• Street Fighter 2 CE
• God of War (2018)
• Final Fantasy 7 (original)
• Elden Ring
• Resident Evil 2 Remake

Honorable mentions: Resident Evil 7, Doom Eternal, Duke Nukem 3D, Left 4 Dead 2, Helbreath, Super Mario World, Sniper Elite 4.

• Globetrotters (board game)
• Cribbage (card game)
• Tennis (racquet sport)
• Paper Mario and the 1,000 Year Door (Nintendo Game)
• The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo Game)

Blue Prince

Shadow of the Colossus

Kirby Super Star

Brave Fencer Musashi

Morrowind

Witcher 3 Elden Ring Age of Empires 2: Conquerers Mass Effect 2 NFL QB Club

Honorable mention to Asheron’s Call. Not because it was a great game but because it was my first MMO and had all those addictive qualities that make people dump 1k+ hours into it and pay a subscription.

Demons' Souls (PS3)

Tie Fighter

Outer Wilds

Master of Orion 2

Shenzhen I/O

Not in order:

Sim City 4

Mario Kart 64

Smb3

Little Big Planet

Fallout 4

Duke Nukem 3D should be on this list, but I'm unwilling to bump any of the others off.

Edit: how'd I forget Tetris (NES)?! Put that on the top five and bump Fallout 4 to an honorable mention.

Metal Gear Solid 2 Quake 3 Arena Doom Counter Strike StarCraft 2

• Civ V
• Breath of the Wild
• EV Override
• Master of Orion
• Mario Kart: Double Dash

No particular order, but these are the games I always come back to

Oregon Trail, Solitaire, Blackjack, Duke Nukem 3D, and Quake 2 plus Castle Wolfenstein

Donkey Kong Country, Legend of Zelda Link to the past, Oblivion, Witcher 3, Resident Evil 2

It's a very difficult question to answer. Best of all time what? RPG's? Sandboxes? MMO's? They're not comparable at all. For example, I have SO MANY fucking hours in Rimworld, but I would never say it's a 'better' game than Disco Elysium, where my hours played are very limited indeed (it's not a game you play for weeks on end, of even replay very often). They're both good games, but I would still say Disco Elysium is a 'better' game, even though I would never pick it in a "you're only allowed to play 5 games for the rest of your life, which do you choose?'-situation.

So let's see, I guess any 5 of these would do (Mass Effect + 4 of these anyway)?

Mass Effect
Disco Elysium
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Path of Exile *
Deus Ex
Rimworld *
Terraria *
The Witcher
Baldur's Gate
Dishonored
Divinity Original Sin
No Man's Sky *
Slay the Spire *
Fallout New Vegas

And an honorable mention because I played it for over a decade in the past:

Ragnarok Online

Honestly, I've tried so many MMO's in the years since then trying to capture that feeling.. You all know what I'm talking about. THAT FEELING. Never found it again.

(The games with the * are the ones that I have the most hours in, not because they're the "best" games, but because they have the most replayability and no stories that can end. In a "pick 5 games for the rest of your life" situation those would be the ones I'd choose, I think. Or maybe I would trade one in for Mass Effect, because I can't have N7 Days otherwise. ;))

1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Stardew Valley
3. Skyrim
4. Chronotrigger
5. Rocksmith 2014

In no particular order

• Animal Well
• Outer Wilds
• Disco Elysium
• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
• Return of the Obra Dinn

Extreme APM for me

GunZ

StarCraft

Teeworlds

Couldn't find other games that are as intense, pvp.

In no order,

Tetris nes, Vanilla wow, Pokemon red, Zelda a link to the past, Final fantasy vi

Shared 1st place: What Remains of Edith Finch & Kentucky Route Zero

3rd: Scarlet Hollow

4th: Life is Strange

5th: Baldur's Gate 3

I know you specified no need for explanation, but I’m in a sleep deprived state and feel the need to state several caveats. Heh.

