unexpected and terrifyingly complex. You can repair a car and mow through crowds of zombies but you'll also need to keep an eye on your supplies of food and drink. Cataclysm is a full-featured life simulator that just so happens to take place when there's little life left in the world...
We knew this Pokémon-with-guns game would draw a crowd, but we didn't expect it to become the mega-hit of 2024. The mixture of survival and collectible creatures drew millions of players overnight, and you know what? It's fun. Build a base, add to your creature collection by battlin...
Rimworld is a colony management game with a similar story-making quality. A "free-roaming squad-based RPG" says the Steam page, somewhat underselling this laughably complex supergame. Kenshi begins as many other open world fantasy roamer might. You create an average schmuck in a tough post-...
For modding enthusiasts, RimWorld's Steam Workshop hosts a huge variety of content, storyline, and QOL mods. Like Minecraft, load time is slower with a bunch of mods installed. But that's not why we've got more than 600 hours of playtime on record. This game is just as addictive as...
Breaking away from its usual modern-world settings, Village has an almost medieval take on the theme. However, they still retain the classic Resident Evil-styled mansion house with its traps, puzzles, and guns. This combination of franchise formula and refreshing setting perfectly caters to both ...
New World– I doubt I’ll enjoy this. MMOs are pretty hit-or-miss for me, and I’m pretty burned out on the idea of a “pre-industrial setting with magic”. I’ve spent decades doing that, and I’d much rather go to space, or a post-apocalypse, or maybe a cyberpunk sort of...
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reading up on how to get rocket boots or guns made out of sharks, but the joy of discovering things for yourself is also a huge part of Terraria’s appeal. It’s full of surprises, and you never really know what you’re going to find when you start chipping away at a cave wall wi...
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Were this a Guns ‘n’ Conversation list, the middle act of Bioware's sci-fi trilogy would surely be atop it. Yes, much of what purists consider an RPG to be has been excised in favour of direct action and on-the-spot decision-making, but in terms of spirit, playing a roving spac...