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In no particular order:
(I'm sure that last one will raise some eyebrows, but I've already got over 1k hours in it since launch. For all its faults, it scratches some itch of mine just right.)
I have not kept up with gaming much for the past decade, so my list is going to be very dated. In no particular order:
No console games on my list, because PCMR! :P
[Edit] Almost forgot Star Control 2!
I have a whole separate list for arcade games.
Once again in no particular order: Ultimata IV - Quest of the Avatar
Sim City 2000
The Last of Us
Breath of the Wild
Trade Wars
Kingdom Hearts
Knights of the Old Republic
Civ 6
Omega - a dos game where you programmed Tanks and set them loose
And right now: Balatro
Big shout out to SFA2, FFT:A/2, BOF series, Roadwarden.
10 feels too little to condense 40 years of games.
My top 10 in decreasing order (the first series' games I listed individually to give due credit to these masterpieces):
Nethack : old school roguelike
Tale of Maj Eyal : removing of tediousness in old school roguelike
Baldur Gate 2 : D&D implementation
Civilization 2 : just one more turn
Fallout 2 : narrative based on character build
XCom : tactical combat with base building
Jagged alliance: tactical combat with squad building
Knight of Legend : best original turnbased combat system never done again
Slay the Spire: For deck building
Quake: playing with friend
In no particular order:
Okay done
Ranking is tough but I'll give it a go. The ranking is based on the impact and enjoyment I got out of them regardless of playtime.
What Remains of Edith Finch & Kentucky Route Zero (shared 1st place)
Life is Strange
Stray
GRIS
Cyberpunk 2077
SOMA
Heaven's Vault
The Town of Light
FAR: Lone Sails
Portal 2
That last one is a bit of an outlier but I have laughed so much while playing it, it deserves a place at the table.
I see you like narrative-driven games. Have you played Detroit : become human? It scratched the itch for me when I ran out of life is strange
I'll add mine in no particular order:
Zelda: tears of the kingdom
Diablo 3
Secret of Mana
Skyrim/Oblivion
Super Mario Odyssey
Zelda: ocarina of time
Command: aces of the deep
Halo 3
Metal gear solid
Donkey Kong country 2
These are the games over gotten the most enjoyment out of over the years
Boom Blocks - Wii - top of my list. Not because it's a good game, but because my kids and I had uproarious hours spent playing it together.
Video game I have not yet figured out the name of. It came out in 1986(ish?) and it had a robot/cyborg in a kind of metroidvania level set. Macintosh.
Doom, the original. Scared the PISS out of me. Then I played it hardcore after that. Doom II came out and I set up LAN parties and opened up my nascent IT outsourcing business for those.
Helldivers 2 - Honestly, I haven't actually engaged with a game this hard for decades.
Senua's Sacrifice - This game helped me considerably, in understanding the people I love.
Doom 2016 - What's not to like. It's perfect.
Starcraft II - When it came out. Excellent weaving of story and gameplay.
HI-FI Rush - Unexpected fun.
Zork - I would have never expected this level of amazing story telling this many years ago.
I know I am short of 10, but I can't think of anything else.
Tic tak toe,
Solitaire,
Snek,
That one with the bubbles that you just watch and you canβt do anything (I think it actually a screen saver)
Uh. Thatβs it.
Honorable mention for all of the Diablo's really, been playing them since the first one, and all of the Fallouts, playing since the 2nd. Shoutout to my X-Com homies.
I play them still.
I don't play them but would easily
Huh. That's it. StarCraft is out as I played for a day before cavedog ruined it for me forever, but it get it if you still love it.
Might and magic III
F19
Submarine Commander (Atari computer game)
B17 (intellivision)
Counterstrike.1.6
Half-life
Castle Wolfenstein
WOW
WoT
Witcher 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Bard's Tale
Ultima IV
Neuromancer
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star Online
Super Street Fighter II: Championship Edition
Destiny
Impossible Mission
Halo
Gain Ground
Ultima IV !!! Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.
I played that on my Commodore 64 and waited a loooong time for the (actually floppy) disk drive to spin up.
I bet most people here don't know any of the Ultima games.
Hylics 1/2
Half Life 1
Myst
Jet Set Radio Future
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Factorio
Doom II (heavily modded)
OpenRCT2
Voices of the Void
The Sims (I like the series as a whole, I feel like each game has its own pros and cons)
This is off the top of the dome and given more time I'd probably change this significantly, but here's 10 of my favorites from a multitude of genres:
(Those are pretty firmly my top 3, all totally mindblowing experiences that surprised and awed me multiple times)
Honorable mentions for Guilty Gear and Tekken as series, and I have a special place in my heart for the 2000 title Sacrifice, which is my eternal top pick for a remaster/remake.
In no particular order:
Honorable Mentions: