I’ll add mine in no particular order:

Zelda: tears of the kingdom

Diablo 3

Secret of Mana

Skyrim/Oblivion

Super Mario Odyssey

Zelda: ocarina of time

Command: aces of the deep

Halo 3

Metal gear solid

Donkey Kong country 2

These are the games over gotten the most enjoyment out of over the years

In no order…

• Grim Fandango
• Psychonauts (I and II combined)
• Fallout New Vegas
• Morrowind
• Portal (I and II combined)
• Thief (1-3 combined)
• Civilization II
• Space Invaders
• Falcon series (F3 and 4.0)
• The Pandora Directive

And some bonus games to add to the mix, because there are too many amazing games in the world.

• The Longest Journey/Dreamfall
• Red Dead Redemption II
• Mass Effect

EDIT Also

• Pac Man
• Quake II

I’m not very nostalgic, so not much of old games on this list (in no particular order):

Chrono Trigger

Earthbound

Xenogears

Nier: Automata

Vagrant Story

Super Mario World

Hades

Elden Ring

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Final Fantasy XIV

Kind of in order, kinda not. They all deserve 1st place, really, and I’m sure there are many others that could be up there with them that didn’t spring to mind as fast.

Yakuza 0

Yakuza Kiwami

Yakuza Kiwami 2

Yakuza 3

Yakuza 4

Yakuza 5

Yakuza 6

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Dragon Quest 11

StarCraft Chrono Trigger Tetris Super Mario World Super Mario Bros 3 Wolfenstein 3D Doom 2 Skyrim Minesweeper 百万人の漢検

That’s eight. Not to recommend them, only to note what made my life exciting

It’s mostly a heartfelt list… although arguably most of those are quality games too, regardless of emotional connection

• Streets Of Rage 2 (Megadrive)
• Flashback (Megadrive)
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC)
• Unreal Tournament 2004 (PC)
• Star Wars Episode I: Racer (PC)
• Omikron: The Nomad Soul (PC)
• Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee (Xbox)
• Halo (Xbox)
• Morrowind (Xbox)
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PC)

No Order:

Rimworld

Project Zomboid

Deep Rock Galactic

Vintage Story

Fallout New Vegas (+F2)

Civilization 5

Kerbal Space Program

Mass Effect Series

Minecraft

Gothic

All older games as I can’t fit games into adult life:

• Starcraft I and II
• Max Payne
• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
• Thief I
• Red Faction
• The Sims I and III
• Ski Free
• Worms Armageddon
• Chips Challenge
• Doom original

And honourable mention of the only game I recently play, which is Cooking Fever.

• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
• Monkey Island 3
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Minecraft
• Mass Effect 3
• Left 4 Dead 2
• Baldurs Gate 3
• Pokemon Silver
• Terraria
• Spider-Man 2 (the one for PS5)

Out of those probably Terraria and Minecraft take up ranks 1 and 2, just because i START playing them again every few years

• Worms Armageddon

1. Team Fortress 2, Team Fortress 2 Classic
2. A Story About My Uncle
3. Minecraft
4. Satisfactory
5. Portal, Portal 2
6. Half-Life, 2, 2 Episode 1, 2 Episode 2
7. Cyberpunk 2077
8. Quake
9. Portal Stories: Mel
10. Tempest

in no particular order:

-Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun Firestorm

-Wolfenstein 3D

-Max Payne

-Railroad Tycoon 2

-Starcraft

-Half-Life

-Fallout 2

-Tropico 3

-Age of Empires II

-Uplink

• Final Fantasy VII

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

• GoldenEye 007

• Metal Gear Solid

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

• Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

• Monkey Island

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

• Red Dead Redemption 2

• Warcraft 3
• Return to the Obra Dinn
• Subnautica
• Medieval 2 Total War
• Counter Strike
• Skyrim
• Elden Ring
• GTA San Andreas
• Factorio
• Adventure Quest (jk)

There are some really good ones that I remember after reading this thread such as Hades, Slay the Spire and more.