Games

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Hollow Knight

Warframe

Noita

Bioshock.

Red Dead Redemption (and RDR2).

Portal.

Journey

Death Stranding

Gods Will Be Watching and The Red Strings Club

Spec Ops: The Line

I'll also add The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC. I know there's a remake coming out next year, but there's a bunch of shady stuff surrounding how they're gonna localize it. (Supposedly, they're gonna use AI to try to do most of it and then have real people brush it up.)

So I'd recommend playing the original instead. It's a 2.5D game with a mostly 360° camera. It uses turn-based combat, but not traditional turn-based combat. And it has a great story.

It's also on sale for only US$9.99 on GOG (which is DRM-free) and Steam.

Now i wonder about the opposite. Games that you should never go in blind XD

What happened to Edith Finch

That Dragon, Cancer turned me into a blubbering sobbing mess.

There's are so many spots in the game that could hit someone the hardest, and I know what mine was.

• SOMA
• DUSKERS

I agree with your others

warframe used to be. but it's near-impossible now to start & get through even the first major 'holyshit' moment without having it at least partially spoiled before hand.

• Snatcher
• Policenauts
• King's Field (any of them, even Pilot Style)
• Halo 1-3 + ODST and Reach
• Yakuza 0
• Silent Hill 2 (the original, Enhanced Edition for PC is still the best way to experience SH2)
• Life is Strange (only the original game, completely ignore the fanbase, theyre all toxic)
• Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (too bad BioWare doesnt have a single good or competent writer anymore)
• NieR, both Gestalt and Automata
• Rule of Rose
• Dark Souls 1-3
• Elden Ring
• Kuon
• Armored Core (all of them, but the controls are hard to deal with before Nexus)
• Steel Battalion (only if you can find and afford the controller, otherwise dont bother)

Rez and Fez. Similar names, very different games.

Arco.

A recent and lesser known game - unique turn-based tactical combat, and a heart-wrenching story.

Not as good as the examples you listed but subnautica imo

Cultist Simulator is most fun when you really know nothing about the game and you stumble into things.

Paradise Killer

Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery. This game is fairly old now (like maybe 15 years) and I’ve only played it once and it took like 4 hours of total playtime, but it remains among the most memorable games I’ve witnessed. I HIGHLY recommend it.