Any kind of game
EDIT: changed from suggested to mentioned and made the title more clear
Not a video game but a boardgame called Nightmare
Gameboy color dinosaur JRPG / metroidvania that seemingly no one else has ever played. Called Dinosaur’us. I had to google the name there and it turns out there is a wikipedia page so it’s not totally obscure - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur’us
I loved this game as a kid! There are surprisingly few good dinosaur games (although admittedly a lot of good dragon ones).
World in Conflict is one I don’t see talked about. Squad based military RTS.
Multiplayer on that was so fun. Guessing how the enemy was moving in order to time how you call ordinance on them was my favorite part
Hammershlagen
I don’t see many people ever really talking about them at all outside of fans, but Krosmaga and One More Gate from Ankama.
Krosmaga is a deck builder autochess like game (with something like 9 or 10 different classes/dieties with different abilities to build around, alongside a bunch of non-specific cards any class could use in their deck). Place summons/spells to protect your Dofus (dragon eggs, to simplify what they are) and destroy theirs. Matchmaking is either play against computer, who randomly selects class and gets default deck, or just flatout random player. Don’t think there’s any selective matchmaking, sadly.
One More Gate is a short enough roguelite game where you accidentally destroy a portal and have to fix it by beating bosses in new areas, usually after multiple failed runs. Has meta progression, which I personally am not the biggest fan of.
Has gotta be either Dusk or Ultrakill. Especially Ultrakill. I’m really bad at it, but it’s so good that I couldn’t care less.
I never see Cultist Simulator recommended but it’s one of my favorites. It really captures the idea of studying the esoteric arts, and has a surprising amount of world building given how simple the presentation is.
Too many ninjas
Naptunes pride
Xcom 2.
A friend recommended it to me because he thought I would like it. It’s my favourite game and I have 100% it.
A game that I’ve never seen mentioned online but I played the shit out of is Metal Fatigue. RTS game with huge robots. Fucking dope
Nice I picked that up in a steam sale a while back Nd haven’t tried it yet
I haven’t seen “The London Game” on the internet; that can be a lot of fun.
Most of the other stuff I like I’ve seen somewhere or other.
Star Goose
I played a game called Mindtrap as a kid, it was a box of different cards with puzzles on them.
The actual game is you played on teams to answer these riddles, but I just looked at the cards and tried solving them. I think they revamped it more recently.
Majesty.
It’s a strategy simulation game, a bit like an RTS, but you can’t directly control units.
Instead all units follow general archetypes. Rogues generally won’t spontaneously help you but will do most anything for money. Warriors will seek out monsters and lairs that have been discovered. Rangers will explore the map. Units will also do things like buying potions or upgraded equipment based on their class and intelligence.
As the player you choose what buildings to place and can offer rewards for exploring an area or killing something.
There was a sequel, but it’s a significantly worse game than the original.
Tzolk’in is my favorite game, I think. It is a board game that incorporates time in an interesting way for a worker-placement style game.
This has one of the best boards in my collection.
