Inspired by a similar question on reddit:

What games do you replay regularly/annually? (No shame if you skipped a year or two.) I am especially interested in ‘comfort’ games.

Only rule is, you should have played the game for the first time at least 5 years back.

My list:

  • Street Fighter 2 in all variations/on all platforms I have access two. I guess I have been playing it regularly for more than 25 years by now. No Street Fighter after the Alpha/3rd Strike ever captured me like this.

  • Contra / NES This one I play regularly for more than 30 years (at least), to this day my favorite action game and the ultimate benchmark (I played all NES/SNES/Genesis Contras and Operation Galuga, nothing comes close.)

  • Slay the Spire: Hits 5 years of being released, I played since the early access and wasted too much time on this, still fun and perfect on smartphones

  • Doom I/II: I cannot tell you what it is, there are obviously better FPS than Doom I/II, but sometimes, if I just want to blow some steam, Doom is the only thing that delivers. (I think I never played trough all episodes of either Doom I or Doom II

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    8 months ago

    I play StS a bunch, but in that vein, games I just come back to:

    -Stardew Valley, and it gets the 1.6 update next week so I guess I will again

    -frostpunk, which gets a sequel this year!

    -gen 3/4/5 Pokemon

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        8 months ago

        It’s great, I’d really recommend if you like city builders, dystopian settings, and great music/ambiance

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      8 months ago

      Stardew Valley is in my library of shame, I just never feel that peaceful when I have the urge to play. ;-)

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        8 months ago

        I feel that. It’s got some non-peaceful elements, maybe the 1.6 release is the excuse you need to try it out!