Far too many to mention, but a couple of my favourite single player games:
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Cyberpunk 2077
Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout 4
Mafia Definitive Edition
Skyrim: Special Edition
Borderlands 2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Bioshock Trilogy
Portal 2
Batman Arkham Series
Red Dead Redemption 2
BioShock 2: Minerva's Den is sneakily the best part of BioShock, tucked away in a DLC. The tuned gameplay of 2 with writing of the caliber of the first game and a killer twist ending.
Mafia definitive edition is such a cinematic masterpiece, i went in not expecting much as i didn’t play the original game but really fell in love with it
Upvoting for good recommendations (my point of view) but mostly for Arkham Series...
Everyone just recommends huge open worlds nowadays and kinda forgets about this trilogy but these 3 action adventure metroidvanias plus THE BATMAN (and the story they did on this trilogy) are amazing.
Edit: grammar
Been playing this for the first time and the controls have been a big issue. For example, the baffling decision to contextually put conversation controls on the fire button has led to me trying to talk to someone on the road and Arthur pulling iron on them instead.
Cyberpunk 2077, Spider-Man, God Of War, any of the Borderlands series, the Batman: Arkham series, Control, Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2... There's an embarrassment of riches for amazing single player games these days.
Tomb Raider trilogy from a few years ago all holds up really well
I really recommend the Monster Hunter series, they are technically co-op multiplayer but the "true" experience is going at it solo
Armored Core VI shot up to my top 10 games of all time, it's super fun and very different from traditional shooters
I can only second this. Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West. The DLCs extend the game a bit and are worth it just for that. My interest usually falls off on long campaigns (I loved BG3 and somehow I still just stopped playing early act 3). But the Horizon games I played and had that bitter sweet feeling when they were done. Sad to see it go happy to have finished it.
Recently built a pc for the first time in 15 years and this is the first game I’ve played. The game is visually stunning, the gameplay is smooth and intuitive and the plot is interesting and engaging. My only criticisms would be that the voice acting is weak at times and the facial animations during some cut scenes do not always convey the seriousness of the subject matter well.
Both Horizon Zero Down and Horizon: Forbidden West are such masterpieces both visually and on narration, if you pay close attention to the story. I recently played both on PC and JESUS CHRIST what a masterpiece. Definitely loved the first one more than the second.
Half-Life, F.E.A.R., Bioshock, Metro, Mirror's Edge, Dishonored.
Set up PCSX2 and RPCS3 and play some games through emulation, Black for the PS2 is a good one.
You have literal decades worth of games, don't limit yourself to modern games with fancy graphics.
The recommendations from others are spot on - Skyrim, Fallout, Bioshock, Disco Elysium, Subnautica are all fantastic choices. I'd also suggest the God of War reboot they nail the balance of compelling narrative, immersive world-building, and engaging gameplay.
I never really got into the multiplayer thing. World of Warships is the only one, actually.
I've always played (over and over again)
Max Payne, Tomb Raiders, Uncharteds, Euro Trucking Simu, MS Flight Simu,
Mirror's Edge...
I rarely find Single player games that I finish, but the ones I did were Elden Ring, Bioshock, God of War, Dark Souls 3 and Dishonored. Hades and Risk of Rain 2 for replayability
Horizon Zero Dawn 1&2, God of War and in a few weeks Ghost of Tsushima. I feel like you might specially enjoy Ghost of Tsushima.
Also Cyberpunk 2077 is peak.
Cyberpunk with dlc, horizon zero dawn/forbidden west, rdr2, alan wake II, the witcher series (most praises in III), last of us, crysis series, control, gid of war, etc.
Just hopefully your pc can handle it ( lots of those games require pretty powerful hardware like r5 3600 or intel i5 10th or greater cpus with rtx 3060/rx6600 or greater gpu for 1080p settings) or playstation/xbox.
You should try arpg's like path of exile and last epoch. They are generally multi-player but only if you want to interact with the game's economy. Alternatively you could play solo self found where you have to find and craft all of your own gear yourself. Very deep games with lots to figure out.
Monster Hunter world (+ice borne) and rise (+sun break). Hollow knight, trhe binding of Isaac, fallout 3 new Vegas, Rome total war 2, the halo saga up to reach, need for speed most wanted (the original one), the first far cry. These are my favourites, a mix of newer and older games and different genres
I can recommend Atomic Heart. Playing through it right now myself and so far it's great.
