I'm bored and desperately search for a proper game

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨LordWiggle@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

So, I’ve spent over 2 hours on Steam searching for a nice game to play. But it’s all junk, as far as I’m fed with Steam recommendations. I liked ksp2, cities skylines 1, age of empires 2, baldurs gate 3 a lot, I just finished Divinity original sin 2. I like rpgs and management / factory games like workers and resources, satisfactory etc. I’m having a lot of fun with split fiction when I play with a friend, but I need a proper singplayer game. Anything I could get which isn’t a total ripoff due to lack of gameplay or it being a bug simulator or dlc purchase mania?

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eezeebee@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Check out Dome Keeper. Mine resources to buy upgrades and protect your dome from waves of aliens. There are lots of game modes and modifiers to get different experiences each run.

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bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Try a different genre than you usually play.

Tetris Effect Connected

A Short Hike

Cult of the Lamb

What Remains of Edith Finch?

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nevetsg@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Too lazy to check all responses but if you want a nice resource building game then Timberborn could be your jam.

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- LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I really liked it, played it a lot, but now I don’t feel like playing it anymore.
  
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  - nevetsg@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I feel that. I gave it a 6month break and went back for a new map. Some people like to re-engineer the entire map. I like the challenge of creating a thriving society and then get bored of them. The new sluse gates allow us to automate the water to the point where they are self sufficient.
    
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doopen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
The Rock of Ages trilogy is fun

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Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Expedition 33 is a turn based rpg with some slight action elements. Just came out to glowing reviews and might be worth checking out.

Story might not be to your liking though.

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reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
If you’re up for ARPGs, simething like Titan Quest or Grim Dawn have many hours worth of gameplay.

Worth looking at as well is anything in the Monster Hunter series. World and Rise are both amazing along with their expansions and Wilds just recently released.

All of my recommendations are long-term games with many hours worth of playtime.

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- LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Thanks will look into them!
  
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Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
As far as management goes x4 foundations is an awesome space game! I have hundreds of hours in that game spent just messing around with an industrial empire, buying mining ships, setting trade routes, all that fun stuff. You don’t even have to fight anything if you don’t want to.

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- LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I played it too! Was a bit overwhelming at first but such a great game. I used to play Eve, X4 gave me a bit of the same feeling but without the toxic people haha
  
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Nibodhika@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Factorio, I know you said you couldn’t get into it, but try peaceful mode, it’s a great game even without enemies

RimWorld, it’s an excellent colony management game

Dwarf Fortress, this is the big boss, it’s really hard to start, but it’s the most complex simulation game out there. If you can get into it, it’s infinite hours of fun.
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MITM0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Shall I recommend WarZone-2100 ? It’s free

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Glitterkoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Naturally we need to know which suggestions “won” ASAP

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t_berium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I think you might like ‘Rogue Trader’, even if you don’t know anything about the 40K universe. Cool story, choices and fights.

Don’t worry too much about not knowing the background lore. The game contextualizes a lot in dialogues and even little mouseovers. But be careful, if you like SciFi, you might fall into the awesomely rich and grim rabbit hole, that is Warhammer 40K.

The Emperor protects.

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Saledovil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Not on steam, but Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is pretty good, and free.

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x00z@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Terraria.

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milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I wanted to recommend go, but you said single player… there’s always Katago to play against.

I guarantee you’ll never truly ‘beat’ the game!

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morbitm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
A Plague Tale: Requiem

Thank me later

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Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Dark Souls, no sense of management besides managing to not die, but it’s single player (with optional online interactions) and is good. Hard but satisfying when you get it. Lots to explore in the world.

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SirBobboIV@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Try Shroom and Gloom! It’s a roguelike deck builder on itch.io, completely free if you want it to be. Very challenging and really fun

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Ugurcan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
ITT all games dancing around Bannerlord but no one recommended it yet.

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thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I just restarted playing fallout 4. Can give that a shot if you can catch it on sale

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mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
If you like rpgs and management I’d suggest Battle Brothers, a mercenary company management game. You basically travel the countryside fighting brigands and taking jobs from various cities all while building up your company with new recruits and equipment. It’s got a bit of a learning curve but once you get the basics down it’s oddly enthralling.

store.steampowered.com/app/…/Battle_Brothers/

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AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
I got no clue if this would count as something you’d be into, but I’ve been having fun with Skyblock Zero on Luanti.

Idon’t know how quickly you could finish it considering I play purposefully inefficiently, but it’s a space themed with a quest line to follow where the only limited resource is your time. Spawn on a voxel, keep clicking to gain resources, and build out from there. So far one of my only gripes is storage in the game is only drawers instead of chests, so I constantly have machines and my inventory filled.

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thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Leaning more into the management style of games, might be worth checking out Two Points Hospital (spiritual sequel to Theme Hospital), and the more recently released Rwo Points Museum?

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- snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Project hospital is a fun hospital manager but it’s a lot more serious than two point or theme
  
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SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Os there a specific genre of games you are looking for?

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BuzzT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
If you don’t mind Early access games, try “Escape the mad empire”. It’s a nice RPG with tactical pause and some nice looting in it.

Escape the mad empire

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