of zoning out to bosses so much. Would appreciate any recommendations. Thanks!

My auntie is interested in getting a switch! We are looking for the right games for her. She wants to play something with an underwater theme that has “fishies and no killing.” Or maybe even a game with stars and planets. Also open to suggestions for good brain games. TIA!

Title says it all really. I really enjoy No Man's Sky but I really wish I could walk around/decorate my ships. Preferably ones that are more casual/sandbox and don't have much MMO stuff but it's not a total dealbreaker if they are an MMO or very difficult

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for online games that are good for making friends, especially with a more mature/older crowd. I’d prefer something chill—nothing too competitive or fast-paced—where voice chat is commonly used for socializing.

I’m open to different genres, whether it’s co-op, MMO, or something more casual. The main thing is finding a welcoming community where people actually talk and build friendships.

Any recommendations? Bonus points if it’s a game where new players aren’t left out!

Thanks!

I've played Prison Architect before but I'm looking for something more similar to Tropico or City Skylines. I'd like the game to not be really hard but engaging.

looking for a mislim/fps like shooter something like hell let loose,squad,enlisted,cs2 online game not too heavy on the specs, i aldready tried operation harsh doorstop didnt like it same goes for arma 3 and also please make it under 10€ or free, and for game not to be dead something alive and also to not eat up storage please anything under 45GB

might be kind of specific but i was playing this one game called sneaker reselling simulator on roblox as a joke but it was really addicting. i know house flipper but are there reselling item games. thanks alot

I've played hundreds of hours of tarkov, hunt showdown and rust. I'm looking for something similar that has really high stakes and pvp. I love ark but there aren't any lively pvp servers anymore unfortunately. Does anyone know of anything that fits the criteria? I've tried arena breakout infinite and i can't get past the p2w aspects. Delta force is too much like cod for me atm. Dark and darker feels a tad clunky but is my best option I can find atm. Any help is appreciated!

I can’t find a game that i used to play with my classmates. So, the teacher would (if i remember right) give us a code and we would join him to the game. In the game we had something like 5 days to harvest wood and rock. We had to decide what to do each day and we could only do one or two things. We could harvest/build or upgrade buildings like schools etc. There was also a human satisfaction level that we had to try to keep up. Please, i need to find this game.

Me and my gf likes to play sometimes, but we don't have so much games to play together, we play frosttborn, dark legends and combat magic. I looking for more games mobiles to play with her, she likes RPG, but I accept any recommendation

I'm looking for fresh new experiences, tired of the same games being recommended...

Doesn't need to be Indie actually.

tyvm in advance

Since I don't really know how to describe what it is about rimworld I'm looking for outside I guess stylistic tactical colony builder that let's you create a story in your head I'll let the reader decide what they think are games like rimworld but I remeber seeing a game called stardeus and thought wow that looks like a really cool rimworld in space and I'm curious what other games just have that rimworld vibe to it

Hi all,

Im looking for recommendations for casual PC games for my dad. He knows how to use Steam.

Parkinsons limits him mostly to top-down and side scrollers unless he can enable "God mode" so it doesn't matter if he can't swivel his line of sight.

He has enjoyed:

• Civ series
• Valheim (God mode enabled)
• Stardew Valley
• Dinkum

He has not liked:

• Grounded
• Dungeonmans

Combat heavy games stress him out. He likes the feel of Valheim but wants "less bad guys".

I have suggested "My Time at Portia" and he seems on the fence about it.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: spelling

Guys, this game has one of the most fun multiplayer Ive played and its still active.

You can check gameplay for people playing this week on youtube, if you wanna try.

Asking this after having a blast with the occultist class in Darkest Dungeon being islamic-based instead of western ( a nod to Lovecraft's Abdul Al-Zhared, the author of the Necronomicon). Also, I got interested in the designs created by the alchemists of the Iron Sultanate in the Trench Crusade TTRPG.

Im really feeling in a "driving" mood right now and I wanna find a game that can let me relax and drive across a big map.

(Preferably a game on the ps5)

These are the aspects to d2’s LLD that appeal to me:

• you can overlevel a powerful character and mindlessly farm places to get low level drops (though they are far too rare)
• skill matters, but in the end high level dueling requires more twitch reflexes and LLD has stricter gear needs
• leveling up a new character to equip a new gear set would only take an hour or two
• potential for amusement via killing high-level chars with a low level one

The things that I like less about d2’s LLD:

• no real in-game motivation to duel, much less to do LLD (I don’t need full loot but I prefer PvP to have SOME reward)
• typically only going to happen in arena-like instances, no chance for pvpve
• very unpopular among players (retains only a very loyal subset of the game’s fan base)
• above all, the gear is so rare that self-farming it is an absurd impossibility, and most resort to RMT or pseudo-RMT

Been a passive curiosity for a while, thanks for reading!

I’m a sucker for story games and I refuse to play the majority of games that don’t have a story progression, I play basically anything for the story, although I prefer games with multiple endings and where choices matter, I’ve found myself playing games I didn’t really play much of like first person shooters or even horror games. Although I’m not good when it comes to horror games as my anxiety usually makes it harder for me to get through it, especially if there’s jumpscares (I HATE jumpscares, I like the uneasiness and the atmosphere of horror games more than the jumpscares) but I will literally put myself through anything for an interesting and immersive story!! Although choice matters, multiple endings, and aesthetic/style is definitely a plus.

Looking for games where you play with futuristic tanks, mech, jets etc in the future (near or distant). Examples of games I enjoy are Battletech, Armored Core, Stealth Combat: Ultimate War, Star Wars: Squadrons, WH40k: Adeptus Titanicus Dominus. I also like War Thunder, but prefer more advanced military vehicles.