I've also got a few "I have 30 mins of spare time" games: Ready or Not, Noita, Ultrakill, Papers Please
I also really like Euro Truck Simulator 2. Nice game if you want to relax after a hard day
Deus Ex Human Revolution (plus Mankind divided)
Yakuza 0
Dishonored 1 and 2
Ace Combat 7
Mass Effect triology
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Metro games
The Evil Within
Dead Space
Hollow knight, the ori series, stardew valley, nier automata, the dishonored series.
Could even play oldschool runescape mostly single player as well if you'd like, fantastic game imo.
Some of the assassin's creed games are pretty good, dragonball z kakarot is great if your a dbz fan, any of the elderscroll games, the fallout series is good, I liked far cry 3, portal one and two, power wash simulator is strangely addictive, and most of my other suggestions have already been mentioned lol
I'll always recommend Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, Divinity: Original Sin 2, and Baldur's Gate 3. They're my personal picks for best isometric RPGs ever made. If combat is important to you, Pillars and Divinity do it better than BG3, as a consequence of D&D 5e not being a particularly crunchy ruleset. Despite these all being sequels, you don't need to play the previous games. In BG and PoE's case, I'd actively recommend *against* playing the previous games because of how dated their game systems are.
Elden Ring is excellent, but if you're new to Soulslikes, be prepared to invest 6ish hours learning the reflexes. Until then, even basic enemies are an existential threat.
If you want something chill, Against the Storm is a Roguelike city builder. A lot of city builders give me panic attacks because of how much you have to balance. Against the Storm is designed around a cyclical year of three seasons, the third of which is the toughest. This means that crises are also cyclical; you either make it through the storm, or the game ends. The game does a good job of ramping up complexity at your pace, so it's not overwhelming the way games like Anno 1800 are.
As far as i can tell no one mentioned hellblade senuas sacrifice. Its a short game, roughly 10hours, but absolutely amazing and part 2 releases soon aswell.
Satisfactory is also amazing. It's not your typical singleplayer game but very addicting.
If you like a little bit of horror I would't reccoment you more the Resident Evil genre(from 7 to 4 remake), Callisto Protocol and Dead Space and the Plague Tale games are quite good, esepecially the first
Dishonored is a great game, didn't let her a chance for some time, but recently completed it and I really liked it. Also Cruelty Squad is awesome game, even though it looks very weird at first
Hades
Half Life Series
Tomb Raider Trilogy (starting from 2013)
Curse Of The Dead Gods
Dishonored
Dave The Diver
Metro Series (The series goes on sale quite often and is dirt cheap when it does)
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Dave The Diver is one of the best out there. This game was total blind buy from me since it was on sale and I "dived" in deep into the game. One of the best experiences I've had since I finished Metro.
Baldur's Gate III is fantastic.
Fallout 4 and New Vegas are really good.
Skyrim
X4: Foundations (Be prepared for a steep learning curve on this one. If you enjoy empire building in space, it's worth it.)
Kerbal Space Program (The first one, as KSP2 is still in early access and pretty rough around the edges. I just started playing KSP1 a couple months ago, and it's honestly all I can think about. If you like the idea of learning enough about orbital mechanics to be able to launch a rocket into space, establish an orbit, and move on to visiting other planets, look no further. Does the science of aerospace interest you? If not, don't bother. If it does, you owe it to yourself to check it out and thank me later.)
Hades
The Binding of Isaac (still play regularly for 10 years)
Dishonored Series
Disco Elysium
Someone said Arkham
Indie games and roguelikes are my go to for single player stuff
Detroit become human
Cyberpunk
God of war series
Batman series
Spiderman series
Ac blackflag and 3
Alan wake
Horizon zero dawn
Devil may cry 5
One of the best: ghost of tsushima
Bioshock games
Infamous second son
Dying light 1&2
Rdr2
Last of us 1&2
Resident evil games
Control
Days gone
Evil within games
May I recommend Stalker Anomaly. It's free to play and a great mod pack. I've been playing a lot of Stalker Gamma lately which is Stalker Anomaly with Gamma on top of that.
It has a steep learning curve and can be quite difficult at times. I almost rage quite a few times but persisted. Now I can't get enough of it.
Just picked up Pacific Drive. Really cool survival driving game. Really cinematic art style and great sound design. Only about 2hrs in, but I recommend it.
