I haven’t seen the No One Lives Forever games mentioned yet. 60s female secret agent goodness.
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Played Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin recently
fantastic game. The platforming is fun with surprising depth. The Rice mechanics have way more depth than I can stand, but it's still forgiving enough that you never feel severely punished for messing up.
Great lists already. I'll add What Remains of Edith Finch
Soul Hackers 2 is a nice little palette cleanser of an RPG. Not as expansive as other Megaten games but it kept me engaged all the way through. The main party are all adults too which is a nice change of pace.
Not seeing Transistor but if you want a female protagonist that will make you cry your eyes out at the end, I recommend her.
Games As Literature 101 has a documentary that goes into a deep dive about Red as a character.
Also some people used Red's song from Transistor as a wedding song 😃
Alba is a very cute and relaxing game, but it's good! And the eponymous main character is a little girl.
Echo
Echo the dolphin? Hell yeah. Female protagonist, insane story that nobody sees coming, impossibly difficult first couple of levels to the point that most people never got past them. Brilliant.
I should have given more context 😅 Actually, I was referring to this one:
Play Gris, if for no other reason than the art. It's just so beautiful.
I reply it from time to time. I love it!
Seconded
I just started playing Asscreed Odyssey last week, having fun so far. A bit of a departure for the series, more of a Witcher-style open world action-adventure game in ancient Greece. You can select between player characters Alexios (male) and Kassandra (female), I picked Kassandra, I like her, she seems decently written and the voice acting is great.
Elden Ring is incredible, although it's silent protagonist (aside from grunts etc), and might be too difficult. I know many women who love it though.
CrossCode is an excellent neo-retro overhead 2D action RPG. Great combat system, puzzles, and story.
Valheim isn't very story heavy but it's an incredible exploration/survival/crafting game, one of my all time favourites.
Steve Jackson's Sorcery! Parts 1 & 2 (and sequels Part 3 and Part 4): Masterfully crafted interactive "choose your own adventure" videogame, pretty much a video-book with an immersive story and wonderful illustrations. Highly recommended, I've been enjoying Jerma985's streams of it. You're constantly making choices that will completely change the outcome of the game, there is a rewind button if you need it.
Control has already been mentioned by others, I also recommend it. Great writing, graphics, lots of humour in the environment. Especially if you're a fan of SCP. Honestly the combat got a little monotonous towards the end but it didn't overstay its welcome. The documents you find around the world are hilarious and well worth a read.
Some not yet mentioned.
- Heaven's Vault
- Mirror's Edge
- Portal 1 and 2 (technically, though she's mute and it's first person so not that it matters much)
- Slime Rancher
- Spiritfarer