0:25 Hitman Trilogy 1:47 Risk of Rain 2 2:40 Monster Hunter World 3:42 Vampire Survivors 5:26 Battle Brothers 6:38 Deep Rock Galactic 7:36 Dead Cells 9:04 7 Days to Die 9:56 Stellaris 10:55 Rim World Bonus: Binding of Isaac Stardew Valley Skyrim Minecraft
What I always loved about gameranx vs other gaming listicle content is that they like to go for the deep cuts of video games. Not afraid to put the spotlight on older or more niche games
@@ApexGuppy He showed 5+ year old clips of 7DTD looking like tetris. Couldn't even be arsed to use recent footage of the game looking absolutely amazing. Nuff said, this channel is as shitty as all the other big ones.
@@TapOnToeKnee If no one told you the game was unfinished, you'd never notice it. The game is excellent in its state, no need to be salty about a "what if" anymore.
As big as Isaac is it always feels to me that it's still very much unnoticed or disregarded by most, despite the influences we see in modern games. Vampire Survivors certainly spawned an entire generation or copies and inspirations, but that game itself came from the wider genre that Isaac inspired, even though it's still under the rogue umbrella itself. Isaac is Heavy Metal to the traditional rogue-like Rock & Roll, and Vampire Survivors is the Power Metal that inspired it's own tree of subgenres. It's all good, but these days there isn't enough love for some of the good old classics!
@@w1-em4nq in case you didn't check it out (or just, anyone seeing this later) it kinda is, kinda isn't. Big point, not all that infinite - doesn't overstay it's welcome, but there's a limit to unlockables, which is the core reason to try out new weapons, characters, and 'task'. Flipside, great excuse to keep going till it's done, the dlcs are good, and the latest dlc (or just a patch) has this 'story mode' ish separate thing, that's like a repeatable, resetable subsection of characters, items, and unlocks to give back that early vibe.
I think Civilization deserves mentioning, because they're very addicting and can be played infinitely. That one guy has been playing the same scenario of Civ 2 for over 10 years now
@@InfiniteFramesGaming Revolution was good, but my favorite will always be Civ 3 just because of nostalgia, but I always say the SNES version of Civilization is highly underrated and is surprisingly deep for as old as it is. I have been playing Civilization 6 lately, and it's fun on the Switch but it's not my favorite
I have Civ 4 running right now, I Alt-Tabbed out to have a YT break. With Custom Game choice, the BAT/BUG/BULL UI mod and the Full of Resources map mod, it's a true pleasure to play. I like Civ 6, but it tends to confuse complexity and strategy.
I’d like to throw my hat in for Civ 6. Insane amounts of map types, sizes, game modes, and leaders that lead to a different experience with every game. This is still my go to game when me and my friends can’t decide what to play together or just wanna hang out and play something casual. Perfect balance between mentally engaging and relaxing. Or you can crank the difficulty up and give yourself a challenge! So much to do in civ!
Absolutely love Civ 6 too! Not my usual style of game (prefer an RPG) but this game is fantastic, the amount of different ways I must’ve played it and even just kicking up a randomised battle is amazing as it can play out in so many different ways! Brilliant game
Played Civ 4, 5 and 6. Played 6 more than 4 and 5 combined, bought a new content pack to try to convince me to play a different map/scenario from huge map real World start location. For the first 100 hours I couldn't work out the game, or more specifically whether I liked it. I've put almost 1000 hours into it now, and I've done all the new leaders on the, erm, huge map real World starting point.
Heroes of Might and Magic 3. That game is more than 2 decades old and it still is loads of fun to play. The fact that the fandom is still incredibly active and even making full blown expansions to the game, on top of it being a repeat top seller on GOG is just a further testament to the games immense staying power. Neverwinter Nights is another one that is still going strong thanks to an active modding scene.
No man’s sky deserves a mention for sure! So many planets and galaxies to explore and so many ways to do it. Even the base building system alone and little cities are enthralling
I expected it to at least be in the bonus mentions. When it was first released it was the only game I ever sold it was terrible. Now though it's massive. They have done so much to it, it is finally what they wanted it to be. Now i can't wait for light no fire. Hopefully, they get it right from the get-go go and should be amazing (hopefully)
I've played the story 14 times. 100% probably 9 or 10 of those times. I found something new and different, new interactions etc, even on my 6th or 7th. Still looks great today. Hell, I may start another playthrough soon
I want to add couple of more and I am surprised you didn't mention these: 1. Hades: every run is randomised, every rooms reward changes every run. So your build changes in every run and it is quite fun. 2. Elden Ring: there are hundreds of different weapons in elden ring and every weapon drastically changes the gameplay. And also there are a lot of different weapon arts to combine. 3. Baldur's Gate 3: You can do ultimate role playing in this game. For example I made Geralt of Rivia, for my second playthrough I am planning to create Galadriel from Lord of the Rings. It gives you the opportunity to become whoever you want. Either yourself or those fantasy fiction characters.
Dead Cells is absolutely one of the most replayable games. I've spent 300+ hours on it and a run only lasts 50 minutes. It is so much fun and so much new content consistently.
I started playing Skyrim the day it dropped and I'm still playing Skyrim. Vampire Survivors is so simple and so deep at the same time. The first time you survive the full 30 min is truly a great feeling.
Rimworld deserves its spot at #1, with mods the replayability it into the thousands of hours easily, I've sunk probably at least 7k hours into it since I started playing in Early Alpha 8 back over a decade ago and it's still one of those games I always have installed on any computer I use.
