I forgot to mention Piranha Bytes' games. Risen 2 and 3 are rightly called out for some serious flaws, but that old PB wit and their settings make them worth a playthrough IMO. Risen 2 especially has this pretty unique pirate/native/colonizers atmosphere that most games don't treat the same way. It's a shame the islands can be pretty corridor heavy and linear, but the bigger islands are more open iirc. Elex is supposedly even better, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.