Patient Gamers

This might be cheating but I'm assuming mods/DLCs to a game count as part of the game.

1. Factorio. Pretty much endless amount of stuff you can do with mods on top of a top-tier base game.
2. Minecraft, also for the mods.
3. Geometry Dash. So many user created levels and the highest skill ceiling of pretty much any game.
4. Asetto Corsa, or whatever the most realistic, moddable car racing sim there is. I don't play this game but I don't want that genre to die.
5. ~~Really struggling to think of anything else so I'm just gonna go with another fun, replayable, moddable game: Balatro.~~ Edit: After reading other responses and me forgetting some games I think Skyrim would be a better choice here.

I'm assuming there'd be no online multiplayer or modding, as they'd be outside the realm of the game - it's content made by other people (and it's more interesting if you exclude them anyway), and I'm assuming there'd be no more updates (so only current or previous patches)

So we'd be looking for replayable single player games

1. Minecraft. If that's not on your list then you're joking
2. Terraria. Sandbox like minecraft, but the more legacy-focused scope of the game would be a nice change
3. Factorio. This game is called cracktorio for a reason
4. Monster Hunter world. Very replayable when you want to hit big monsters with big swords
5. Maimai. Bet you didn't expect a rhythm game to be here, bitch! With all other video games gone, maimai would explode in popularity, and I'd finally be able to play maimai locally instead of only in the city on the occasional day off. Yes, this list is just a place holder for the real number 1

• Minecraft (A comfortable home away from home).

• Wii Sports (The one video game literally made for everyone).

• Bioshock (I may not play it again myself, but everyone should experience “Would you kindly” at least once in their lives).

• PlayStation Dreams (This one is kinda like wishing for infinite wishes).

• Bomberman Ultra (A stupidly fun couch-play game that my entire family has played together for more than 10+ years now. I have never NOT smiled when booting up this silly game).

And then the games I’d forever regret not saving for myself: SuperGlob (Arcade), Tempest (Arcade), Uncharted 4, Bayonetta, StarCraft, Resident Evil 4, Portal and Heavy Rain (A brutal punch in the gut that I loved dearly but never want to play again).

Damn… I gotta try and be diverse… as much as my narrow taste allows anyway:

1. The Wonderful 101: my choice for a PlatinumGames ambassador.
2. God Hand: beat'em up representation.
3. Ninja Gaiden 2: nonstop action and my favorite Team Ninja game.
4. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R: my favorite fighting game.
5. Hellsinker: infinitely replayable shmup.

If I could choose, then I'd choose for humanity, games that most reasonable people would go "yeah, fair enough".

(Note, if it were just for me, I wouldn't pick any of these lol)

• Portal + 2
• Stardew Valley
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Elden Ring
• Final Fantasy VII (or X)

Bad Rats five times.

• Sonic 2
• Oddworld
• Patrick's Parabox
• Crash Bandicoot 2
• Dead Space

Half-Life 2

Halo CE (MCC version I guess)

F.E.A.R. + Extraction Point DLC (Perseus Mandate and F.E.A.R 2/3 were dogshit)

Metro 2033 (Redux I guess since that's the only way I can get good HDR)

SOMA

Mass Effect 2 because it's one of my favourite games. The only issue is I don't know how enjoyable it'll be without the first and third game.

Red Dead Redemption 2 because it's one of the finest pieces of media, period.

What Remains of Edith Finch because it's a shining example of how creative and immersive "walking sims" can be.

Bioshock because the first time you experience the moment is indelibly inked into my brain.

Civilization 4 because it's timeless and the moment you boot it up to hear Baba Yetu, it feels magical and special.

1. Bioshock - It's essentially perfect, the only downside is I can never play it for the first time again.

2. Inscryption - It's an odd choice, since it's pretty meta, but it's a game that I think about too much to live without.

3. Doom - Purely for historical relevance, which cannot be overstated in this case

4. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time going back and forth between this and LTTP, but Ocarina also represents maybe the best year in game development history so it gets the edge.

5. Slay the Spire - Basically the same argument as Doom - this game is a fork point in all development trends for at least 5, maybe 10 years after its release.

Minecraft, Terraria, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Portal 2

Chrono Trigger

GTA V

Dragon Quest XI

Tetris (NES)

Capcom Vs SNK 2 Mark of the Millenium 2001

Logically, these must be hell of a repayable ones.

Homeworld

Binding of Isaac

Ballistic.NG

Elite Dangerous

Silksong

I feel like this list encapsulates the best of their respective genres.

Homeworld’s mechanics are excellent, as is the art direction, sound design, and story.

There are roguelikes I enjoy playing more than Isaac, but I think it’s breadth, theme, and messaging make it the best pick.

Ballistic.NG is the only racing game that always gives you room to grow without becoming played out, to me.

Elite literally has the whole galaxy to explore, and like Ballistic.NG it has a very rewarding skill curve.

Silksong is a work of art; a Metroidvania so sprawling in its ambition, flawless in its execution, and so punishing in its difficulty that a game-starved society would surely come to view it as a scripture of sorts.

For the good of humanity but also to try give the widest variety:
Super mario world - platformer
Final fantasy (which one i am not sure, not my expertise) - storyline rpg
Starcraft 2 - RTS
Need for speed - racing
Minecraft - creative

For me? The legend of zelda ALTTP
Donkey kong country 2
Pokemon Leaf Green
Super mariokart 64
Borderlands 2 (inc DLC)

Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal, Portal 2, Minecraft, and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time :)

1. Immortal gates of pyre: my favorite game of all time is starcraft II and this is a spiritual successor that i desperately want to have all the current funding for RTS to go to

2. Portal 2, it's a given

3. Rushdown revolt, similar situation to immortal, smash but better designed but not nearly enough resources

4. Mass effect legendary edition, nothing needs to be said

5. deltarune

I chose mostly based on future potential and design decisions because if these became the only 5 everyone would flock to them and they'd suddenly have all the resources they need to succeed

Pong, Tetris, Pac-Man, Minecraft, and petcii robots.

• My modded GTA SA
• Minecraft
• Jazz Jackrabbit 2
• Beamng
• For christmas: Santaclaus in trouble again.

If an .GameImage can be considered one game, I would have chosen those. On Linux you can create a single one-click package containing multiple games. Made a couple of those you see 😁

The Kingdom of Loathing it's funny, it's free by you get great stuff when you donate, the writing is great and it's balanced as hell.

Thief the Dark Project, because I like it even though it's old.

Bioshock, because it's the best "game as art" example out there

Gary's Mod for shitposting

And even though I'm not that into Minecraft, I'll pick that one because you can make video games on it with Redstone so pretty sure that's a loophole to make Doom or whatever

Path of exile, dota2, cs2, minecraft and Mario cart

Gotta have repayable games if no new ones are made

People should check out the 1 upsmanship podcast where a couple guys discuss which games are worthy of being uploaded to a "celestial hard drive" for preservation. It went patreon exclusive a couple years ago but there are still a lot of eps posted

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-1upsmanship-97574019/

• Another World (1991)
• Star Control II / The Ur-Quan Masters (1992)
• Doom (1993)
• UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-COM: UFO Defense (1994)
• Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999)