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Terraria, amazing game that is still supported to this day, best 5€ I've spend on a game.

Age of Empires 2, despite being Microsoft owned, is easily one of the best strategy games of all time and has very clearly stood the test of time. It's over 25 years old and people kept playing it a lot even before the HD remakes. I remember reading that the folks that made the 1st game often had to choose between "actual history or hollywood history" for some details, often going for hollywood because it made for a more fun experience.

I suspect Factorio might stand the test of time as well, and it's clearly something made by someone who really understands the medium. I haven't begun my factory yet.

Super Metroid

It's not a trilogy, but I gotta preach the good word of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. If you enjoy 2D metroidvania style games it's top notch.

The game just drips in atmosphere. The environments are beautifully drawn and designed, characters and enemies are animated well and the music just wraps everything up in a nice bow. It's a melancholy game and it literally made me cry at points and I'm not the type to tear up often when playing games.

The game can be challenging at times, but I wouldn't say significantly so. I would say Hollow Knight is more challenging than this game especially with some of the end game content that that game has.

The game is worth full price, but it goes on sale pretty regularly and probably is right now with the summer sale on Steam.

There's also a sequel out now called Ender Magnolia. I haven't played it yet but I will eventually.

Java modded Minecraft.

I'd argue there isn't one. Not on the scale of LotR. It cannot be overstated how unlikely it was that it happened the way it did.

Terraria

Morrowind ?

Outer Wilds

Inscryption

Expedition 33

Morrowind

The best PC game OAT: Disco Elysium

A genuinely heart warming story that deals with strong themes of love and friendship in a way that made a genuine impact?

Undertale.

One Shot
Outer Wilds
Portal

Chrono trigger

• Half-Life/Half-Life 2
• The original Fallout
• The original Doom
• Brutal Doom (the campaign)
• Star Control 2 (The Ur'Quan Masters fan-made modernized version)
• The Neverhood
• Subnautica (not Below Zer0)
• Duke Nukem 3D
• Total Annihilation
• Megaman (the first one)
• Megaman X (the first one)
• Team Fortress 2
• Portal 2

This is by no means an all inclusive list. These are just games that I personally played that fit the criteria.

Doom. The game that solidified a gaming genre and has become a benchmark for computers. 'Can you play doom on it?'

planescape torment

BG I,II

Fallout I,II

The Secret of Monkey Island

red dead redemption 2 is missing from a lot of these

Morrowind