Games I come back to over the years:

• Arx Fatalis
• super Mario World on Super Nintento
• The Legend of Zelda The Ocorina of Time
• Transistor by Super Giant
• Trine 4 The Nightmare Prince with Friends
• Reciever 2 if not

1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
3. Saints Row: The Third
4. Sekiro
5. Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap

Off the top of my head really quickly. Ask me tomorrow and it might be five entirely different games.

Arma Cold War Assault (OG Operation Flashpoint)

Automobilista 1

Morrowind

Quake 2

DayZ

Some flight sim that i haven't played nearly enough, like Ill-2 Sturmovik 1946 or F22 Total Air War

• Dragon Age
• Diablo 2
• WH40K Rogue Trader
• Mass Effect
• WoW (before Mist)

I miss old Blizzard and Bioware :(

The exact 1-5 order will vary based on mood, but here are my general top 5:

• The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind

• Journey

• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

• Spiritfarer

• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

• Outer Wilds
• Subnautica
• Factorio
• Half-Life 2
• Blue Prince
• Baldur's Gate 3

1. KOTOR
2. Majora's Mask
3. Shadow of the Collosus
4. Fable, with the DLC
5. Pokemon Emerald

Morrowind
project zomboid
Startcraft 2
stormgate (during the beta only)
factorio

Theres also a game called drift wars which is an rts made by literally 1 guy but we'll see where that goes.

Minecraft - It's Minecraft

Factorio - Best factory game on the market and one of the best-designed pieces of software of all time

Celeste - Most artistic game on this list and the skill ceiling basically doesn't exist

Team Fortress 2 - Still a contender for the best class-based shooter of all time, I love making loadouts and screwing around. Best shooter community I've experienced.

Not really sure what to put for my 5th. Some sort of puzzle game? A coop friend game? idk.

In no particular order:

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• CK3 (or Paradox games in general)
• Rimworld
• Overwatch 2

In no particular order:

• Half Life
• Factorio
• Kerbal Space Program
• Quake
• Minecraft
• Rollercoaster Tycoon

Yes, that's 6. Sue me.

Honorable mention: Baldur 3, Dwarf Fortress, Mario 3, Deus Ex, Day of the Tentacle

• Bastion
• Heroes of Might and Magic IV
• Doom Eternal
• Diablo II
• Super Mario Odyssey

Based purely on soundtrack.

The Outer Wilds (obviously)

The Talos Principle

Dark Souls

Factorio

Dwarf Fortress (This last one is tough and I don't know if this is the right choice. The other four are correct.)

An honorable mention to Death Stranding. It isn't in my top games, but I think it deserves to be more influential. It takes the boring part of most games, which is traversal, and builds the entire game around it. It'd be higher if it didn't become so trivial by the end, but also designing your network that makes it trivial is part of the fun. More open world games should take more lessons from it and it'd solve some of the biggest issues of open world game: traversal just being a waste of time and boring.

• skyrim
• red dead 1
• cs2
• sc2
• quake live
• doom
• dragon age inquisition

oh that's 7

Terraria

Lost Kingdoms 2

Rengoku 2

Dark Souls 2

Underrail

I just realized I like sequel games and Underrail 2 is in the works and I know I'm getting it.

WarCraft 3 Quake 3/live Warsow Binding of Isaac Counter-Strike

• Morrowind
• Gothic 2
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Path of Achra
• Jedi Academy

Dune (boardgame reprint). Battle Star Galactica (boardgame with some of the expansions). Game of Thrones (boardgame). Civilization 5 (PC). Age of Empires 2 (PC, any version, DE is good).

I love the mind fucks in the boardgames; there are a lot of good PC games.

1. World of Warcraft
2. Baldur's Gate 3
3. Nioh 2
4. Doom Eternal
5. Overwatch

• Kingdom Come Deliverance I and II
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Crimson Desert