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Atmospheric games to get lost in (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by original_reader@lemmy.zip to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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Hey all, I’m on the hunt for games that really suck you into their world, the kind where you look up and suddenly three hours have gone by.

Games I’ve loved and couldn't put down:

Plague Tale
Horizon
Subnautica
Mass Effect
Expedition 33
Homeworld

Doesn’t matter the gente, as long as it’s got that vibe where you just exist in the atmosphere and forget about everything else.

What are your go-to games when you want to disappear into another world? Bonus appreciation if it’s something underrated or off the beaten path.

Edit: Thank you all. I will definitely keep this thread bookmarked. You all dwarved what I found on Reddit ir any other platform! Well done!

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[–] gukleszl4hs48ughgxhr5xgd@fedia.io 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

These games definitely are not for everyone, but they fit the ask in my opinion:

Caves of Qud

Project Zomboid

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I am the world's biggest Qud stan and will always up vote it in the wild

It's a very weird game, but if you can pierce the surface of it, it has such an incredible amount to offer you.

[–] Fedop@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

CoQ is an example of a game that gives you so much when you invest time in it. If you're into that, I would also recommend Cogmind. It's similar in that the world has so much texture, both in lore and mechanics. We're lucky have so many great roguelikes to choose from!

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

A lot of zombie games try to be realistic, but Project Zomboid is the only one that genuinely feels like reality. It uses zoomed out isometric graphics and is still miles more immersive than any first person zombie survival game out there.