Essential Games

yeah its that one from the video

Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Angry Birds
Angry Birds
Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing
Bayonetta
Bayonetta
Bejeweled
Bejeweled
The Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac
Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout 3: Takedown
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Cave Story
Cave Story
Cookie Clicker
Cookie Clicker
Counter-Strike 1.6
Counter-Strike 1.6
Daikatana
Daikatana
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
Dark Souls
Dark Souls
Deus Ex
Deus Ex
Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry
Diablo II
Diablo II
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong
Doom
Doom
Duke Nukem Forever
Duke Nukem Forever
EarthBound
EarthBound
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII
Fortnite
Fortnite
Gone Home
Gone Home
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Half-Life
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2
Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx
Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo: Combat Evolved
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain
The House of the Dead
The House of the Dead
Katamari Damacy
Katamari Damacy
The Last of Us
The Last of Us
League of Legends
League of Legends
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Minecraft
Minecraft
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat
Myst
Myst
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail
Pac-Man
Pac-Man
Papers, Please
Papers, Please
PaRappa the Rapper
PaRappa the Rapper
Persona 5
Persona 5
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Pokémon Red Version
Pokémon Red Version
Pong
Pong
Portal
Portal
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
The Secret of Monkey Island
The Secret of Monkey Island
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
Shenmue
Shenmue
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
The Sims
The Sims
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2
StarCraft
StarCraft
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley
Street Fighter II Turbo
Street Fighter II Turbo
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 2
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
Super Metroid
Super Metroid
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2
Tekken 3
Tekken 3
Tetris
Tetris
Thief II: The Metal Age
Thief II: The Metal Age
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Undertale
Undertale
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
Wii Sports
Wii Sports
Yume Nikki
Yume Nikki

6 Comments


2 years ago

My backlog has never been this scary

2 years ago

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2 years ago

I'd like to add Gran Turismo as the quintessential racing game for this list. Sure it's a simulator, but it was revolutionary when it came out and changed the landscape for racing games. If we're talking about arcade racing games though, I'd toss in Forza Horizon, it is just an amazing celebration of car culture and provides a fun driving experience that most other racing games can't.
I'd suggest some of the fruits of Steam Greenlight, namely in either the controversial survival crafting rush jobs like Towns and Starforge, the unfortunate development hells of Routine and Project Zomboid, the cult releases of Maia and Miasmata, or the anomaly of a success that is Kenshi.

1 year ago

Somes games that should be here:

- Another World (It's one of the first "artsy" games and one of the rist to use and almost purely enviromental storytelling)
- Ecco The Dolphin (Another artsy game, the earliest example I can think of a game that puts experience over "Fun")
- Ultima IV (The first RPG to have a virtue system based on your choices that games to this day keep using).

4 months ago

Will this be updated?


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