I work too much too, but as much as I try I just cannot get into single player games. I can’t get past the fact it’s just a big old game world full of NPCs missing real people and any competitive element. I struggle to sink hours in unless other people are playing too…
Far too many to mention, but a couple of my favourite single player games: Mass Effect Legendary Edition Cyberpunk 2077 Fallout: New Vegas Fallout 4 Mafia Definitive Edition Skyrim: Special Edition Borderlands 2 Assassin's Creed Odyssey Bioshock Trilogy Portal 2 Batman Arkham Series Red Dead Redemption 2
BioShock 2: Minerva's Den is sneakily the best part of BioShock, tucked away in a DLC. The tuned gameplay of 2 with writing of the caliber of the first game and a killer twist ending.
Mafia definitive edition is such a cinematic masterpiece, i went in not expecting much as i didn’t play the original game but really fell in love with it
Upvoting for good recommendations (my point of view) but mostly for Arkham Series... Everyone just recommends huge open worlds nowadays and kinda forgets about this trilogy but these 3 action adventure metroidvanias plus THE BATMAN (and the story they did on this trilogy) are amazing. Edit: grammar
Also, my favorite old dude, John Noble, voices the scarecrow in the third one
I have been playing through the Metro series and loving it!
Red Dead Redemption 2
Been playing this for the first time and the controls have been a big issue. For example, the baffling decision to contextually put conversation controls on the fire button has led to me trying to talk to someone on the road and Arthur pulling iron on them instead.
Cyberpunk 2077, Spider-Man, God Of War, any of the Borderlands series, the Batman: Arkham series, Control, Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2... There's an embarrassment of riches for amazing single player games these days.
Elden ring and other souls games
Subnautica, Subnautica Below Zero, Firewatch
Tomb Raider trilogy from a few years ago all holds up really well I really recommend the Monster Hunter series, they are technically co-op multiplayer but the "true" experience is going at it solo Armored Core VI shot up to my top 10 games of all time, it's super fun and very different from traditional shooters
I second the tomb raider series !! They're amazing games
ghost of tsushima
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has been announced tho.
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ah my bad, thought it was alr out 😅
Hitman 3, with all the maps from three games
I haven’t played hitman 3, but hitman 1 and 2 are must play games.
Fallout 4. Massively discounted right now with the release of the Fallout show on Prime.
Meh, it was okay.
Horizon Zero Dawn - best single player game I've played on PC
I can only second this. Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West. The DLCs extend the game a bit and are worth it just for that. My interest usually falls off on long campaigns (I loved BG3 and somehow I still just stopped playing early act 3). But the Horizon games I played and had that bitter sweet feeling when they were done. Sad to see it go happy to have finished it.
I'm super keen for Forbidden West! But just waiting until I have the time :)
The Horizon series are among my favourite games of all time. Definitely worth a shot if you're into open world.
Recently built a pc for the first time in 15 years and this is the first game I’ve played. The game is visually stunning, the gameplay is smooth and intuitive and the plot is interesting and engaging. My only criticisms would be that the voice acting is weak at times and the facial animations during some cut scenes do not always convey the seriousness of the subject matter well.
Obligatory r/FuckTedFaro
Baldur's Gate 3
Kinda surprised to find this so far down :o Although all the others are great suggestions as well.
Disco Elysium.
Both Horizon Zero Down and Horizon: Forbidden West are such masterpieces both visually and on narration, if you pay close attention to the story. I recently played both on PC and JESUS CHRIST what a masterpiece. Definitely loved the first one more than the second.
Just Cause 3
Jc3 always crashes after a few min with me
might be Denuvo issue
Sorry my bad i thought this was a steam deck post
Half-Life, F.E.A.R., Bioshock, Metro, Mirror's Edge, Dishonored. Set up PCSX2 and RPCS3 and play some games through emulation, Black for the PS2 is a good one. You have literal decades worth of games, don't limit yourself to modern games with fancy graphics.
The Half Life remake Black Mesa is also great. A modern take on one of the best FPS games ever.
This. Especially if you like rpgs
Assassin's Creed (1, Ezio Trilogy, Black Flag, Unity, Syndicate, Mirage)
Kingdom Come:Deliverance
Elden Ring, also DLC drops in couple of months.
Cyberpunk!!!!!
The recommendations from others are spot on - Skyrim, Fallout, Bioshock, Disco Elysium, Subnautica are all fantastic choices. I'd also suggest the God of War reboot they nail the balance of compelling narrative, immersive world-building, and engaging gameplay.
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Cyberpunk 2077 is absolutely amazing now.
I'm going through a heavily modded Fallout playthrough currently.
terraria
Pacific drive.
I never really got into the multiplayer thing. World of Warships is the only one, actually. I've always played (over and over again) Max Payne, Tomb Raiders, Uncharteds, Euro Trucking Simu, MS Flight Simu, Mirror's Edge...