The number, variety and quality of mods is also insane. I've easily spent hours just scrolling the steam workshop, and even more hours waiting for the game to load after installing 100s of mods
Yeah the tower of Sisyphus is so damn addictive. And that shit gets HARD by the upper levels. The base game was amazing and beautiful, the story is great, the cosmic horror elements are unnerving, but once I got the secret ending I felt done with the game. Runs are too long to have that compulsive “one more run” factor. Then they dropped the tower of Sisyphus dlc and made it a much quicker more action focused and that shit goes HARD. So addictive.
I hate Nocturnal with all my heart. The fact that I had to grind for 20 minutes just to lose to a boss over and over again because I didn’t got lucky with RGN made it unbearable and a waste of time. The worst thing is that you don’t get anything to level up your character between runs. In most rogue like games you get credits or xp to upgrade your character. Not in this one. I hate it.
I keep playing RDR2 as John, just roaming around, giving John the coolest drip and I keep seeing new things still even after all this time, which is insane.
After thousands of hours in Factorio, I can firmly say that I need more iron before I log off. So many times do I play just a few hours in a session only to realize the sun is up and Ive lost 15 hours in what felt like 5. The Factory must grow.
Deadcells really surprised me. I just tried the game on Gamepass out of curiousity and I never thought I would like it. I’m not even heavy into metroidvania games but this one’s just purely addictive
Ah thank God you guys included Rimworld! In the number 1 spot too I was watching the video and if there was no Rimworld I was literally preparing to write you guys a very strongly worded letter haha. But definitely the best choice for number 1 hands-down.
I'm giving a shout out to the Mass Effect Trilogy. The sheer amount of content and extremely specific plot tree dialogue alone is enough to keep you changing it up every single time but the characters, my god.. the story, the emotion, the heartache, the excitement. Go, go play it again
Been playing Skyrim since 2012. Have about 1000 hours in it (rookie numbers, I know). This morning I found a Nordic ruin with a dragon wall I have never seen before
Seeing Risk of Rain 2, Deep Rock Galactic, and Dead Cells somehow fills me with a tingling happiness. But if Minecraft deserve a mention, then Terraria also deserve a shout.
I'm so glad to see Deep Rock Galactic on this list. I've spent so much time in that game and I recommend it for anybody who thinks it sounds at all interesting. I've mostly played solo but the Discord community for it is really active.
Don't Starve Together & Project Zomboid I would add to that list (DST on gamepad is a must). Very good list btw - love most of those games and I'm curious to try some others. Replayable games (non-service type) that are still updated with new content are the best example of amazing customer support - love the devs that do that. Thanks for the video!
Fuqin yes I looked at 7ways to die and thought wtf Project Zomboid is like 100x better. And yes Kenshi is so amazing too man. Easily dropped 300 hours into it.
Great list and great vid! I've sunk my time in some of the classics like Skyrim, but lately it's been Monster Hunter World for me. I'm mostly a solo hunter but with the resurgence in players it's been wicked fun joining hunts with others and responding to SOS's. That remains one of my favorite systems in the game. It's a wholesome feeling when someone rushes in to help you bonk a monster, and passing it along when you do the same.
You are a real one. The first game I thought about was Rimworld. Been playing it for years now. Didn’t expect it on this list. Now I gained even more respect for gameranx.
OG DOOM would fit this list, TONS of MODs every time. Some just modify the base game other completely change the way you play, you can even combine MODs to your heart's content. Love the video.
For me it's Sifu because the amount of mods there are and how robust the Replay Editor is. You can take almost any character from any other game, port them into Sifu, and make martial arts films with them. I've made so many Sifu Short Films on my channel and it has inspired me to fall in love with martial arts films, learn cinematography, and even bolster my film scoring skills.
tarkov, ark, conan: exiles, ready or not, snowrunner, mudrunner, minecraft, eco, vintage story, terraria, stardew valley, V-rising, rust, witcher series, fallout series, elder scrolls series, cs series, r6s, euro truck, magicka 1 and 2, scum, dayz, arma, squad, battlebit, space engineers, hell let loose, total war series, civ series, warcraft 3, starcraft 2, endless space 1 and 2, victoria 3, hearts of iron 4, europa universalis 4, crusader kings 3, project zomboid, rdr2, mount and blade series, dont starve together, helldivers a few titles u left out (games that fit this title are all RTS, grand strategy, simulator, survival, online pvp shooter titles in general not to mention fighter games)
The game I probably go back to most to in a year is Minecraft, my main survival world was started on Xbox 360 in 2013. It's fun to add to your world and see where you came from in your older builds. Other than that I replay the entire Elder Scrolls series every other year, from Arena to Skyrim, I've started playing Elder Scrolls in 1998 and it has a very special place in my heart.
I wish they had done their obligatory mentions first. Like they are highlighting less well known games, but there's a reason Minecraft and TES instantly come to mind...both super open ended, both great mod scenes.Creative mode Minecraft is a digital art medium in addition to the base survival/adventure game, and then you can try to do those same whacky builds and redstone machines in survival when you really want a challenge. The mod scene on TES is what pulls it ahead of other RPG series who's base games I've played hundreds of hours of...as much as I'd love to see the Fallout, Bauldur's Gate, or even the Mass Effect series get a mention, TES's mods are what make that series infinite.
@@khw1425 I 100% agree!! I don't use mods that often, even on PC but I love the modding scene and what they've done for Elder Scrolls and the community. I mean look at freaking Skywind, that's so amazing and such an impressive feat! I can't wait to play it!
I think I need to get skywind...Morrowind was my first TES game, and the atmosphere, gameworld, and story instantly hooked me...but skyrims mechanics are way better...I got into morrowind's mod scene ...like I played for about a year and half unmodded then went mod crazy...there were some that had as much content or more than the base game...I spent another 2 years playing that game modded...I don't think I've gotten as manny hours out of any other game@@CaptainNamikaze
I was thinking 7D2D, but didn't expect to see it on the list. Great it's getting some recognition. Wish you didn't show footage from 10 years ago though lol. Looks much better now.
