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So, I've spent over 2 hours on Steam searching for a nice game to play. But it's all junk, as far as I'm fed with Steam recommendations. I liked ksp~~2~~ 1, cities skylines 1, age of empires 2, baldurs gate 3 a lot, I just finished Divinity original sin 2. I like rpgs and management / factory games like workers and resources, satisfactory etc. I'm having a lot of fun with split fiction when I play with a friend, but I need a proper singplayer game. Anything I could get which isn't a total ripoff due to lack of gameplay or it being a bug simulator or dlc purchase mania?

EDIT: I'm a bit overwhelmed by all reactions. Thank you all so much! I have a lot of amazing recommendations to check out!

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[–] LMDNW@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Oblivion remaster looks pretty good. Have you played through that game before?

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I played all elder scroll games (except online) and fallout games but Bethesda lost me. They scammed me with fallout 76 (I have the special edition with power armor helmet) and their games after Skyrim just flatline imo. Fallout 4 got fixed somewhat, but that's it. They won't get my money anymore. Screw Todd Howard.

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Original is on GOG for 1/10th of the price too, tons of great mods to improve both graphics and gameplay.
https://www.nexusmods.com/games/oblivion/mods?sort=downloads
A must have for me is the All Plus 5 mod so I don't feel forced to power game my starting skills.

[–] LMDNW@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nooo! Don’t do that. The initial leveling is my favorite part of every RPG. It really gets my dopamine receptors running.

[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

It only changes it so that you get your +5 choices if you have even one skill up in the category.
Without it the best way to play is to choose your main skills as Minor Skills and skills that are easy to avoid leveling up (and preferably easy to level up when you want to) as Major Skills to always get 3x +5 every level up.
With it you can let your character have major skills that you actively use during gameplay without gimping yourself.