I have been playing games for almost 25 years and as such, I have accumulated quite a long list of games that I enjoy. I have tried to curate them here from a multitude of genres and generations across a span of roughly 1995 to 2025. The hope is that people see this list and are encouraged to try some of these games themselves.
Many of these are considered classics, while some are gems that I believe have flown under the radar. Some of these games are games that I have written about before on this site, so there is just a bit of bias. I have annotated each of these games with the platforms I prefer to play them on since most of them appear on multiple platforms.
- Jade Empire (Microsoft Xbox)
- Halo 2 (Microsoft Xbox)
- Roller Coaster Tycoon (PC)
- Disco Elysium (PC)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
- Star Fox 64 (Nintendo 64)
- The Forgotten City (PC)
- Deep Rock Galactic (PC)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo Gamecube)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (PC)
- Sonic Adventure (Sega Dreamcast)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC)
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (PC)
- Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (PC)
- Doki Doki Literature Club (PC)
- Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Playstation 2)
- Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)
- Grim Dawn (PC)
- Age of Empires 2 (PC)
- Rimworld (PC)
- Twisted Metal 2 (Sony Playstation)
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Enderal Forgotten Stories (PC)
- Star Wars Battlefront 2 (Playstation 2)
- Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64)
- Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock (Playstation 2)
- Counter Strike 1.6 (PC)
- Goldeneye 007 (Nintendo 64)
- Mass Effect 2 (PC)
- Dark Souls (Microsoft Xbox 360)
- It Takes Two (PC)
- Divinity Original Sin 2 (PC)
- Jet Set Radio Future (Microsoft Xbox)
- Ape Escape (Sony Playstation)
- Spyro The Dragon (Sony Playstation)
- Assasin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Microsoft Xbox 360)
- Devil May Cry (Sony Playstation 2)
- Powerwash Simulator (PC)
- Warframe (PC)
- Def Jam: Fight for NY (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Fallout 3 (Microsoft Xbox 360)
- Team Fortress Classic (PC)
- The Talos Principle 2 (PC)
- Payday 2 (PC)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II (PC)
- Gauntlet Legends (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Assassin’s Creed 2 (Microsoft Xbox 360)
- Manifold Garden (PC)
- The Stanley Parable (PC)
- Stardew Valley (PC)
- Super Smash Brothers: Melee (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Fallout: New Vegas (Microsoft Xbox 360)
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Microsoft Xbox)
- Bloodborne (Sony Playstation 4)
- Metro 2033 (PC)
- Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (PC)
- Dragon Age Origins (PC)
- Borderlands 2 (PC)
- Helldivers 2 (PC)
- Tales of Berseria (PC)
- Tomb Raider Reboot (PC)
- Age of Mythology (PC)
- The Talos Principle (PC)
- Civilization IV (PC)
- Banished (PC)
- Resident Evil 4 (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Satisfactory (PC)
- The Planet Crafter (PC)
- Pillars of Eternity (PC)
- Tomb Raider Legends (Sony Playstation 2)
- Day of Defeat (PC)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (PC)
- Dwarf Fortress (PC)
- Darkstone (Sony Playstation)
- Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (Sony Playstation 2)
- Palworld (PC)
- Risk of Rain 2 (PC)
- Tomb Raider VI: The Angel of Darkness (Sony Playstation 2)
- Portal 2 (PC)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Microsoft Xbox 360)
- XCOM 2 (PC)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PC)
- Metal Hellsinger (PC)
- Perfect Dark (Nintendo 64)
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Microsoft Xbox)
- Dying Light (PC)
- Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (Sony Playstation)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Microsoft Xbox)
- Roboquest (PC)
- Outpath (PC)
- Rome Total War (PC)
- Darkest Dungeon (PC)
- Titanfall 2 (PC)
- Factorio (PC)
- Crazy Taxi (Sega Dreamcast)
- Sea of Thieves (PC)
- Demon’s Souls (Sony Playstation 3)
- Kings Field (Sony Playstation)
Do you have opinions on this list? Feel free to comment on this post and start a discussion.
Christens Fair Shake 
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