My two: Terraria, and The Sims 2 (because it's the one with the most extensive modding, and I like being able to choose whether I want to play a medieval world or a post-apocalyptic one or an alien planet with just the replacement of a single, highly-curated "Downloads" folder).
Love all your content and Ik there are probably a ton of games that could be on this list, but just want to mention one more than comes to my mind: No Man's Sky ......with the infinite procedurally generated worlds and Hello Games always doing free updates and new content being added to it, to me, it just never gets boring...............always something to do!! -just my 2 cents worth, Bob
I love when i see rimworld on your lists, makes me so happy to see the game get the credit it deserves. After over 900 hours, i can tell u every play through is different and has endless possibility's. Seeing battlebrothers is great to, i only have approx 300 hours in that game, but still so much fun to come back to and play when im feeling like running a medieval fantast mercenary gang
Iv spent almost 16 years in skate 1. The feel and feedback of every move you make in that game makes you feel like you are really on the board and really doing every trick. The weight and impact of the pops landing and grinding is unreal. None of the sequels came close to the feeling of the first in my opinion so I don't have much hope for skate 4 if it releases sadly. There are a lot of other games that come to mind as well but I am just always so impressed with skate 1 every time I jump in.
Terraria is 100% replayable for me. You can have multiple playthroughs using different classes just in the base game. Once you start up the tmodloader, then you can wave goodbye to your life. Combining mods like Calamity, Thorium, Fargo's mod would have you glued to the game for days.
This is a great subject, I'm always on the lookout for games like these. I'm sure there's more of them out there. Here's hoping for another episode of infinitely replayable (but not games as service) top games!
As a Canadian facing high inflation and high housing cost, I find this list very useful for us poor Canucks. I love Canada, but this is sad how useful I found this list to be LOL.
Yes, 7 Days to Die 100% With over 2000 hours in the game I still haven't explored half the buildings, let alone remodeled them into anti-zombie fortresses. Do you remodel a grocery store, a police station, tool store, one of the sky scrapers, a prison, gun store, hospital, bar, nudy bar, daycare, some factory, or one of the hundreds of types of houses, mansions, apartments, motels, trailer parks, etc. or do you build from scratch? And where? Everybody is different and has their own swear by strategy, but every game you'll always have a better idea, making the game play practically endless.
7 Days To Die must be the game I’ve got most bang for the bucks. I got persuaded by a friend when I got home drunk, payed €5 and I ended up playing 400 hours on it. Wasn’t especially impressed at the start but the loads of mods made it awesome! Usually don’t push that many hours into the same game.
Earth Defense Force series(4, 5 and 6) are hidden gems that not many people know about due to having no marketing, but one of the best replayable 4-player coop game series ever made. There're insects the size of a car, aliens the size of a building, freaking godzillas, and UFO the size of a city. And you fight them with guns, explosives, laser weapon, air strikes, satellite lasers, all kinds of vehicles and exoskeletons. Each series around 100 levels with each mission ranging between 10 minutes to near an hour, 4 different classes, 5 difficulties, with each difficulty unlockes different weapon and different enemy mutation and spawns, even story dialog details change along with them. Each EDF game can easily get hundreds or even over a thousand hour without feeling tired
The funny thing about Monster Hunter World is that I ran the whole game with the charge blade. Easily the most complex weapon in the game, but I didn't know the half of it. Call me an idiot but I literally beat the whole story and reached G rank before realizing what the charges were. It added even more depth and complexity to the weapon, and I was effectively using it at half its potential the entire time. No wonder it was exceptionally hard for me. After that my second favorite weapon is the switch axe. Both are unique weapons that I've never seen in any other game. Compared to the charge blade, the switch axe is faster, and can be more fun depending on your play style. The rest of the weapons aren't bad, but didn't really catch my interest (although I've tried them all at some point), but they just function as expected, like every other game with those weapons. The insect glave is slightly unique just because of the insects, but the weapon itself isn't anything special.
My personal favorite is FTL: Faster than Light. Its essentially been the only game i keep coming back to since it's original release. Multiverse mod is also a solid pick to add more variety to the base game and to mix things up with so many ships and unlocks.
Really loved this video, and would love to see a follow-up of even more games. This is honestly a video that's worth adding revisiting to add more games every few months or something.
This is funny timing cause I just started my 7th Witcher 3 playthrough. It's not on this list but I think it's an honorable mention. So much content, immersion, choices, and ways to play. My #1 game of all time if I had to pick one
Nah it doesn't have enough mods. I don't see much replayability in it other than just going around and killing bandits. Replaying once is fine if you'd like to see the different plots but other than that there's not much to replay. Not having different skill trees doesn't help. But, CDPR is releasing a mod editor for witcher 3 this year so hopefully it gets modded a lot just like Skyrim and become a super replayable game.
I started Witcher 3 three times and everytimes dropped it after 2 days or so. Not a hater. But I can't understand the hype. Risen is a much cooler game in comparison in my opinion
Shadow of War and the Nemesis system are addicting as hell and have infinite potential stories you can create by your own. Plus the online conquests are pretty fun aswell
I remember getting sick of the constant pop ups to buy packs etc so i stopped playing. Mentioned a few years later how much it sucked, and got told they removed all the microtransactions now. It's a great game! Already beat it twice, super fun and satisfying combat.
Meet your maker is What you get when Minecraft has a baby with the first person shooter. You build your own bases that other people have to raid. It's so fun and there's a virtually endless supply of content.
I may get some pushbacks from this, but The Sims 4. Yes there is a fine limit of material in the base game, but when you add all the Mods, the add-ins, the game packs, etc. You can endlessly replay it
It highly depends on your taste in games, most of these games include mainly combat. If you are willing to go for something else, Tetris Effect: Connected also does have a lot of replayability due to the community weekend events and also you can always aim for a higher score, duh. And since there are lots of different game modes, it doesn't get boring in one hour.
