cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48176361
I like community builders and games that I can keep a world for years and grow, watch it evolve. I enjoy Rimworld. ARK evolved series is good.
Bonus if it’s multiplayer capable LAN and not online.
Oxygen not included is nice but mentally taxing sometimes. I prefer laid back chill games with economy and farming. 2d or 3d doesn’t matter. I don’t mind trying indie games. Survival based games are nice. I’m not super pick and choose.
Give me your greatest joy in game form. I’ve heard Stardew Valley is good. I tried it, reminds me of a gameboy game. I could not get into the game. My character kept falling asleep like 14 times in a day.
You could try Manor Lords (medieval village builder), or Songs of Syx (low-fantasy city builder that kind of converts into Total War (you can train your citizens in combat and then field massive armies to fight other cities)).
I recently had a great time with StarRupture (kind of like Space Engineers but with a very interesting world mechanic).
Also, less of a “watch the world evolve” and more like “I used to enjoy MMOs but hated the grind” - Crimson Desert offers a massive world where you can just relax and ride your horse, or farm, or fish. Or mow down dozens of enemies. You kind of have a growing camp, but it’s not “I’m building my camp”, it’s “I’m doing quests and eventually my camp grows a level”. It’s basically “what if Skyrim but larger and with phenomenal graphics”.
Watched friend play manor lords a few times, its a cool city builder game that is in early access with updates regularly ( or did it get an official release?)
It’s still in Early Access, but it’s getting lots of updates.