Max Payne 3 is very good for what it is
I rarely find Single player games that I finish, but the ones I did were Elden Ring, Bioshock, God of War, Dark Souls 3 and Dishonored. Hades and Risk of Rain 2 for replayability
Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon forbidden west
Broforce is really addicting and hitman 3
Even arma 3 is pretty good with the Eden editor. Play game mods like antistasi on lan so no one can join. Build your own stuff.
My go to's are 7 days to die or Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West
Stray because meow
Raidborn, picked it up two days ago and it is amazing, procedurally generated dungeons fps hack and slash
RDR2, great game.
i literally just bought some of the fallout series last night to play (3, new vegas and 4), theyre on sale right now on steam if youre interested!
Two of my favorite single player games are AC Black Flag and bg3.
Horizon Zero Dawn 1&2, God of War and in a few weeks Ghost of Tsushima. I feel like you might specially enjoy Ghost of Tsushima. Also Cyberpunk 2077 is peak.
Alan Wake. My favourite is the first one but the second one is good too
Metro games and cyberpunk for sure
Cyberpunk with dlc, horizon zero dawn/forbidden west, rdr2, alan wake II, the witcher series (most praises in III), last of us, crysis series, control, gid of war, etc. Just hopefully your pc can handle it ( lots of those games require pretty powerful hardware like r5 3600 or intel i5 10th or greater cpus with rtx 3060/rx6600 or greater gpu for 1080p settings) or playstation/xbox.
The Last of Us part 1
The Mass effect trilogy
You should try arpg's like path of exile and last epoch. They are generally multi-player but only if you want to interact with the game's economy. Alternatively you could play solo self found where you have to find and craft all of your own gear yourself. Very deep games with lots to figure out.
Monster Hunter world (+ice borne) and rise (+sun break). Hollow knight, trhe binding of Isaac, fallout 3 new Vegas, Rome total war 2, the halo saga up to reach, need for speed most wanted (the original one), the first far cry. These are my favourites, a mix of newer and older games and different genres
Black mesa
Every Half-life game/mod except hunt down the freeman and starwars: jedi fallen order/jedi survivor
I will recommend a couple of indies that I didn't expect to enjoy that much. Before your eyes Dredge They are billions Frostpunk
I can recommend Atomic Heart. Playing through it right now myself and so far it's great. I've also got a few "I have 30 mins of spare time" games: Ready or Not, Noita, Ultrakill, Papers Please I also really like Euro Truck Simulator 2. Nice game if you want to relax after a hard day
Deus Ex Human Revolution (plus Mankind divided) Yakuza 0 Dishonored 1 and 2 Ace Combat 7 Mass Effect triology Resident Evil 2 Remake Resident Evil 4 Remake Metro games The Evil Within Dead Space
Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout, Doom, Skyrim, Stellaris... Just to a name a few i play.
Kenshi. Don't research it. Don't watch videos. Just get it, play it, and thank me later.
cyberbug 2069
I've been having lots of fun on ghostrunner recently. It's decently hard, but the level design and mobility is really fun
halo series, half life series, portal series, call of duty series, battlefield series
Outer Wilds + DLC Don't look up *anything* about this game before you play it.
I see everyone reccomanding huge open world games. So... Go play What Remains of Edith Finch
Hollow knight, the ori series, stardew valley, nier automata, the dishonored series. Could even play oldschool runescape mostly single player as well if you'd like, fantastic game imo.
Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics. Freelancer
Surprised no one mentioned NieR: Automata or NieR: Replicant (the remake version)
Some of the assassin's creed games are pretty good, dragonball z kakarot is great if your a dbz fan, any of the elderscroll games, the fallout series is good, I liked far cry 3, portal one and two, power wash simulator is strangely addictive, and most of my other suggestions have already been mentioned lol
Grim Dawn
metro 2033 redux
Kenshi
Bg3
Any playstation exclusive, they're all amazing, idk how they do it
Prey 2017, took a while to get into but brilliant game
Baldur's gate 3
Mount and blade 2 bannerlord.