You bring up a good point about combat that I hadn't even realized. As far as games without combat, I would say Satisfactory is one of the most replayable and fun games I've ever played. Same with Subnautica. Both games *have* combat, but it's not the focus of the game and can be entirely ignored if you wish. You could easily play both games without ever fighting/killing any enemies.
Currently a Monster Hunter World Iceborne veteran at level MR999 and over 3300 hours on my playthrough. (Solo) playing the hardest fights like Fatalis, Alatreon and AT Velkhana just for fun And STILL not sick of the game Especially playing it with my friends Yes its that good!
I know Lethal Company is really new and not nearly as complex or diverse in the level design as the games mentioned here, but that game is fire! Is ridiculously fun with a couple of friends or even more with just a couple of mods on top. I already sank about 100 hours and I just play during the weekends with the boys. Mod community is just starting but growing steadily. I really hope devs keep supporting the game for a long time because they struck gold with this one.
Thank you for including 7 Days To Die. I didn't realize it should have been on the list until it was. Even though I have over 3,500hrs on it. Good call
Well i wouldnt say it has infinite replayability. Like, unless youre playing with friends, youll get bored of this game after a while. Its kinda repetitive
@@xorix6900 Have you even played it? do you know how many mods there are out there for it? you could literally make millions of different scenarios, maps, challenges. Its 100% customizable sandbox your only limit is you
@@Ryan-sf7xeeh, just because a game has good mods, doesn't mean the base game itself without mod is fun, of course with mods it's fun but put mods aside play PZ solo without mods you do get bored after a while
Rimworld being put at #1 is a big W. I have thousands of hours on the game and it never gets old. It’s so amazing and creating endless content and has an amazing modding community
i am very surprised to see Dwarf Fortress is not in this list taken in account how old it is, and how much money it brought to the brothers who made it, basically over night, therefore showing how much people loved the game.
I can say that the hitman trilogy is one of the most replayable games that there is... I got totally addicted to it to the point of having 600 hrs of playtime in that game and I just can't stop playing the game in more creative ways and went on to complete every single challenge in every location... along with doing silent assassin suit only runs over and over again in multiple different ways just to see how diverse the gameplay is.... a pure masterpiece in the social stealth genre...
State of decay 2. Especially when you play on lethal difficulty. Lots of unexpected things happen makes you feel different emotions like the morale status. Now that they have curveball update just to screw you more. Even abandoned cars are your only friend.
Falcon saying "I never said I'm good at dead cells I just said I like it" is me saying "I never said I was good at games I just love playing them" makes me think of this time my wife was playing no man sky and told me "I wish you played this so you could get good at the game and teach me all the cool tips and tricks like you did with borderlands and fallout" I told her "I'm not as good at games as you think I am I just spend a lot of time on youtube looking up tips and tricks videos and letting the smart players teach me everything" but I love that she thinks I'm some God of video games even though I consider myself midly below average at best. That is all thank you for attending my TedTalk.
Deep Rock Galactic is absolute perfect. Even if you fail a mission, the players will not rage quit, they just try again, plus they are very friendly, that is probably one of the coolest thing of that game. Also that game can be pretty hard, especially in the long run missions. It was a game that I found randomly, and it is to me, one the best games I ever play for cop-op or multiplayer game.
I LOVE Deep Rock Galactic. The best multiplayer game I played almost entirely alone with random people, and had one instance of griefing in over 300 hours. Just tickles my brain right.
0:25 Hitman Trilogy
1:47 Risk of Rain 2
2:40 Monster Hunter World
3:42 Vampire Survivors
5:26 Battle Brothers
6:38 Deep Rock Galactic
7:36 Dead Cells
9:04 7 Days to Die
9:56 Stellaris
10:55 Rim World
Bonus:
Binding of Isaac
Stardew Valley
Skyrim
Minecraft
10:55 *Rim World
Crazy that people are so impatient they can't just watch the video in its entirety to get the full list? 😂
@@chronofreak thanks
@@Rightchickenwing everyone’s situation is different my friend. I’m just here to help.
Of cause minecraft has to be on here.
Minecraft is one of those games I do enjoy but at the same time I wish it would die.
What I always loved about gameranx vs other gaming listicle content is that they like to go for the deep cuts of video games. Not afraid to put the spotlight on older or more niche games
the only game reviews i truly trust are right here
I much prefer those hidden gems that didn't get recognition, thats how I found world of goo and Issac, the flash version
but we still need darkmode
Yeah, but i think the channel missed one of the most niche and replayable game "Dwarf Fortress" (Steam edition)
@@ApexGuppy He showed 5+ year old clips of 7DTD looking like tetris. Couldn't even be arsed to use recent footage of the game looking absolutely amazing. Nuff said, this channel is as shitty as all the other big ones.
I still love to see people break the systems in MGS V. Such an awesome sandbox.
It truly was but the issues with finishing the story made me put it down......it really ruined the game for me soooooo much
your loss@@TapOnToeKnee
The game play is so damn smooth i love it, Fox Engine was a masterpiece 🙌
Dunkeys vid on it was hilarious with all the blow up Snakes.
@@TapOnToeKnee
What issues?
@@TapOnToeKnee If no one told you the game was unfinished, you'd never notice it. The game is excellent in its state, no need to be salty about a "what if" anymore.
