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ProudtobeMAD's game recs
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items Ever-growing list of games of the top of my head I'd recommend (and/or have been recommended) to play based on genre, with level of difficulty and platforms you can play it on, in alphabetical order.
Sections
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Adventure
Management
Puzzle
RPG
Simulation
Visual Novel
Adventure
Levels: beginner (walk around and find out), mid (there's gonna be some key smashing), hard (I believe in you buddy, you can do it)
[Mid level, PS2/Windows (with an emulator)] Action packed hack-and-slash adventure set in ancient Greece that follows Kratos as he sets on his path of revenge against the gods on Olympus.
God of War (2005)
[Mid level, PS4/Windows] Beautifully told, tri-faceted story revolving the issue of humanity seen through prism of machines made in our image. Your choices matter!! Multiple endings.
Detroit: Become Human
[Beginner level, Switch/PS4/Xbox One/Windows] Childhood favorite from PS1 era. Charming, colorful and sweet, this platformer is great for all ages.
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
[Beginner level, macOS/Switch/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox-X/Xbox-S/Windows] Play as Orange With A Braincell, and navigate your way back to surface from the underground bunker the titular kitty fell into by accident. Environmental storytelling is peak. Try ...
Stray
[beginner to hard, Switch/Switch2/Wii U] So much love went into this game, and it gave all of it back, and then some more. Exploring, solving, riding, gliding, swimming, collecting… Personally sank over 275 hours into it over two years and by itself ...
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
[Beginner level, Switch/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Windows] For fans of the horror classics like King's The Shining, this game captures that vibe.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
[Beginner level, iOS/Switch/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox-X/Xbox-S/Windows] Walk through history and home of Finch family's home, exploring the lives of its inhabitants in ways unique to each person. Beautiful, devastating. Best played in one sitting. Take y...
What Remains of Edith Finch
Management
Levels: beginner (cozy and no stress), mid (takes a moment to get used to and adapt to the mechanics), hard (will make you think you're actually working in the field)
[Beginner level, PS5/Xbox-X/Xbox-S/Windows] Live on a beautiful island, build your farm, dungeon-crawl, date, adopt a pet, dive, meet a mer-person or two ;)
Coral Island
[Beginner to mid level, GeForce Now/macOS/Switch/PS4/PS5/Windows] Charming, casual fishing and restaurant management game. Diver by day, restaurant server at night, keep working to keep the business afloat.
DAVE THE DIVER
[Mid level, PS5/Switch/Windows] Stranded on a different planet, Doraemon and his four friends have to live as guests in a kingdom struggling with some internal strife, their ticket home - the ship they came in - broken and taken away.
DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of the Great Kingdom
[Mid level, Android/iOS/Linux/macOS/Switch/PS4/Xbox One/Windows] As name suggests, due to unfortunate circumstances you find yourself in a role of a man managing a graveyard near a small town. (Happy digging!)
Graveyard Keeper
[Beginner level, Windows] Cozy store game with an array of colorful characters.
Trash Goblin
Puzzle
Levels: beginner (get cozy, enjoy the vibes), mid (get your thinking hat… and maybe a pen and paper), hard (get a pen, paper, friends, calculator, snacks and something to manage your frustration)
[Beginner level, all platforms] Cozy organization game, lots of levels, different puzzles, with daily challenges to earn achievements. Play at your own pace.
A Little to the Left
[Mid to hard level, GeForce Now/PS5/Xbox-X/Xbox-S/Windows] Highly popular 2025 walking puzzle game with a mystery and inheritance on the line. Combines a walking simulation with a classic board game.
Blue Prince
[Mid level, Switch/PS3/PS4/PS Vita/Xbox 360/Windows] Puzzle game with a story heavy development, exploring love, fidelity and connections people yearn to have yet dread to fully realize.
Catherine: Full Body
[Beginner level, all platforms] Order and burn stuff, to get more money to order more and burn more. On the surface it is a collection game, with a deeper story to tell.
Little Inferno
[Mid level, Android/Linux/macOS/Switch/PS3/Xbox 360/Windows] Solving logical dimensional/perspective/gravity puzzles while being mocked by sassy AI. Fantastic game that made a niche for itself in hearts of many a' players that usually don't enjoy puz...
Portal
[Beginner level, macOS/Switch/PS4/Xbox One/Windows] Black and white puzzle adventure game like no other. You play as an investigator, trying to figure out what happened to the crew of 60 that have all mysteriously disappeared off the decks of Obra Di...
Return of the Obra Dinn
[Beginner to mid level, Android/iOS/Linux/macOS/Switch/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox-X/Xbox-S/Windows] Perspective playing puzzle game with simple design that drags you in.
Superliminal
[Beginner level, Android/iOS/macOS/Switch/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox-X/Xbox-S/Windows] Collect contextual clues to tell a story in each scene you visit, like in a pixelated Cluedo adventure.
The Case of the Golden Idol
[Mid level, Linux/macOS/SteamOS/Windows] It's '98, a family died and now the family is in shambles. You, armed with a dial-up internet connection and a nifty cork board are there to make sense of 5 generations' worth of people that belong to Roottree...
The Roottrees are Dead
[Beginner level, Android/iOS/Linux/macOS/Switch/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Windows] “A zen puzzle game about unpacking a life”. Soft, bittersweet and unassuming game that tells you a story through objects one takes and leaves behind as their life goes through ...
Unpacking
RPG
Levels: easy (weekend stroll in perfect weather), mid (inconvenienced and under-prepared, but going through it), hard (difficulty slider is a lie)
[Mid level, GeForce Now/Xbox-X/Xbox-S/Windows] Colorful fantasy RPG playing as unnamed God's chosen trying to curb a mysterious disease. While lore is lacking, and companion relationships fell flat, it was satisfying exploring the world, solving puzz...
Avowed
Simulation
[Beginner level, iOS/macOS/PS4/PS5/Switch/tvOS/Xbox One/Windows] Stranded on an island, you play as a child scout helping out bear ghosts to find closure and move on, whilst also trying to get back home. Help them remember who they were by finishing ...
Cozy Grove
[Beginner level, Android/iOS/macOS/PS Vita/Windows] As border control agent and breadwinner of your family, you have to make tough choices that will test your morals, political views and expectations of life under a restrictive regime.
Papers, Please
Visual Novel
Levels: beginner (clean, SFW, may contain some cursing), mid (hard themes, nothing on screen), hard (NSFW, may contain triggers)
[Hard level, Switch/PS4/Xbox One/Windows] A branching mystery about a murder at an abandoned amusement park. Anime style adventure, AI companion, trauma and slapstick comedy. (What more could you ask for?)
AI: The Somnium Files
[Beginner level, macOS/Switch/Windows] Own a tavern in a fantasy land, meet quirky adventurers, mix drinks to give them stat boosts (choices affect the story!)
Tavern Talk