I never played Spyro growing up, so I don’t have the nostalgia boner for it, but my partner did. Watching them play it was infuriating. The difficulty in the first three games is based entirely on the controls being dogshit.

They’re still making dead cells. And if they ever stop, a bundle with all the dlc would be welcome.

I think the re2+3 remakes are great games, but I don’t think they’re better than the originals. 3 especially felt really cut and dumbed down compared to it’s source. I think I put 40 hours into the original story, and beat the remake in about 6.

I would have said dead space until the remake came out and blew me away. So if the devs really care about it no game is untouchable to me. You can always play the original.

And if you’re that type, we’ve already found the answer you wanted in the first place.

If you want a great Metroidvania, check out axiom verge. It’s got really cool mechanics and world design.

For more action oriented, I could play dead cells for the rest of my life.

Some dude just dunking a pissed off squirrel in a five gallon bucket and hucking it as hard as he can.

If you like naissance, check out kairo. One of the first games I got on steam, and I found naissance looking for something like it.

Baba is you: a simple block pushing puzzle game where you make the rules by lining up words. It’s not like anything else.

Iron lung: a short horror game about navigating a submarine blind

Dollhouse: a flim noir styled avoid the pursuer type horror game, with eack level adding new mechanics. One of the most interesting games I’ve played, but it got lost to a ten year hype train and never recovered from the initial review bombing.

Jazzpunk: hard to describe. An first person puzzle game where the whole game is a joke and every aspect is unexpected.

Papers please: run a Soviet bloc security check point, and try to keep your family alive with the small amount of supplies you receive for filtering citizen correctly. Same guy who made obra dinn.

Receiver 2: at the surface it’s an fps with insane gun mechanics. Deeper though, it’s forced meditation and mindfulness. Nothing you do can be reactionary or automatic, every movement must be on purpose. Lots of mental health themes.

Many others already mentioned here are great. Obra dinn, doki doki, antichamber, outer worlds. There’s a ton of great things out there.

The ending of metal gear solid three hurt me pretty good.

I liked jerboa, but I had so many issues I ended up switching to liftoff. I couldn’t change my account settings, could rarely post comments, and could never start a thread. Looking at their git, other people had the same issues for weeks with no real fix, so I jumped to liftoff, which isn’t perfect, but at least everything works. I want something as close to baconreader as possible.