I love this list because it talks more about games that don't often get talked even though they should. Please do more lists like this
As big as Isaac is it always feels to me that it's still very much unnoticed or disregarded by most, despite the influences we see in modern games. Vampire Survivors certainly spawned an entire generation or copies and inspirations, but that game itself came from the wider genre that Isaac inspired, even though it's still under the rogue umbrella itself. Isaac is Heavy Metal to the traditional rogue-like Rock & Roll, and Vampire Survivors is the Power Metal that inspired it's own tree of subgenres. It's all good, but these days there isn't enough love for some of the good old classics!
listening to him talk about Vampire Survivors is strange. it sounds too good to be true
@@w1-em4nq in case you didn't check it out (or just, anyone seeing this later) it kinda is, kinda isn't.
Big point, not all that infinite - doesn't overstay it's welcome, but there's a limit to unlockables, which is the core reason to try out new weapons, characters, and 'task'.
Flipside, great excuse to keep going till it's done, the dlcs are good, and the latest dlc (or just a patch) has this 'story mode' ish separate thing, that's like a repeatable, resetable subsection of characters, items, and unlocks to give back that early vibe.
Yes
I think Civilization deserves mentioning, because they're very addicting and can be played infinitely. That one guy has been playing the same scenario of Civ 2 for over 10 years now
Civ Rev is the one for me.
@@InfiniteFramesGaming Revolution was good, but my favorite will always be Civ 3 just because of nostalgia, but I always say the SNES version of Civilization is highly underrated and is surprisingly deep for as old as it is. I have been playing Civilization 6 lately, and it's fun on the Switch but it's not my favorite
I have Civ 4 running right now, I Alt-Tabbed out to have a YT break. With Custom Game choice, the BAT/BUG/BULL UI mod and the Full of Resources map mod, it's a true pleasure to play. I like Civ 6, but it tends to confuse complexity and strategy.
This man knows!
I play Civ Rev every day, and Game Of The Week on Sundays. Since 2008! @@InfiniteFramesGaming
I’d like to throw my hat in for Civ 6. Insane amounts of map types, sizes, game modes, and leaders that lead to a different experience with every game. This is still my go to game when me and my friends can’t decide what to play together or just wanna hang out and play something casual. Perfect balance between mentally engaging and relaxing. Or you can crank the difficulty up and give yourself a challenge! So much to do in civ!
Absolutely love Civ 6 too! Not my usual style of game (prefer an RPG) but this game is fantastic, the amount of different ways I must’ve played it and even just kicking up a randomised battle is amazing as it can play out in so many different ways! Brilliant game
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Played Civ 4, 5 and 6. Played 6 more than 4 and 5 combined, bought a new content pack to try to convince me to play a different map/scenario from huge map real World start location. For the first 100 hours I couldn't work out the game, or more specifically whether I liked it. I've put almost 1000 hours into it now, and I've done all the new leaders on the, erm, huge map real World starting point.
Heroes of Might and Magic 3.
That game is more than 2 decades old and it still is loads of fun to play.
The fact that the fandom is still incredibly active and even making full blown expansions to the game, on top of it being a repeat top seller on GOG is just a further testament to the games immense staying power.
Neverwinter Nights is another one that is still going strong thanks to an active modding scene.
You have a great taste friend. +1
No man’s sky deserves a mention for sure! So many planets and galaxies to explore and so many ways to do it. Even the base building system alone and little cities are enthralling
nah
Exactly what I thought. There is so much in NMS that one can easily spend thousands of hours and not get bored.
Couldn't agree more
@@MetalDark_xxx666 What do you mean?
I expected it to at least be in the bonus mentions. When it was first released it was the only game I ever sold it was terrible. Now though it's massive. They have done so much to it, it is finally what they wanted it to be. Now i can't wait for light no fire. Hopefully, they get it right from the get-go go and should be amazing (hopefully)
New Vegas deserves a spot on this list. You can replay it over and over and it's always fun and you ca get different outcomes.
Red Dead 2 should be on this list. I don’t know if I have ever played or loved a game so much. One of the best ever made
I've played the story 14 times. 100% probably 9 or 10 of those times. I found something new and different, new interactions etc, even on my 6th or 7th. Still looks great today. Hell, I may start another playthrough soon
I want to add couple of more and I am surprised you didn't mention these:
1. Hades: every run is randomised, every rooms reward changes every run. So your build changes in every run and it is quite fun.
2. Elden Ring: there are hundreds of different weapons in elden ring and every weapon drastically changes the gameplay. And also there are a lot of different weapon arts to combine.
3. Baldur's Gate 3: You can do ultimate role playing in this game. For example I made Geralt of Rivia, for my second playthrough I am planning to create Galadriel from Lord of the Rings. It gives you the opportunity to become whoever you want. Either yourself or those fantasy fiction characters.
yesssss! all three are amazing!
Ooh even Giant Dad? Never heard of the series, maybe I will play this game when it goes on sale!
Elden Ring is trash
Elden Ring is good just get gud
@@stefanhatcher6486 Skill Issue
Alternative title: Games to Avoid if you Want to Get Stuff Done
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It's almost as if they went through my Steam library and made a video off of what they found. I love it! Everything on this list is gold
Nice thing about "infinite replayabiliy" is one will never clear their backlogs.
DAM BRO HOW U GONNA LEAVE OUT GTA5 HOMIE-???
@kevinlove9191 as much as I love gta 5, it is no where near as replayable as the other games in this list (online doesn’t count cuz it’s live service)
They left out daggerfall
Dead Cells is absolutely one of the most replayable games. I've spent 300+ hours on it and a run only lasts 50 minutes. It is so much fun and so much new content consistently.
I started playing Skyrim the day it dropped and I'm still playing Skyrim.
Vampire Survivors is so simple and so deep at the same time. The first time you survive the full 30 min is truly a great feeling.
Would throw in Slay the Spire as well. That is an insanely fun and addicting card based roguelite.
Rimworld deserves its spot at #1, with mods the replayability it into the thousands of hours easily, I've sunk probably at least 7k hours into it since I started playing in Early Alpha 8 back over a decade ago and it's still one of those games I always have installed on any computer I use.
