Worthwhile games from 2017-2022

[Denim Destroyer]

Factorio
Wreckfest
BallisticNG
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Realms of Antiquity The Shattered Crown
Baba Is You
Ion Fury
Overload

 

[Bliblablubb]

Fallout 76 and Cyberpunk77. I had a blast ranting about those two on the 'dex and to anyone else who didn't want to listen. So worth the meager amount of yuroshekelz I had to invest!

What? You didn't say "worthwile to play"!

 

[Rincewind]

I think the enhanced second edition of Enderal released in 2019 qualifies (it's a Skyrim total conversion mod; basically an entirely new game that happens to use the Skyrim engine).

The base version of Enderal was already released in summer 2016 and in 2019 we released a improved version on Steam, with a lot of extra content. A detailed FAQ for the Steam Version can be found here.

(Its prequel, Nehrim, is great too, which uses the Oblivion engine.)

 

[Tavar]

Lots of good stuff was already posted. I'd add:
Ghostrunner (2020)
Sonic Mania (2017)
Dead Cells (2018)
Slay the Spire (2019)

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Splay the Spire

How does one splay a spire? Lie it down on the side?

 

[Tavar]

Splay the Spire

How does one splay a spire? Lie it down on the side?

That should've been "Slay the Spire" of course

 

[Daedalos]

Prey 2017 was a high point for me. Enjoyed it ALOT.
Wasteland 3 was great.
Disco Elysium
Cyberpunk 2077 was good story

 

[Zombra]

Return of the Obra Dinn.

 

[thelegend]

Mediocre to Good:
Sekiro
Death Stranding
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Astral Chain
Horizon Zero Dawn
Yakuza 0
Nioh
RDR2

Excellent :
Pathologic 2
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Breath of the Wild
Metroid Dread
Ys VIII
Neir Replicant

 

[dacencora]

I will second recommendations for Fire Emblem Three Houses, Metroid Dread, Shin Megami Tensei V, and Strange Journey Redux

 

[Sunsetspawn]

Prey 2017 was a high point for me. Enjoyed it ALOT.

Prey (the one by Arkane studios)

Two pages long and TWO mentions of Prey; we deserve this decline.
But, my two cents:

Prey 2017 - 10 years from now chuckleheads will be pointing to this like it's the Brandenburg Concertos and wondering why games like that aren't made anymore. If you don't buy good stuff you don't get more good stuff

Elex - Pretty good PB eurojank

Divinity: Original Sin - May be early 2010s but it's the only cRPG I've finished in the past 5 years. It's better than the sequel.

Pillars of Eternity - I came close to finishing this and may get back to it. If you like that old IE stuff like Baldur's Gate you can't really go wrong. The music and graphics are spot-on and the gameplay is very balanced

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Standard cyberpunk ImSim. I rather liked it but it's not Prey. If you're thinking of playing Cyberpunk 2077 play DEMD instead

Horizon: Zero Dawn - Solid open world mega-budget AAA kitchen-sink title. For maximum appeal to the widest audience, it's gorgeous where it needs to be and vapid where it needs to be. Also, SJW nonsense

Outer Worlds - The charming retro sci-fi vibes are best consumed with copious amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol.


The Technomancer - Jankiest Eurojank sci-fi action RPG that's way better than it has any business being.

Everspace - Rogue-like in a spaceship. Scratches the itch like Elite Dangous never could.

 

[Rincewind]

Elex - Pretty good PB eurojank

How DARE you??!?

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Outer Wilds (to not be mistaken with Outer Worlds).

 

[Calthaer]

These are the ones I've enjoyed the most (many non-RPGs though):

• Northgard

I've been crushing on this game so hard lately it's insane. It's an RTS, nominally, but your progress is largely locked behind timers (for creating new villagers, building things, resource gathering, etc.), giving it a very turn-based feel much of the time. The "civs" (clans) are very unique, with each one mixing up the formula in some very distinct ways, with multiple victory paths and different abilities for each clan that will tend to favor one over another. I'm really starting to like this game and it's becoming a major time-sink.

 

[luj1]

lol prey

its mediocre at best

 

[Hafnar the Jester]

Outer Worlds - The charming retro sci-fi vibes are best consumed with copious amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol.

Except Outer Worlds is anything but retro. It tries to critisize modern corporationism while being a direct product of it. It's "modern-day" through and through. Just because some of its visuals are made in the style of 1920's, its "soul" still lies in the modern woke "culture"

 

[Jason Liang]

2015 - Invisible Inc (can't believe this has already been out for over 6 years)
2016 - American Truck Simulator
2016 - Darkest Dungeon
2017 - Lords of Waterdeep
2018 - Rance X
2018 - Battletech
2020 - Final Fantasy VII Remake
2020 - Dohna Dohna (flawed but it's growing on me)

Can't think of anything else off the top of my head

 

[CanadianCorndog]

Noita

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

The Banner Saga 2 and 3 were pretty good if you're into SRPGs and visual novels. Gorgeous artstyle. Compact story that doesn't waste your time and is surprisingly better written than I had expected. The trilogy does not climax in a final boss battle against a god monster. Building your characters and figuring out the battles was fun. Only complaint is that the trilogy got easier and easier as it went on, and sadly the final fight of the first game got nerfed in a patch. Beating TBS1 and seeing the ending felt pretty satisfying. I am interested to see what the devs do next.

 

[Hag]

Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy. Surprisingly good. From Steam Reviews :

"Very simple controls. Only uses the mouse, alt and F4."

"The only game on Steam that's worthy of being tagged "Psychological Horror""

"Playing this game is easy. It's like riding a bike...
Except the bike is on fire and you're on fire and everything is on fire and then you're back to the beginning.
10/10"

I wish there were more games like this. Maybe one day I'll take up Quake III Defrag, seems similar.