Gaming

The binding of Isaac.

I've been playing it on and of since the flash game released 13 years ago.

For me, that would be the 3D Mario games (or any Mario game, really).

I have over 70 hours logged into Super Mario 3D-Stars, and that’s just the newer way I’ve played these games.

What you are describing is essentially the roguelike/lite genre, lol. Search up some of that, see if anything looks fun.

The one I never get tired of replaying is Mafia 2. Maybe a weird choice since it's very linear and every play through is pretty much the same. But the story is just perfect for me. The gameplay perfectly suits the story, nothing especially clever, just well executed.

Then there's games like Binding of Isaac or Dead Cells where every play through is different.

RimWorld. shit can go crazy with the mods a available or just vanilla.

If you don't mind top down colony managers, rimworld is an absolute gem. The base game itself is infinitely replayable because every game is basically a story. Think dwarf fortress with graphics (well, df has graphics now but). Also incredibly easy to mod to customize or completely change your game experience.

For me, Noita. I don't recommend it unconditionally, but for me that game will forever be the only permanent game in my library. I expect it's possible that I could finish Elden Ring. I know I will never finish Noita.

I was about to suggest "Balatro" but you don't want infinite dopamine game then play The Binding of Isaac:Rebirth.

X4 foundations and relevant DLC. I have multiple saves with over a year worth of playtime

Stardew Valley

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead

https://cataclysmdda.org/

Zombie survival roguelike. It's free, open source, and a mature project.

For me Rollercoaster Tycoon 1&2. But you could probably throw most Sim Games into here like SimCity 2k 3k or 4.

Fallout: New Vegas, Caves of Qud, Project Zomboid, Minecraft, Terraria, Morrowind, Skyrim, Dwarf Fortress, Kenshi, Rimworld, Elden Ring, and so much more.

For the most enduring single player experiences, you really should give some grand strategy games a try, like older Total War entries, Crusader Kings, Civilization, Swords of the Stars, etc. Stuff like Factorio or Cities Skylines can also become addictive, but none of these games is action oriented.

Also, Age of Empires 2. I haven't played 4 yet, but I think it speaks volumes that, at least on steam, AoE2 has more players at any given time than 3+4 combined.

Ziggurat might be an interesting pick, as it's a roguelike FPS with magic weapons, though it might feel super neutered compared to Ultrakill. Risk of Rain 2 is 3rd person and roguelike, so every run you start from scratch and enemies will keep spawning at certain intervals, but it's a fine shooter

Fallout 4 might have a rather clunky shooting, but if you get into it, you can spend many, many hours blasting a variety of enemies, finding all sorts of places and weapons. Skyrim is a close second, while better played in 1st person, it's medieval sword and sorcery.

Risk of Rain 2 and Robo Quest are probably up your ally because you like Ultra kill

But if you want to diversify genre, here are some that I would recommend

• Card Games - Slay the Spire (Its like a card game and rogue like combined)
• Rogue Like - Hades is currently one of the top tiers in rogue like dungeon crawler
• RPG - Baldurs Gate 3, even if you end up finishing the game, how you ended up finishing it is what makes it so replayable. Each character has their own stories for you to uncover. Larian's other gem is Divinity Original Sin 2 too
• Sandbox Games - Minecraft of Terraria
• Arcade - Most arcade games are highly replayable because thats their whole selling point. Currently I am back to playing Temptest 4000
• Hack n Slash - Grimdawn, nuff said

Minecraft, especially with mods.

Roguelites in general. My favorite is FTL. Also has good mods.

Slay the Spire, with mods

The binding of Isaac

Tetris maybe (too close to candy crush)

If you into emulators the SNES has a lot of good arcade ports, those are high score based

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