So, I’ve spent over 2 hours on Steam searching for a nice game to play. But it’s all junk, as far as I’m fed with Steam recommendations. I liked ksp2 1, cities skylines 1, age of empires 2, baldurs gate 3 a lot, I just finished Divinity original sin 2. I like rpgs and management / factory games like workers and resources, satisfactory etc. I’m having a lot of fun with split fiction when I play with a friend, but I need a proper singplayer game. Anything I could get which isn’t a total ripoff due to lack of gameplay or it being a bug simulator or dlc purchase mania?

EDIT: I’m a bit overwhelmed by all reactions. Thank you all so much! I have a lot of amazing recommendations to check out!

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago
    • Factorio, I know you said you couldn’t get into it, but try peaceful mode, it’s a great game even without enemies
    • RimWorld, it’s an excellent colony management game
    • Dwarf Fortress, this is the big boss, it’s really hard to start, but it’s the most complex simulation game out there. If you can get into it, it’s infinite hours of fun.
  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Horror/action: Dead Space.
    FPS/time manipulation: Singularity.
    Factory/combat(optional): Dyson Sphere Project

    Singularity still stands up as it’s graphics are decent. Super cheap on GoG. Dead Space if you get the original would be cheap. HD remaster would be more. If you love factory games but have never played DSP god damn do I wish I was you. Recommend playing without combat enabled on first run to just enjoy how gorgeous the game is and to help with learning everything before throwing in combat management

  • PushButton@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    X4 foundations is a sandbox RPG in space where you do whatever you want.

    • Different factions with their story, political agenda, sub-factions, technologies
    • Walk out of your ship on station, all 1:1 size real time, no loading screen.
    • Play first person in your ship (pew pew) in the ship of your liking
    • Recruit staff members to build your empire / fleet
    • Play as a manager (see RTS kind of) from the galactic map, command your empire, fleet of death, traders, miners.
    • Build your own stations with their own production pipeline that Maximize the local resources
    • Enjoy 25 years of lore building

    I am a big fan, as you can see :D

  • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Leaning more into the management style of games, might be worth checking out Two Points Hospital (spiritual sequel to Theme Hospital), and the more recently released Rwo Points Museum?

  • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    14 days ago

    Check out Dome Keeper. Mine resources to buy upgrades and protect your dome from waves of aliens. There are lots of game modes and modifiers to get different experiences each run.

  • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Balatro.
    You think it’s simple until it’s suddenly 1 am and your brain is mush trying to remember what strategy you’re currently using -oops lost, ok one more run…

    Soma.
    If you’re in the mood to be hooked on a story. Scary stuff happens, and youll question life a few times.

    Pathfinder.
    Wrath of the Righteous is the only tabletop pc rpg you’ll need agian. Baldergate 3 is the tutorial mission for this monster game.

    Rain World.
    If you enjoy metroidvanias with new mechanics.

    Tunic.
    If you enjoy zelda and dark souls. Theres more to it than it looks. I couldn’t put this one down either.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Kenshi.

    If you can get past the kind of… weird control scheme…

    The game is basically a single player mmorpg.

    You start off as an absolute weakling, and there is no … scaling, the way most other rpgs either generally have certain levelled enemies in certain areas, that you progress through linearly or unlock sequentially, or just an outright whole world spanning dynamic level matching kind of system.

    You can be battling a small beast… and then a herd of very, very much more dangerous beasts, or slavers, will just happen to pass by, and royally fuck up your day.

    Every character in the game, including you, plays by the same rules.

    All major NPCs can be killed, the game is also full of varying factions with varying alignments towars other factions, and they will treat your character differently based on your race, the kinds of actio s you do, your reputation with other factions.

    The storytelling is … a sandbox/emergent approach. Not in the sense of ‘there are no story lines or quests’… but in the sense of… a whole lot of stuff is out there, but you have to self direct yourself to go out and find it, or randomly encounter it.

    Also, you can gain allies, make your own faction, and control a small army… and you can even build your own settlement, and economically interact with the rest of the world.

    … Its… kind of hard to describe.

    There really aren’t any other games quite like Kenshi.

    Its got a good sized modding scene, and it incorperates at least some elemenrs of… every game you mentioned.

    If you use a mod to up your max follower/faction member count… you can basically play the game as an RTS (with pause). Build a settlement, recruit followers (or enslave them), arm them, fees them, train them up, and go take over a city if you want.

    … Or play basically solo, just you and your bonedog, maybe as a bounty hunter for hire, or a hashish smuggler, or get a pack animal and run a trade caravan.

  • t_berium@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    I think you might like ‘Rogue Trader’, even if you don’t know anything about the 40K universe. Cool story, choices and fights.

    Don’t worry too much about not knowing the background lore. The game contextualizes a lot in dialogues and even little mouseovers. But be careful, if you like SciFi, you might fall into the awesomely rich and grim rabbit hole, that is Warhammer 40K.

    The Emperor protects.

  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    14 days ago

    Slay the spire is really fun and different than what you’ve listed.

    It was the first rogue like deck building game. Fantastically done.