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I recently booted up Half-Life 2 to replay it. I have played the absolute shit out of this game before, so 60% of it just feels like a drag to me now. It was such an amazing game but it's sort of spoiled for me after I've played it too much.

I also discovered ULTRAKILL a few months ago. I feel like I could play that game forever. It has tons of content, weapon combinations and higher difficulties with different enemy behaviour.

Do any of you have more game suggestions like Ultrakill? A really replayable singleplayer game.

!!BTW I don't mean online multiplayer games or games similar to candy crush!!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Factorio and RimWorld immediately come to mind. Even with the base unmodified game, you’ll likely get several weeks of gameplay out of Factorio. Then if you dive into modding, you’ll never put it down. Multiplayer is really nice too. And their big DLC just got announced, and is planned to drop in a few months. So now would actually be a great time to dive in, because you’ll get access to the DLC about the same time that you’ve burned through the content on the base game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I don't know how much is truly infinitely replayable outside of tetris, but for what it's worth I have 250 hours into dead cells and I still haven't beaten 5 cells or even reached the final biome. You'll definitely get replay value out of it, the game is fantastic.

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The one I never get tired of replaying is Mafia 2. Maybe a weird choice since it's very linear and every play through is pretty much the same. But the story is just perfect for me. The gameplay perfectly suits the story, nothing especially clever, just well executed.

Then there's games like Binding of Isaac or Dead Cells where every play through is different.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Honestly, Skyrim. With so many great mods available these days, you can literally turn it into a whole different game. And with modpacks on Nexus, Wabbajack or similar sites, it's easier than ever. I'm just getting back into it myself after 3 years, but I'm still a big fan of getting into the nitty gritty of it and configuring everything myself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I put multiple thousand hours into Mount blade warband, Crusader Kings 2, Europa universalis 4, and more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I’ve played Risk of Rain 2 on and off for years and I’m not bored of it yet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Heroes of Might and Magic - the originals. Mostly 3, but any from 1 to 5 can do it.

6 and upwards, it's just pure Ubisoft enshitification. Can't even play them properly anymore due to the online component having shutdown its service.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Football Manager 2016 was the first version I tried. I put 1,500+ hours into it and only stopped because I decided to upgrade to Football Manager 2018. I'm on 2024 now at ~400 hours.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I have enjoyed caves of qud. Feels like every run is brand new.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or Spelunky2, both excellent

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I want to throw out Mario Bro 3, Tetris, Dr Mario, and Sonic Mania. Just pick up and go, no long term commitment, always fun solo but you can add a friend anytime. Simple but rewarding game play loop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I was about to suggest "Balatro" but you don't want infinite dopamine game then play The Binding of Isaac:Rebirth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Red Dead Redemption 2, Fallout 4, the BioShock series

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I can play Control over and over again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I feel like the best options would be strategy such as CK3 as the other commenter mentioned or endless sandbox games like Minecraft and Euro/American Truck Simulator. X4 Foundations is a pretty fun space sim, and there are the Bethesda games with mods, Skyrim and Fallout 4 have some pretty cool mods and eventually Starfield too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Just Cause 3, with the additional DLC. I've been through all of it three full times, slowly plugging through a fourth (when time allows)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Rally racing games; special stage rally is racing on a closed road and competitors start one at a time, competing for the fastest time at the end. These games are infinitely replayable in that you can always try for a faster time. The arguably best rally game is Richard Burns Rally, which has been kept alive by modding communities like the Rallysimfans.hu plugin, where independent developers continue to create new tracks and cars. Other fun rally games include Dirt Rally, Dirt Rally 2.0, Dakar 18, and BeamNG.drive (which has a massive modding community of its own) Special mention to the Gran Turismo series and Wreckfest, which both include rally among many other types of racing.

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