The number, variety and quality of mods is also insane. I've easily spent hours just scrolling the steam workshop, and even more hours waiting for the game to load after installing 100s of mods
Returnal is my addiction. Perfect "just one more run" game, even well into new game +. amazing 3rd person shooter with great movement.
Yeah the tower of Sisyphus is so damn addictive. And that shit gets HARD by the upper levels. The base game was amazing and beautiful, the story is great, the cosmic horror elements are unnerving, but once I got the secret ending I felt done with the game. Runs are too long to have that compulsive “one more run” factor.
Then they dropped the tower of Sisyphus dlc and made it a much quicker more action focused and that shit goes HARD. So addictive.
Best game ever, seriously.
You would definitely love risk of rain 2 then. Cannot recommend it enough if you like returnal!
I hate Nocturnal with all my heart. The fact that I had to grind for 20 minutes just to lose to a boss over and over again because I didn’t got lucky with RGN made it unbearable and a waste of time. The worst thing is that you don’t get anything to level up your character between runs. In most rogue like games you get credits or xp to upgrade your character. Not in this one. I hate it.
I enjoyed it until I got to literally the second boss and realised the game was just too difficult
I keep playing RDR2 as John, just roaming around, giving John the coolest drip and I keep seeing new things still even after all this time, which is insane.
Yeah was cool but having to play John at the end sadly drawn the interest for me
After thousands of hours in Factorio, I can firmly say that I need more iron before I log off. So many times do I play just a few hours in a session only to realize the sun is up and Ive lost 15 hours in what felt like 5. The Factory must grow.
Love all these videos lately Falcon and appreciate all the hard work for us gamers!
Deadcells really surprised me. I just tried the game on Gamepass out of curiousity and I never thought I would like it. I’m not even heavy into metroidvania games but this one’s just purely addictive
Same
agreed, but its more of a road-like then a metroidvania in my opinion
@@scarthoroverlord4521 lol, you meant rogue-like, right? You really had me googling road-like to find out whatever that is for a moment 😅
Ah thank God you guys included Rimworld! In the number 1 spot too I was watching the video and if there was no Rimworld I was literally preparing to write you guys a very strongly worded letter haha. But definitely the best choice for number 1 hands-down.
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I'm giving a shout out to the Mass Effect Trilogy. The sheer amount of content and extremely specific plot tree dialogue alone is enough to keep you changing it up every single time but the characters, my god.. the story, the emotion, the heartache, the excitement. Go, go play it again
Been playing Skyrim since 2012. Have about 1000 hours in it (rookie numbers, I know). This morning I found a Nordic ruin with a dragon wall I have never seen before
Put 1300 hours into MHW the first time. Before Icebourne. Just got on the other day with Icebourne. 30 more hours over the weekend. I love this game.
Monster Hunter: World, Elden Ring, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom !!! Love these games!!! 😀👍
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kingdom come: deliverence i don´t know how many hours i have in this game@@gameranxTV
Soulsborne series is my pick , I love trying out different builds , doing challenge runs & coop can be absolutely hilarious. PvP is fun aswell.
Same. I’m only like my 10th bloodborne game. I made it to +5, then switched to new game to just restart and switch it up. I’m still finding things.
Seeing Risk of Rain 2, Deep Rock Galactic, and Dead Cells somehow fills me with a tingling happiness.
But if Minecraft deserve a mention, then Terraria also deserve a shout.
I'm so glad to see Deep Rock Galactic on this list. I've spent so much time in that game and I recommend it for anybody who thinks it sounds at all interesting. I've mostly played solo but the Discord community for it is really active.
If you Rock and Stone, you're never alone!
If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't comin' home!
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Rock and Stone, Brother!
Can you play solo the whole game?
Been loving to see Falcon in more of these Gameranx videos 🔥 Love this channel & people that work to make it what it is.
Don't Starve Together & Project Zomboid I would add to that list (DST on gamepad is a must).
Very good list btw - love most of those games and I'm curious to try some others. Replayable games (non-service type) that are still updated with new content are the best example of amazing customer support - love the devs that do that.
Thanks for the video!
You should try a game called kenshi
@@JonathansmithingtonI've been curious about that one.
Fuqin yes I looked at 7ways to die and thought wtf Project Zomboid is like 100x better. And yes Kenshi is so amazing too man. Easily dropped 300 hours into it.
Great list and great vid! I've sunk my time in some of the classics like Skyrim, but lately it's been Monster Hunter World for me. I'm mostly a solo hunter but with the resurgence in players it's been wicked fun joining hunts with others and responding to SOS's. That remains one of my favorite systems in the game. It's a wholesome feeling when someone rushes in to help you bonk a monster, and passing it along when you do the same.
Yesss I poured in over 420 hours into that game, I'm pretty sure others spent 1000s but damn is it fun helping others! I use Insect Glaive❤😆
I tried getting into MH but it just didn't click with me
@@dl30wpbTried all 14 weapons? Hammer is really fun once you understand position. Or once you find a slope or a ledge😁
You are a real one. The first game I thought about was Rimworld. Been playing it for years now. Didn’t expect it on this list. Now I gained even more respect for gameranx.
OG DOOM would fit this list, TONS of MODs every time. Some just modify the base game other completely change the way you play, you can even combine MODs to your heart's content. Love the video.
Dark Souls/Elden Ring are the only games I’ve ever been able to replay endlessly
My bread & butter is Cities Skylines. After 8 years of playing it I still learn something new after each city build.
For me it's Sifu because the amount of mods there are and how robust the Replay Editor is. You can take almost any character from any other game, port them into Sifu, and make martial arts films with them. I've made so many Sifu Short Films on my channel and it has inspired me to fall in love with martial arts films, learn cinematography, and even bolster my film scoring skills.
