What are your favorite single player games to go back to often?

  • Minecraft
  • Furi
  • Mario 64
  • Super Mario World
  • GTA SA and Vice City

It’s kinda rare for me to go back to a single player game and replay it, but there are some games that are nostalgic in the same way place or smell can be nostalgic.

I know them so well that I can’t help but want to go back and visit and I never really get disappointment by the experience. Sure, I don’t get as immersed as the first time, but I definitely still enjoy the games.

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    Stardew valley. I stopped playing it earlier this year but picked it back up this week. I forgot I made a new game that went with joja instead of the community center and I feel disgusting playing it but I need to see how it shakes out lol

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      I love me some Stardew. Have you tried out Dave the Diver? It’s got a similar quirky feel to it.

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        It looks so good!! Definitely gonna grab it on the next sale. Man these indie dev pixel budget games are so much better than the AAA ones.

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    Morrowind and FTL. Both I revisit every couple of years.

    I suspect Stardew Valley might become something like that too, but I only had one cycle of stopping and coming back with it so far.

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      Popped in here to say FTL and was delighted to see someone had already mentioned it. Absolutely love that game.

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      Stardew valley is definitely one for me and rimworld. Cyberpunk and witcher as well. Skyrim and fallout also but I rarely stick with them for a full playthrough they usually just kill time until I have something else to play

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        I feel a bit bad, but I abandoned rimworld basically as soon as I found dwarf fortress. I have about 200 hours in rimworld, got at least that in dwarf fortress before the steam release. Up to 50 hours on the steam version now, I would definitely have a lot more hours on both but work and some side projects have been keeping me busy

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      I loved The Witcher 3 and I know it has tons of replayability… But heck, I don’t see myself finishing it again any time soon, it took me a bit part of my life to finish it once lol.

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      I got myself skyrim for a birthday when it first came out, and I love going back to it. It has a lot of flaws, but it also has a lot of character.

      Thank you, I think I’m going to start a playthrough soon because of this comment

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    • Factorio (the factory must grow…)
    • Soul Reaver & Legacy of Kain series
    • Lufia 2 (SNES)
    • Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
    • Final Fantasy VI
    • Diablo 2
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      I recently picked it up for my switch and I’m really excited to try it out. I’ve heard a lot of great things about it

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        It’s a great game to kill time, each play through is random so doesn’t feel repetitive. Great soundtracks. I’m playing this on my laptop through a ps5 controller honestly this game is best to be played on a switch or steamdeck type device. Anyway happy gaming.

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        Highly recommend; it’s on my list. It’s a low-barrier roguelike to get into. Overall, the genre has some friction points, but this game is really smart about it. There is a story! It is advanced every time you die. You slowly get more stats each time also. However, If the game determines you are dying ‘a lot’, it will allow you to decrease the difficulty so you won’t abandon the game. The fun is in combining Greek god powers; you can ‘git gud’ if you want a challenge, but it’s not necessary to ‘have fun.’

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    XCOM 2012 is my favourite turn based stratedy game, I really like the Long War mod. Saving earth from an alien invasion is such a cool fantasy.

    Assassin’s Creed Odyssey because I love Greek history and mythology, so being able to explore that part of the world is really appealing to me.

    Warhammer 40k Dawn of War. It’s just the best 40k game. I wish Relic would remaster it.

    Sunless Sea. It’s one of my favourite visual novels, and it has RPG elements. The writing is hilarious, and weird. It’s like halfway between Charles Dickens and HP Lovecraft. Pilot a ship around a vast underground sea, fighting monsters and talking to Victorian wierdos.

    Spelunky. I’ve been playing it for 10 years now, and completed it hundreds of times. I’d recommend it a lot.

    STALKER Call of Pripyat. It’s an alternative history first-person shooter set in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl power plant. It’s semi open world, and unlike any other game I’ve played for its story and atmosphere.

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    Factoring, satisfactory

    Heck anything with a dedicated server support. I throw up my own server, connect and play SP. So long as the game is fun, I’ll play it

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      This is my kind of list! Dwarf Fortress though…I haven’t played. Slightly intimidated by it. Sorta drawing from my experience with Rimworld. I really wanted to like it but I was so shit at the game.

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        Same. People gush over how complex it is all the time, and it just makes me feel like I will be too stupid to understand it lol. I’m sure I could with enough time, but time is what I lack

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      various roguelikes

      Noita is one I’ve spent a lot of hours with.

      Caves of Qud is a good one if you like “classic” roguelikes.

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      Ff tactics!!! What great memories! It’s in my myoomini plus next in row to be played! I’m currently re playing hp for the gbc

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    Single player nostalgia list:

    • FPS:
      • Halo series (Reach, 1, 2, ODST, 3, 4)
    • Strategic:
      • Homeworld
      • Supreme Commander
    • Racing:
      • Trackmania Stadium
    • Roguelike
      • FLT
    • Survival:
      • Minecraft
      • Factorio
    • Tactical:
      • Advance Wars 2
      • Battle for Wesnoth
    • Other:
      • Thumper
      • Space Engine

    Multiplayer nostalgia list:

    • FPS:
      • Halo series (again, 90% of the time the custom game browser already has a game running that I want to join, and it’s still getting updates)
      • PUBG (how is this 6 years old already?)
    • Party games:
      • Golf with Friends
      • Tabletop Simulator
      • Ultimate Chicken Horse
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        There is Wargroove. And it’s sequel is coming soon (or already released?).

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      “They’re masterworks all, you can’t go wrong.”

      I think I got Dragon’s Dogma on every system I own. And still play it at least once a month.

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      I go back to sleeping dogs for the fighting every once in a while as well. I’ve been looking for a game with similar fighting style but deeper mechanics.

      Absolver looks really cool

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    The only 10+ years old game I still return to for significant lengths of time is Guild Wars 2. Yeah yeah I know, it’s not a single player game, but as far as I am concerned it might as well be. Also I return when there is new content, so I might be cheating there.

    Every now and then I return to Magicka and then stop playing after enough crashes. Renegade Ops is also a favorite of mine (did a complete playthrough on Steam Deck last year). It’s been a while since my last run of Crysis but I really enjoy replaying it (just the first game though, the sequels did not do the same for me), spicing up the experience with a couple of mods.

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      I play WoW like that. Just follow the storyline in quests for whatever character/race I feel like running as an alt. I might come across other people as I play, but I don’t play with anyone.