Hi all,

I’m looking for a couch coop game that I could play with my 9 years old son.

He’s been gaming a while mainly Lego, Mario, Fortnite, Racing, football games etc.

I am a semi decent gamer mum who would love to bond over a game with kiddo (equally we already have a pretty good relationship that I wouldn’t want to destroy over a game 😅)

Any recommendations? I am tempted to get “It takes two” but unsure if it’s too tricky?

Thanks in advance

so i'm mainly looking for a game that can be similar to the concepts of Big Ambitions, a tycoon where you start off from 0 and rise slowly but notably throughout the gameplay, making revenue, developing your business or company, something like that, basic.

Hi all, I have a huge backlog of games as well as a recently expired Game Pass Ultimate subscription. I'll sign up again at some point, but it's not like I already don't have enough to play. I'm curious if you have any suggestions that I don't know about, or if you're excited about something already in my backlog that I haven't gotten around to yet!

Sidenote: I don't know if I can call myself disabled, but I have issues with the nerves and tendons in my hands/arms as a result of some serious RSI, so I prefer games that are light on the "action". Coincides with my favorite genres (see title) pretty well anyway, but the less controller input required, the better.

Regarding pricing: I would prefer games that are either on Game Pass or regularly on sale/cheap to get secondhand, but don't let cost hold you back from naming something. If it's expensive now I can always add it to the ever growing backlog lol (same for games with more intense controls).

My favorite developer is Annapurna Interactive. You're welcome to mention any of their games, but odds are I'm already aware of it. Unlike the news I literally just read while making this post about their mass resignation, damn. Anyway.

Edit: together with Don't Nod!

Games/franchises I've loved or at least enjoyed:

- Assassin's Creed

- Monster Hunter

- Skyrim

- Red Dead Redemption

- What Remains of Edith Finch

- Firewatch

- Road 96

- Outer Wilds

- Phoenix Wright (show of hands if you owned a classic NDS/GBA)

- Danganronpa

- AI: The Somnium Files

- Dragon Age

- A Plague Tale

- Sam Barlow FMVs

- Tell Me Why (I recommend this to anyone who will listen)

- Control

Thanks in advance to anyone trying to help out!

I am looking for a pack opening game where you want to collect cards that you trade for upgrades, or some similar mechanic like that.

Even better if there is a competition/battle/game element to it as well.

Suggestions I have seen that are close but not quite it: TCG Shop simulator, Balatro, Slay the Spire

Like the puzzles in Resident Evil or Uncharted, but without the horror or action. I want the puzzles to feel like they’re happening in a real place. Portal is a good example in that it has a distinct reason for you to be solving puzzles, but not so much as the test chambers are a bit abstract.

I have put more hours into PoE2 in less than 2 months than most games I have played all of 2024. The game is amazing. The depth, the variety, the community, the loot.

I came from OSRS which shares a lot of similarities with PoE. Are they completely different games? Yes. But they share the same psychology of what makes them so much fun. Every time you kill something theres a chance of giving you that dopamine rush. The entire game is centered around currency. Having more currency = more powerful = potentially more/faster currency = fun. The depth of these games are unreal. Everytime you start to feel burnt out you get thrown into another mechanic to spend hours learning about and mastering. OSRS obviously has way more of this, but I felt it in PoE2 as well.

What other games exist that share this game design philosophy? I enjoy games that I can "play without playing" (aka reading the wiki on the toilet at work). I also enjoy games that money is meaningful. I love MMORPGs, but the majority of MMOs I play your currency is just some number hidden in the corner of your inventory that barely matters and the game throws it at you before you even care to know what its used for. What seperates OSRS and PoE is that currency is an actually item and it feels so nice.

Hi, Im looking for coop games that wont cause motion sickness, which mainly means 2d games. We will be playing on PC and prefer local/couch coop. Some games like this that Im already aware of (and like) are Cuphead, factorio, stardew valley, dont starve together, terraria and rainworld. Thank you all very much!

Even a walking simulator with few kills (not many) or not at all inside a room only and not games in the middle ages in ancient times in the future if it is done in an atmosphere like Half Life Half Life 2 and Half Life 3 are only First Person games.

Hello guys.

I am searching for a game that is basically close to old WoW, but more brutal and less "bright, colorful and funny" . Don`t know if you get what I mean there but I do like the feeling of that open world and the MMO aspects like having groups for dungeons and profession stuff etc.. but I struggle with that surrounding atmosphere/ambience.

I`m more into that dark and "brutal" atmosphere and setting of Diablo 2/3, Elden Ring, Dark Souls and maybe some apocalyptic stuff like Fallout (just the wasteland). Blood and gore is a plus but not necessary.

I hope you got some suggestions or ideas what to try.

PS: If it´s only single player I´m also interested in a mix of those games i described. For the most part I like leveling by myself in any game. Just sometimes Dungeons/Groups n stuff.

I have a series x but rn I cannot use it due to my location, it would be really useful if someone could suggest any good game that can smoothly run (60 fps , 1080p) on my laptop (GTX 1650 ti , i5-10300h, 16 gb ram) . Another really crucial point is that the game is not or game pass or if it is , cannot run in 4k. That would make me just postpone play the game until I can be back on my Xbox. I would honestly accept some suggestion also about some game maybe not so great but still good, run decent, and not on game pass because anyways I would not buy it on Xbox where on PC I could get it for cheap on sites like Epic or Gog. Just to explain better what I am talking about, I was looking for a game like bathman Arkham city ( goated , low requirements, not on game pass) or a game like Avatars of pandora/ suicide squad (not great, enjoyable, wouldn't buy em on Xbox). I have a preference towards open world RPGs , but any other game that meets the category described Is well accepted. Thx , I know my request is kinda complicated, but I will be open to any kind of suggestion.