If you were going to be stranded on a desert island, and for some reason you could bring 5 video games with their required hardware and means to power them, what would they be? No compilations or online multiplayer if you want to be a purist about it, but I’m still interested if you have thoughts about them :)
Games with the highest replay value for me:
- Civilization 4
- Heroes of Might and Magic III
- Sid Meyer’s Alpha Centauri
- TES3: Morrowind
- SimCity 2000
- Dark Souls + DLC
- Metroid Prime
- Super Metroid
- Persona 3 Portable
- SMTV:V
Edit: Might swap DS for Sekiro
In no particular order:
- Rim World
- Terraria
- Oxygen not Included
- Factorio
- Vintage Story
- Minecraft
- Factorial
- Terraria
- Balatro
- Stardew valley
I’m just going for maximum time sink.
Modded morrowind,ultrakill, metal gear rising, modded Minecraft, modded skyrim
Can I mod them? Because if so
- minecraft
- skyrim
- terraria
- dark souls 2
- hollowknight (so i can finally get those speedrun achievements)
- Stellaris
- Kerbal Space Program
- Dead Cells
- Grim Dawn
- Against The Storm
Honorable Mentions:
- ΔV: Rings of Saturn
- We Who Are About To Die
Half-Life 3 through 7.
Minecraft as a reference guide for how to survive on said island.
Animal Crossing so I have someone to talk to.
Elden Ring to remind me how bleak and hopeless everything is.
Solitaire and Minesweeper. In case I get bored.
Yeah, all the best survival guides start with “find the nearest tree and punch it a couple of times”
Quake 3, UT 2004, Heroes 3, GTA2, Beavis & Butthead Hock a Loogie
Gotta be one of the Paradox strategy games. I have two reasons for this: the first is that a good game unavoidably takes ages on them, so they have staying power; the other is that I know how to mod them, so I can make myself new scenarios once I get fed up of it. I’ll bring Crusader Kings 3 and Victoria 3 because I like them but haven’t yet played them much
I’ll add in Assetto Corsa and Dirt Rally 2 for some driving. Both have very high skill ceilings that I am nowhere near, so that gives me a lot to do. I also don’t own a wheel, so if I get that as part of the deal then that’d be fun to try. These two also have an odd bonus for me: they both have courses set near my home. I can sort of visit them by playing when I get a bit homesick
Lastly I’ll have Deep Rock Galactic for low effort shooty fun. I can’t always be putting mental energy into games
There are games I like as much or more than these five but which lack the replayability for this scenario. Like I adore Outer Wilds, but you can only really play it once
Island: A Game of Survival
Minecraft: Java Edition
Stardew Valley
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Geometry Dash
Hogwarts LegacyFor me, it would have to be:
- Factorio
- Rimworld
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Tetris DS
- Disco Elysium
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
WipeOut 2097(XL)
Tetris (arcade) or Karate Champ (arcade) or Speed Rumbler(arcade)
Descent II
Simon Tatham Puzzles collection
