Games I Highly Recommend

(Not that you have to try them out or anything. Just things to keep on your radar.)

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Library of Runia

Finally! A video game that let's me live out my fantasy of running a fighting ring within the confines of my local library!

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Hyper Light Drifter

Merge The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past with Diablo and you get this lovely 2D action role-playing game!

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Cave Story

A classic 2D Metroidvania platform-adventure game from 2004. It's had several remakes over the years, but don't let its simplistic looks fool you: This game is brutal.

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Minecraft

Only the #1 best selling game of all time, Minecraft is a sandbox construction video game that has gone on to release on PC, Mac, Linux, Android, Switch, XBox, Playstation, and more!

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OneShot

This cute indie puzzle/adventure game requires some meta gaming and thinking outside of the box (sometimes quite literally).

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Hollow Knight

Bug Battle Simulator The Game. Hollow Knight is an amazing action-adventure Metroidvania game, the player left to explore the ruins of a bug nation fallen to a sick disease.

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Undertale

"The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone:" Undertale. This smash hit fan favorite offers you a new way to battle through countless monsters. Simply not killing everyone all the time! Who'da thunk.

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Stardew Valley

I'd never expect one single video game to suck up so much of my time. Have you ever wanted to ditch it all and live a simplistic life out on a farm? Stardew Valley lets you live that fantasy!

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Factorio

I thought Stardew Valley was bad enough as a time sink but Factorio takes it to a whole new level. I've put hundreds of hours into this game and have to keep it uninstalled to keep myself from launching it and loosing another week of my life to growing the factory.

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Trails in the Sky

Oh boy. This game. This series. I love it. It has its flaws, but The Legend of Heroes: Trails series have been ongoing since 2004. If you love turn-based story rich role-playing games

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Noita

I thought I knew what hard games were. I was wrong. Noita is "a roguelite in which every pixel is simulated." Delve into this 2D action/adventure and find out that your biggest threat is you!

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