Steam

Minecraft and retroarch.

Stellaris and Rimworld. Replace Rimworld with Minecraft if including non-Steam games.

Dwarf Fortress and Factorio.

If I am honest and base it on my actual play patterns it has to be The Binding of Isaac and Slay the Spire. Or maybe Ascension (digital version of the physical deckbuilder) especially if there is ever more content for it.

Dirt Rally 2.0 (with my sim rig and VR headset).

I don't need a 2nd game.

Team Fortress 2 with either Deathmatch Classic or Ricochet....

Valheim and Starfield.

Some hard choices. I generally like my RTS and FPS games. I play a wide range of games from story driven like the BG series, to yearly play throughs of 93's Doom, to mil sims like arma.

I have a hard time to stick to one game for a long time, so whatever I pick would need to be moddable to bring some variety. I'm imagining maybe a stalker game where there's a wealth of mods, but the world isn't that large. Arma 3 might be nice, you got decent multi-player bots for when the world has moved on, it's very moddable and relatively easy to set up new scenarios for yourself.

I do like my sim racing as well, so asetto corsa would definitely be the main contender there.

If I'd have to pick some games off the top of my head they'd be AoE 2, HL 2, Doom 2, asetto corsa, Ms flight sim (but the servers will die at some point), Arma.

So I'm picturing myself in 40 years time, I've finished building my new rocking chair with the skills I've got from all this free time, I sit down in front of the same computer I have now. I'd say I'm launching up doom to do another play through of Sunlust. Hm or maybe I'll do a bit more work on my at that point 10 year old OpenTTD save. Just something simple that will stand the test (and already has) of time, a game I can fire up and feel just as home in now, as I did last year, and the year before that.

Would choose those 2 because it would let me kinda bypass that limit
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For longevity?

Satisfactory and Elden Ring.

Honestly, something like Call of Duty or fortnite might be nice too. I haven't played in years but the skill ceiling is very high so it could at least keep me occupied for a very long time.

Slay the Spire and Noita

path of exile

Dota 2 and Factorio (with mods enabled)

Terraria and I can't decide between Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas or BG3.

factorio and rimworld. I can't believe that combo isn't here yet.

If we get access too all future updates, Dwarf Fortress is my clear #1 choice.
If we also assume that the game will forever have an active enough userbase that lack of players won't be a detriment: Infinity Wars as my #2.

If we assume no updates, no mods and no guarantee of users: Tales of Maj'Eyal and probably some 4x or grand strategy game, it's a tossup between Civ, Gal Civ, and Endless Legend, maybe even one of the Total Wars.

Slay the Spire would be the first slot where a lot of others could fill the second.

Factorio now, and I'll save my second one for Factorio Space Age when it releases.

Factorio and Baldurs Gate 3...

Feels bad leaving off other amazing games though

Factorio.

Slay the Spire. I probably don't need a second.

Civ 6 and I'll sell my other slot to the highest bidder.

the talos principle 1 and automobilista 2

… what is steam? 👀

Planescape torment and HoMM III (yes I will take the bundle, thank you)

Probably age of empires and MCC.

Does it have to be Steam? Or any two games?

Funny how there's a solid lack of quadruple "A" games here in the comments.

The Long Dark and Valheim

So, we're just talking Steam - that means I can keep playing Fortnite either way. And my GOG library I suppose :>

From Steam I'd pick:

• Beat Saber, it's my sport
• Stellaris, so I can keep playing it with my SO

DayZ and minesweeper. DayZ has probably the best replayability over any other game I've played. On top of that it's also the game that gives me adrenaline rush like no other game has. DayZ is highly underrated and I highly recommend it in 2024 as it just keeps on giving.