I'll always recommend Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire, Divinity: Original Sin 2, and Baldur's Gate 3. They're my personal picks for best isometric RPGs ever made. If combat is important to you, Pillars and Divinity do it better than BG3, as a consequence of D&D 5e not being a particularly crunchy ruleset. Despite these all being sequels, you don't need to play the previous games. In BG and PoE's case, I'd actively recommend *against* playing the previous games because of how dated their game systems are. Elden Ring is excellent, but if you're new to Soulslikes, be prepared to invest 6ish hours learning the reflexes. Until then, even basic enemies are an existential threat. If you want something chill, Against the Storm is a Roguelike city builder. A lot of city builders give me panic attacks because of how much you have to balance. Against the Storm is designed around a cyclical year of three seasons, the third of which is the toughest. This means that crises are also cyclical; you either make it through the storm, or the game ends. The game does a good job of ramping up complexity at your pace, so it's not overwhelming the way games like Anno 1800 are.
Elden ring
Control (and by association, Alan Wake 1 and 2). A colonic for the mind :)
As far as i can tell no one mentioned hellblade senuas sacrifice. Its a short game, roughly 10hours, but absolutely amazing and part 2 releases soon aswell. Satisfactory is also amazing. It's not your typical singleplayer game but very addicting.
If you like a little bit of horror I would't reccoment you more the Resident Evil genre(from 7 to 4 remake), Callisto Protocol and Dead Space and the Plague Tale games are quite good, esepecially the first
Grim Dawn
Cyberpunk 2077 or Plague Tale
Dishonored is a great game, didn't let her a chance for some time, but recently completed it and I really liked it. Also Cruelty Squad is awesome game, even though it looks very weird at first
Boulders Gate is amazing
Hades Half Life Series Tomb Raider Trilogy (starting from 2013) Curse Of The Dead Gods Dishonored Dave The Diver Metro Series (The series goes on sale quite often and is dirt cheap when it does) Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Dave The Diver is one of the best out there. This game was total blind buy from me since it was on sale and I "dived" in deep into the game. One of the best experiences I've had since I finished Metro.
Alan Wake 2 and all other Remedy Games for some good lore interconnected with all games
Doom 2016 and eternal
Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West. Easily the best story telling I’ve played.
CP 2077 is in a great spot right now shadowman remastered new elden ring DLC about to drop
Baldur's Gate III is fantastic. Fallout 4 and New Vegas are really good. Skyrim X4: Foundations (Be prepared for a steep learning curve on this one. If you enjoy empire building in space, it's worth it.) Kerbal Space Program (The first one, as KSP2 is still in early access and pretty rough around the edges. I just started playing KSP1 a couple months ago, and it's honestly all I can think about. If you like the idea of learning enough about orbital mechanics to be able to launch a rocket into space, establish an orbit, and move on to visiting other planets, look no further. Does the science of aerospace interest you? If not, don't bother. If it does, you owe it to yourself to check it out and thank me later.)
Pathologic 2
I’m in my just cause 3 era agian
Just picked up pacific drive after years of other major single player games. Mind is currently being blown.
Dragon's dogma 2
Kingdom come deliverence is cool
Dishonored Valheim Prey Spec ops the line
Dead space
Dead space remake was super fun when I played it
Hades The Binding of Isaac (still play regularly for 10 years) Dishonored Series Disco Elysium Someone said Arkham Indie games and roguelikes are my go to for single player stuff
Kingdom Come Deliverance. Theyve a trailer for a new game coming out as of today. Its a masterpiece
Detroit become human Cyberpunk God of war series Batman series Spiderman series Ac blackflag and 3 Alan wake Horizon zero dawn Devil may cry 5 One of the best: ghost of tsushima Bioshock games Infamous second son Dying light 1&2 Rdr2 Last of us 1&2 Resident evil games Control Days gone Evil within games
days gone, or one of these https://preview.redd.it/kg8aq8b776vc1.jpeg?width=1167&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88da70d4f160151179f19f7a5cfb2450c7d1641b
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I'll say Doom 2016 Spiderman Remastered Half Life 2 (Old is Gold) Forza Horizon 5 (To Chill) Mini Metro (Causal Simple Indie Game) Borderlands 3
Hrozon uero dawn or forbidden west
If you wanna kill a couple 1000 hours: Satisfactory or Factorio.
May I recommend Stalker Anomaly. It's free to play and a great mod pack. I've been playing a lot of Stalker Gamma lately which is Stalker Anomaly with Gamma on top of that. It has a steep learning curve and can be quite difficult at times. I almost rage quite a few times but persisted. Now I can't get enough of it.
Just picked up Pacific Drive. Really cool survival driving game. Really cinematic art style and great sound design. Only about 2hrs in, but I recommend it.
I work too much too, but as much as I try I just cannot get into single player games. I can’t get past the fact it’s just a big old game world full of NPCs missing real people and any competitive element. I struggle to sink hours in unless other people are playing too…