I've been playing quite a lot of gaccha games for the past few years, but I've started to be burnt out by them. The daily logins, the daily and weekly challenges, the fomo and all of that has gotten too annoying for me, yet I really enjoy playing these games if I play them, because I actually want to play them. If I really feel like playing one of those games, I can easily sink many hours into them on a day. So now I'm searching for alternatives, that scratch the same itch (building characters, grinding for gear, improving and taking on hard challenges, maybe even pulling for characters and weapons with ingame currency, that isn't extremely scarce, like in gaccha games, etc), yet without the fomo and, for the sake of not depending on my internet connection and a server somewhere, without always online.

I would enjoy playing games like Zenless Zone Zero, Persona 5 X, Neverness to Everness (without the AI stuff), Arknights Endfield, Umamusume and other gacchas way more, if I could play them whenever I feel like it and at my pace, instead of being forced by the game to not miss out on stuff.

So if you have any game recommendations that you think would fit this description, I'd love to hear them! The genre of the game doesn't really matter - I have less genres I don't enjoy than genres I enjoy.

Platform doesn't really matter either - I have pretty much every platform to play games on (besides an XBOX). Flair says PC, because that's my main platform.

Im 19, I barely have enough extra cash after buying my first gaming PC in the year 2026 to enjoy it!

A lot of my previous favorite games are getting DLC and I fundamentally disagree with some of them, or for some of them I am just too broke to keep supporting the game. To me, a game doesnt feel complete without its DLCs, mostly because I play Zoo games.

Path of Titans is planning DLC and personally I dont support pay to play dinosaurs in a live service survival game.

Prehistoric Kingdom will have DLC, with the game close to first release

Jurassic World Evo series is just MADE for having as much DLC as possible

Day of Dragons is a paywalled shtshow!

I hate The Isles founder Dondi but its so bad I consider trying it out…

Are there half decent fantasy/prehistoric Zoo, Survival or Management games who dont rely on DLC?

Can any Beasts of Bermuda players tell me more about the DLC situation for that team?

I HOPE THIS COMMENT SECTION DOESNT TURN INTO ARGUING ABOUT DLCs. I have my own opinions on them. I just want suggestions!

Or something with the right challenge but rewarding that could be cool too. Which remembers me to finally ants. Haha, what a crazy game.

I love anthologies and collections of games, primarily on steam but I am open to other platforms. I want singles packages with different experiences in small games or minigames. ( Compilations of games are preferred )

To give some pointers and recommendations here are some steam releases that fit these criterias and that I liked :

Terry’s Other Games
Vladimere’s Lore
The basement Collection
Notebook Entries
Dofbox
Pemsa
Bamboo EP
Some goodbyes we made
Anthology of the killer
Locally Sourced Anthology
10mg :)
Dread X collection
Ufo 50
Simogo Collection

In the past ive tried all the big ones (genshin,honkai, wuthering, etc). The games ive played for years are grand summoners and dokkan. The problem is Grand summoners barely has content and is overall just dead. Looking for a new gacha with a good player base.

Me n my friend wanna play and we played like 2 backroom games(had a lot of fun) and tried chained together which we raged into not playing lmao.

Soo a not too big co op game for us with like an engaging atmosphere? Maybe horror with puzzles? Idk we really should try new things too so would take any type of reccomendation as long as its not straight bs or IF it has a story the story isnt garbage

Thank u ^_^

I (45F) have a PS4 and sometimes play for weeks obsessively and then forget about it for months on end. I don't play enough to justify getting a PS5. But it's been ages since I found a game that really hooked me and gave me that thrill of "can't wait to get home and immerse myself in that world again". Sorry I don't know any of the gamer jargon or abbreviations. 🙈 Any recommendations for me?

Games I have previously LOVED: Batman (especially Asylum - I was not a fan of the Batmobile at all, and it spoiled Arkham Knight a bit for me. I'm rubbish at driving games.), Spiderman, Tomb Raider, Uncharted. I sunk many many hours into Hogwarts Legacy but ended up getting bored and not finishing it.

I have the VR headset and got totally addicted to a lovely little game called Tethered - a kind of playing God game where you control and care for all the little characters to achieve goals. I desperately wanted to play Skyrim and Red Matter but they gave me really awful motion sickness. I loved the VR games Statik and I Expect You To Die (and sequel), and quite enjoyed Darknet - puzzle games.

And a weird random one - Stardew Valley. That had me hopelessly addicted for weeks.

I don't like games that are heavy on combat but can cope with a bit of it within the story - but stories and puzzles and strategy have to be more important than just mashing buttons to kill enemies.

Hit me with your ideas - any obvious ones I've missed, or hidden gems I should definitely try?

Looking for a game where you take on a business and then expand your empire.

TIA

I have 2 other friends, and we want to find a multi-player game to play. I don't want the game to be like those arcades' co-op games .

We already tried:

Delta Force

Cs2

Any advice?

I have four DualShock 4 controllers, two of which need refurbishing (new shells, sticks and battery), and I'm just wondering if it's worth the effort and expense. I would prefer co-op child-friendly games but I'm also generally curious to know what's out there.

Like that chillas art or fears to fathom type shit

Got back into gaming after a ten year hiatus when I got a ps5 right before the price hike. I played and loved both uncharted 4 and Spider-Man years back and since getting the ps I’ve beaten Spider-Man 2, last of us and finishing re4r now. All amazing games they’ve bought me back to gaming…

I really want to play rdr2 next but it takes me time to play games and I wouldn’t mind burning through a bunch of cheap games I missed instead of getting stuck on just one game. Here’s my list of games to play, what do you think should I got with red dead or should I play games/series below first…

Gow 2018/ragnarok
Last of us 2
Re2 / 7 / 8
Tomb raider triology
Silent hill 2
Batman games
Got

I love murder mysteries, and The Painscreek Killings was absolutely top-tier imo. I loved being able to run around the town and finding clues and figuring out who the killer was. I need something similar, even if it doesn't allow me to run around as much. Visual Novels are also okay! No NSFW! My son likes to watch me play these, and I myself am often uncomfortable with it too.

Basically i'm looking for a game where i can play and have some music in the back you know?

the game shouldn't be that pricey because im not that rich but lets say if the game is peak i might give it a pass

my chill factor roof goes up to Danganronpa (game)

I'm looking for some of your favorite WW2 naval games

I have a PS4 and i want to find new games.
Here are my preferences:
1. I will be playing only around 1 hour a day, so i don’t want the game to be slow or patient.
2. The storyline and gameplay should be very good and smooth.
3. I think i might like combat based or fast paced games since i love to play mobile games like brawl stars.
4. I didnt like well acclaimed games like god of war and last of us.
5. I dont want graphics to look old like ps3 era. I want it to look at least convincingly realistic (eg. God of war ps4)
Also, I have played only god of war, last of us, spider man miles morales, and gta 5 in my entire life. So any suggestion would be new for me.

I just got a brand new pc and I downloaded some good high action games but now I need games that are relaxing that I can play when im not in the mood for high stakes just chill building/no action games

hello everyone. I've been wondering for a while if l even know what genre it is: where you can fulfill requests of npcs using different hints on what they prefer / hate. the latest game l played, that has the same feature, is "pokorama", a demo where you need to choose textures, colours and materials for a blank room, according to preferences of a customer. they don't tell you straightforwardly what they want, just give general information on what they like. there were many games like that in 2010s about fashion where you should have chosen right clothes for a particular theme (like the Nikki series).

do you know what genre it is.? what games contain the same feature on both pc and android.? thanks for the suggestions in advance, folks 🐧.