I am just curious about people’s taste here, since this community looks sane compared to other “loony-toons” gaming subs or forums online.
You don’t need to explain yourself just name them.
Thanks
Silent Hill 2
Morrowind
Red Dead Redemption 2
Space Station 14
Final Fantasy 7
recency bias is strong. top five is hard. I’d probably answer this differently if asked another day
Super Mario Brothers 3
Tetris
Gran Tourismo
Real Racing 3 (RIP)
Minesweeper iOS (perfect in line at the shops)Couldn’t do 5
- Path of Exile
- Halo 2
- Factorio
- Baulder’s Gate 3
- World of Warcraft
- Diablo 2
- Claire Obscur
- Starfox 64
Witcher 3 Skyrim Witcher 2 Baldurs Gate 3 Assassin’s Creed Origins (or Odyssey)
With honorable mentions to Elder Scroll Oblivion and Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon.
I like games where I can spend dozens of hours forgetting about the main quest and losing myself exploring the world, and then coming back to the main quest when I’m ready. If I can put 100 hours into a game just in exploration I am down, but at the same time I hate being forced to grind repetitive combat like in Dark Souls games.
Not listing the specific game release, more the game epoch:
- Civilization
- World of Warcraft
- StarCraft
- Sim City
- Quake
I can think of way more than five. These are the first ones that popped into my head when I saw the question.
Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
Homeworld 2
Half-life 2
God of War: Ragnarok
Alan Wake 2
In no particular order: Baldur’s Gate 3, Half-Life, Minecraft, Warframe, Eve Online
Sekiro
Baldur’s Gate 3
Witcher 3 Wild hunt
Civ 5
Hollow Knight
In terms of hours played
Elden ring
Pokemon emerald
Skyrim
Witcher 3
Mortal Kombat X
In terms of replay value
Tekken 8/Mortal Kombat X (fighting games have basically infinite replay value if there are people online or in person you can play with)
Dark Souls 2 (best Souls game with the best NG+ system)
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (best MH game, GU is a close second for me)
World of Warcraft (an addiction rather than a game)
In terms of “best game”
Elden Ring/DS2
Baldur’s Gate 3
Witcher 3 (after QOL updates)
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Mother 3
Honorable mentions: Chrono Trigger, Civilization V, Age of Empires IV, Fallout New Vegas, Final Fantasy VI (GBA), the other 2 Witcher games, Zelda from OOC to Twilight Princess (truly a golden age for Nintendo), Dark Souls 1, Super Metroid, Borderlands 2 (did not age well, but I have good memories of the multiplayer experience)___
Minecraft
N64 Zelda
GameCube LoTR The Two Towers
Borderlands 2
Bioshock 2
Rimworld
Stellaris
FTL: Faster Than Light
Crusader Kings 3
XCOM: Enemy Within
Honorable mentions:
No Man’s Sky, Baldur’s Gate 3, Dwarf Fortress, Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas.
Half Life, Doom, Quake, Warcraft, Age Of Empires.
Battle for wesnoth
Divinity
Divinity 2
Witcher 3
Baldur’s Gate 3
- Chrono Trigger
- Shenmue
- Metal Gear Solid
- Quake
- Ocarina of Time
(It’s impossible to limit to 5, so here’s 5 more)
- Doom
- Resident Evil 2 (Original)
- Half Life
- Ninja Gaiden Black
- Super Mario Galaxy (grouping both games together)
Dj max
Beat hazard
Rez
Jet grind radio
Auditorium by Cipher Prime.





