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I saw a video on spawnwave that talked today about what games people are enjoying in 2026 right now. And the different reactions of different social media/sites.

I personally am loving Wild Blue Skie s. Its just starfox. Thats what I want to play!

BALL x PIT is a whole lot of fun. I didn't think it would be but it keeps getting better and better.

I also liked FTL back in the day so I picked up Void War . Its like warhammer + FTL and its fantastic.

EDIT: You all are great! Keep them coming! So many games (video games and otherwise) in this list!

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[โ€“] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 1 points 23 minutes ago

OpenFront, QuakeWorld, Duke Nukem 3D, and Xonotic.

[โ€“] iuseasahibtw@ani.social 1 points 36 minutes ago

Nightmare Creatures, it sucks ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

I put-off picking up and playing Fields of Mistria, and I'm sorry I did. I've invested a lot of time in it recently and I love it. I recently picked up and started playing News Tower, and it's been pretty addictive, too (sorry Fields!)

When I'm away from my PC, the last month it's been the original Octopath Traveler on my Switch 2 (but I can't justify full-price for the Sw2 upgrade.)

[โ€“] gointhefridge@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Megabonk. Always a good time and easy to pick up and put down.

[โ€“] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Dressmaker! I love making my mostly hideous dresses with one or two very lovely dresses thrown in! And it's nice you can undo cuts unlike irl where gg, wasted fabric. Love you magic game fabric!

I'll likely get some mods soon and just go wild adding a bunch of new fabrics!

[โ€“] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Your like the third person here talking about that game. I'm gonna recommend it to my wife.

[โ€“] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

It's nice! I also like the story of the little town we're in. Making dresses for some absolutely Very Normal People.

[โ€“] chunes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Lately I've been playing Dicevaders. It's a pretty unique spin on Balatro, essentially. The best one I've seen.

Oh! I want to try. Loved balatro.

[โ€“] CMLVI@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I've been playing the shit out of Assetto Corsa Competizione for a sim racing league I'm in. Weekly races, streamed and commentated. Good stewarding, good people. It's a blast! I end up staying up til like 1am on race nights because everyone hops in a party to watch the replays and talk about incidents, passes, etc.

[โ€“] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

Blasphemous 2. I'm into metroidvanias in general and I love the aesthetic. I'm stuck on one of the bosses though so I put it down for a couple weeks and need to go back and finish.

[โ€“] likebudda@reddthat.com 1 points 3 hours ago

We Love Katamari. It is smooove on PC.

[โ€“] noxypaws@pawb.social 2 points 3 hours ago

Currently bouncing between Space Station 14 and Elite: Dangerous. SS14 when I'm feeling social, Elite when I need to just disappear into space in my very own ship where nobody can bother me

[โ€“] imjustjealous@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Farfield reminds me of the good old ogame / galaxy game times.

[โ€“] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

SurfsUp.

Pretty fucking good tbh

[โ€“] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I just picked up RetroSpace yesterday. It's basically System Shock and Bioshock mashed together. Wake up aboard a generation ship as a janitor, try and figure out what happened. Along the way, you purchase genetic mutations. Die and you're remade with defects, like uncontrollable cursing. Very fun so far with a good sense of humor.

I also let my friends talk me into playing FFXIV, and just finished up the Ultima fight. This is the first MMO I've dedicated major time to since Guild Wars.

[โ€“] Jumi@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Currently I'm addicted to Dressmaker. It's chill, creative and without pressure that it's perfect to decompress and relax after work.

After sitting in my library for years, I finally booted up Timberborn and now I'm hooked. Something about hydro engineering and logistics just tickles my brain. I just wish there was some sort of campaign mode to give me purpose once my coming can survive harsh droughts and badtides

Original Metroid 2 on GB. It's short, but I'm having a lot of fun doing a few metroids each morning.

[โ€“] chris@l.roofo.cc 1 points 5 hours ago

I played the VR games "I Expect You To Die" 1-3. They were the first VR games that actually hooked me and the intros are absolutely phenomenal. When I started with the first one and saw the intro I thought to myself that the intro went way too hard for a VR game. And the next two only went harder. The gameplay is very fun and engaging.

Then I played through Goodnight Universe in one evening. It was a beautiful experience. I even shed a few tears. Highly recommend.

Currently I am playing the Gothic Remake. It's not very beginner friendly and I'm not sure if I like it yet.

[โ€“] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Just recently finished Big Hops.

Its a really good 3D platformer that gives slight Mario Odyssey vibes in terms of big open world areas to explore. A lot od good movement mechanics and feels fresh from start to finish.

[โ€“] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Playing a bunch of remastered Witcher 3

[โ€“] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 hours ago

Ace Combat 8. Although my computer requires that it be set to potato mode.

Freelancer. Old but always enjoyable.

Battletech. HBS put out an absolute banger.

[โ€“] Thteven@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm struggling my way through Dark Souls right now, just got to Blighttown. Souls-like games weren't ever my jam previously but I just got into them recently after beating Mortal Shell 2 and figured I'd play my way through the Fromsoft catalogue in order.

I'm also playing Lies of P and that game is fantastic. Before that it was a lot of Hades and Pathogenic, which I still go back to for breaks from dieing in Dark Souls lol

Fuck Blighttown.

[โ€“] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

My buddy talked me into no mans sky and I gotta say, its really fun.

Its got bugs for sure, and some stuff that is irritating like having to hold E for every action or the stupid notification that happens every time you warp to a system or station that requires you to hold tab to skip but there are mods that help.

I love being able to build a ship and a base on different planets, own my own space fleet, destroy pirates, be a pirate, etc. Its far from perfect but I'm into it now. Its fun as hell.

[โ€“] wizbiz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 hours ago

What the Golf has been making me laugh a lot.

[โ€“] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 9 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I've got a deck of cards in my coffee table that I like to play solitaire on. I keep tweaking the house rules to make it more fun.

Actually I'm not sure I'd call it "fun" so much as "relaxing." But I do enjoy myself.

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[โ€“] FunStuffIsFun@eviltoast.org 8 points 13 hours ago

Grim Dawn. A new DLC came out, which is pretty neat.

[โ€“] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

American Truck Simulator with the new road car DLC is making me relive all those trailers of Need For Speed: The Run back in the day.

[โ€“] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Transport Fever 3 just came out. I just sunk 12 hours and plan to sink even more. They perfected the tycoon genre.

[โ€“] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm playing the Witcher 3 for the remaster, and getting mollywopped over and over on Death March. I'm also watching my girlfriend become a gamer playing Skyrim.

[โ€“] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

My wife has over 1200+ hours in skyrim. Your girlfriend is going to enjoy I think haha. GL!

[โ€“] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, she's a level 40 mage who just killed Miraak.

[โ€“] ColdCreasent@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago

Iโ€™m really enjoying the creativity of Sandustry, available in steam and GOG. Turning sand into gold and excavating with different tools has been fun.

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