A few I'd add:
1. Guitar hero/rockband
2. Mount and blade series
3. World of Warcraft
4. Project zomboid
tarkov, ark, conan: exiles, ready or not, snowrunner, mudrunner, minecraft, eco, vintage story, terraria, stardew valley, V-rising, rust, witcher series, fallout series, elder scrolls series, cs series, r6s, euro truck, magicka 1 and 2, scum, dayz, arma, squad, battlebit, space engineers, hell let loose, total war series, civ series, warcraft 3, starcraft 2, endless space 1 and 2, victoria 3, hearts of iron 4, europa universalis 4, crusader kings 3, project zomboid, rdr2, mount and blade series, dont starve together, helldivers
a few titles u left out
(games that fit this title are all RTS, grand strategy, simulator, survival, online pvp shooter titles in general not to mention fighter games)
The game I probably go back to most to in a year is Minecraft, my main survival world was started on Xbox 360 in 2013. It's fun to add to your world and see where you came from in your older builds. Other than that I replay the entire Elder Scrolls series every other year, from Arena to Skyrim, I've started playing Elder Scrolls in 1998 and it has a very special place in my heart.
Madness how Minecraft isn't number 1, let alone on the list.
I wish they had done their obligatory mentions first. Like they are highlighting less well known games, but there's a reason Minecraft and TES instantly come to mind...both super open ended, both great mod scenes.Creative mode Minecraft is a digital art medium in addition to the base survival/adventure game, and then you can try to do those same whacky builds and redstone machines in survival when you really want a challenge. The mod scene on TES is what pulls it ahead of other RPG series who's base games I've played hundreds of hours of...as much as I'd love to see the Fallout, Bauldur's Gate, or even the Mass Effect series get a mention, TES's mods are what make that series infinite.
@@Jackassash Agreed!
@@khw1425 I 100% agree!! I don't use mods that often, even on PC but I love the modding scene and what they've done for Elder Scrolls and the community.
I mean look at freaking Skywind, that's so amazing and such an impressive feat! I can't wait to play it!
I think I need to get skywind...Morrowind was my first TES game, and the atmosphere, gameworld, and story instantly hooked me...but skyrims mechanics are way better...I got into morrowind's mod scene ...like I played for about a year and half unmodded then went mod crazy...there were some that had as much content or more than the base game...I spent another 2 years playing that game modded...I don't think I've gotten as manny hours out of any other game@@CaptainNamikaze
I was thinking 7D2D, but didn't expect to see it on the list. Great it's getting some recognition. Wish you didn't show footage from 10 years ago though lol. Looks much better now.
That is what I was thinking I like to watch Glock9 and his playtroughs on 7D2D
Factorio and it's overhaul mods also provide an insane amount of replaying opportunity
I dont know How Factorio is not on this list! The Factory MUST GROW!!!!
Over 1700 hours so far. Best gaming value of all time for me.
I wish they had channel of the year awards, I'd vote Gameranx all year. GOATED! 💪
Urgh "goateeed" do you not see the conflict in your sentence : OF The Year VS Of All Time
My two: Terraria, and The Sims 2 (because it's the one with the most extensive modding, and I like being able to choose whether I want to play a medieval world or a post-apocalyptic one or an alien planet with just the replacement of a single, highly-curated "Downloads" folder).
Love all your content and Ik there are probably a ton of games that could be on this list, but just want to mention one more than comes to my mind: No Man's Sky ......with the infinite procedurally generated worlds and Hello Games always doing free updates and new content being added to it, to me, it just never gets boring...............always something to do!! -just my 2 cents worth, Bob
Good to see a new Falcon video from Gameranx! Time to settle in and start my day.
Crisis on Infinite Familial Relations! Maybe i can finish this from #7 in peace.
ain't that the truth!
I love when i see rimworld on your lists, makes me so happy to see the game get the credit it deserves. After over 900 hours, i can tell u every play through is different and has endless possibility's.
Seeing battlebrothers is great to, i only have approx 300 hours in that game, but still so much fun to come back to and play when im feeling like running a medieval fantast mercenary gang
As a former modder of skyrim. I have more hours on the creation kit than I do on the actual game. And I have thousands of hours on the game. LMAO.
Iv spent almost 16 years in skate 1. The feel and feedback of every move you make in that game makes you feel like you are really on the board and really doing every trick. The weight and impact of the pops landing and grinding is unreal. None of the sequels came close to the feeling of the first in my opinion so I don't have much hope for skate 4 if it releases sadly. There are a lot of other games that come to mind as well but I am just always so impressed with skate 1 every time I jump in.
I’m glad someone finally mentioned the skate series. I agree with you for the most part although skate 2 is still my personal favourite.
Terraria is 100% replayable for me. You can have multiple playthroughs using different classes just in the base game. Once you start up the tmodloader, then you can wave goodbye to your life. Combining mods like Calamity, Thorium, Fargo's mod would have you glued to the game for days.
This is a great subject, I'm always on the lookout for games like these. I'm sure there's more of them out there. Here's hoping for another episode of infinitely replayable (but not games as service) top games!
As a Canadian facing high inflation and high housing cost, I find this list very useful for us poor Canucks. I love Canada, but this is sad how useful I found this list to be LOL.
I've spent close to 2500 hours in the three Hitman games... just... amazing.
Yes, 7 Days to Die 100%
With over 2000 hours in the game I still haven't explored half the buildings, let alone remodeled them into anti-zombie fortresses. Do you remodel a grocery store, a police station, tool store, one of the sky scrapers, a prison, gun store, hospital, bar, nudy bar, daycare, some factory, or one of the hundreds of types of houses, mansions, apartments, motels, trailer parks, etc. or do you build from scratch? And where? Everybody is different and has their own swear by strategy, but every game you'll always have a better idea, making the game play practically endless.
dude i could play skyrim over and over and over and over again and never get sick of it. top replayability for me personally.
