• klieg2323@lemmy.piperservers.net
    2·
    1 year ago

    Rollercoaster Tycoon / OpenRCT2

    Transport Tycoon Deluxe / OpenTTD

    While they do now have multiplayer modes thanks to their corresponding open source projects, I still think the spirit of these games is firmly in the single player pc game category. Best of all they’re both free and available on any OS!

    • lawrence@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      I understand that this game is popular and has a significant fanbase. However, I’ve never played it. Could you share the features that drew you into playing this game? I’d like to enjoy it, but simply watching the gameplay didn’t suffice to persuade me.

      • greasypeanuts@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        The random generated dungeons and amount of different items do it for me. The game might have a steep learning curve initially though until you figure out the core mechanics

      • mistermillennia@pathfinder.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Same here, donated to Toady and played for years before moving to masterwork DF, and years there too. Once the keyboard only mode is added to the steam version I’m sure I’ll be playing for years there too!

  • davad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Rogue Legacy 2

    If you enjoy platformers and roguelikes, you’ll like this.

    • Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu
      1·
      1 year ago

      I didn’t care about the hype before it was released, then I waited when I heard about all the bugs and tried it in 1.6. The game is really good when you take it for what it is, rather than what you or others think it should have been.

      • McJonalds@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        thats the problem i personally had with it. overpromises and underdeliverances, even after the patches

      • mnrockclimber@lemmy.sdf.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        I bought at the same time as you. Waited it out. for me, it was pretty true to the pen and paper game - which I enjoyed. And I loved the story. 10/10 for me.I rarely stick with games. I’m not much of a gamer. The only games I’ve played through start to finish are Super Mario 64, Neverwinter Nights (PC), CP2077, and Hogwarts Legacy. I tend to play sports or shooters, so it takes a lot for me to stick something out to completion.

    • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 year ago

      Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice made me gain a deeper understanding of what my BFF went through, almost 13 years ago, when she took her life after battling with psychosis and not able to fight her delusions.

      It’s an incredibly deep storyline, and they did an amazing job at captivating the essence of how some minds work. I cried when I played, and cried when I completed it, yet they were beautiful tears all the same. Very well made game, and I actually came to this post to give it a mention as well.

  • beingben@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    My friends make fun of me for it but…

    Football Manager.

    I know it’s a spreadsheet simiulator but I can’t stop.

  • Addfwyn@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    Rimworld.

    It’s kind of funny because I bounced off the game hard the first two times I played it. What really did it for me was the Ideology DLC, gave it a shot on a whim and the amount of structure it gave me for RPing colonies was exactly what I was missing.

    Hundreds upon hundreds of hours in now, and it is the game I keep coming back to. Not to mention one of the biggest modding communities I have ever seen in a video game. The only video game subscriptions I maintain currently are to a few Rimworld modders whose work I really enjoy. When I am not playing it, I am working on ideas of themed mod packs to put into it.

    Dyson Sphere Program is a close second, it’s my favourite factory-builder. It is still in early access but is a VERY polished experience already. Amazing dev communication too.