7 Days To Die must be the game I’ve got most bang for the bucks. I got persuaded by a friend when I got home drunk, payed €5 and I ended up playing 400 hours on it. Wasn’t especially impressed at the start but the loads of mods made it awesome! Usually don’t push that many hours into the same game.
7 Days is a great value, I have 750+ hours in it, but over 1700 in Factorio, so an even better value and forever game!
One of my favorite games of all time, if you’re on the fence anyone just get it it
Dayz is better
Wish the console version had mods
@@craigsampson3386 What's a console? :)
Earth Defense Force series(4, 5 and 6) are hidden gems that not many people know about due to having no marketing, but one of the best replayable 4-player coop game series ever made.
There're insects the size of a car, aliens the size of a building, freaking godzillas, and UFO the size of a city. And you fight them with guns, explosives, laser weapon, air strikes, satellite lasers, all kinds of vehicles and exoskeletons. Each series around 100 levels with each mission ranging between 10 minutes to near an hour, 4 different classes, 5 difficulties, with each difficulty unlockes different weapon and different enemy mutation and spawns, even story dialog details change along with them.
Each EDF game can easily get hundreds or even over a thousand hour without feeling tired
The funny thing about Monster Hunter World is that I ran the whole game with the charge blade. Easily the most complex weapon in the game, but I didn't know the half of it. Call me an idiot but I literally beat the whole story and reached G rank before realizing what the charges were. It added even more depth and complexity to the weapon, and I was effectively using it at half its potential the entire time. No wonder it was exceptionally hard for me.
After that my second favorite weapon is the switch axe. Both are unique weapons that I've never seen in any other game. Compared to the charge blade, the switch axe is faster, and can be more fun depending on your play style. The rest of the weapons aren't bad, but didn't really catch my interest (although I've tried them all at some point), but they just function as expected, like every other game with those weapons. The insect glave is slightly unique just because of the insects, but the weapon itself isn't anything special.
My personal favorite is FTL: Faster than Light. Its essentially been the only game i keep coming back to since it's original release. Multiverse mod is also a solid pick to add more variety to the base game and to mix things up with so many ships and unlocks.
Why did you feel the need to write the acronym and then spell it out? Cringe stuff my friend
I think what makes both risk of rain games good is the difficulty anytime you actually finish a run it feels great especially on monsoon
Star Wats Kotor is something I just started playing for the first time and can already see the endless possibilities for character building!
I love that game with all my heart but it’s far from “endless possibilities”.
Its an amazing game but I do not see replayability.
Really loved this video, and would love to see a follow-up of even more games. This is honestly a video that's worth adding revisiting to add more games every few months or something.
The Sims (whichever version you prefer) gives you so much building and playing options. Especially with all the expansion packs out there.
This is funny timing cause I just started my 7th Witcher 3 playthrough. It's not on this list but I think it's an honorable mention. So much content, immersion, choices, and ways to play. My #1 game of all time if I had to pick one
Nah it doesn't have enough mods. I don't see much replayability in it other than just going around and killing bandits. Replaying once is fine if you'd like to see the different plots but other than that there's not much to replay. Not having different skill trees doesn't help. But, CDPR is releasing a mod editor for witcher 3 this year so hopefully it gets modded a lot just like Skyrim and become a super replayable game.
I started Witcher 3 three times and everytimes dropped it after 2 days or so. Not a hater. But I can't understand the hype. Risen is a much cooler game in comparison in my opinion
Remnant 2 got alot of stuff to do with all the random generation it's pretty fun :)
Shadow of War and the Nemesis system are addicting as hell and have infinite potential stories you can create by your own. Plus the online conquests are pretty fun aswell
Whwn you got what you wanted it kinda lose it. Specially when you get modded chiefs in online sieges.
I remember getting sick of the constant pop ups to buy packs etc so i stopped playing. Mentioned a few years later how much it sucked, and got told they removed all the microtransactions now. It's a great game! Already beat it twice, super fun and satisfying combat.
its not addictive its very repetitive, not because of the nemesis but because of the gameplay chaos
moster hunter world stills hits hard!
Meet your maker is What you get when Minecraft has a baby with the first person shooter. You build your own bases that other people have to raid. It's so fun and there's a virtually endless supply of content.
I may get some pushbacks from this, but The Sims 4. Yes there is a fine limit of material in the base game, but when you add all the Mods, the add-ins, the game packs, etc. You can endlessly replay it
tons of single moms and housewives agree with you
I've spent years replaying Fallout 4 because of the incredibly addicting modding
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I'm still playing Skyrim because there's just so much you can do and so many different ways to do it. I was just farming for most of my playthrough 😂
The nolvus mod download is all you need. Completely different game
It highly depends on your taste in games, most of these games include mainly combat. If you are willing to go for something else, Tetris Effect: Connected also does have a lot of replayability due to the community weekend events and also you can always aim for a higher score, duh. And since there are lots of different game modes, it doesn't get boring in one hour.
You bring up a good point about combat that I hadn't even realized. As far as games without combat, I would say Satisfactory is one of the most replayable and fun games I've ever played. Same with Subnautica.
Both games *have* combat, but it's not the focus of the game and can be entirely ignored if you wish. You could easily play both games without ever fighting/killing any enemies.
Currently a Monster Hunter World Iceborne veteran at level MR999 and over 3300 hours on my playthrough. (Solo) playing the hardest fights like Fatalis, Alatreon and AT Velkhana just for fun
And STILL not sick of the game
Especially playing it with my friends
Yes its that good!
I love this - I love games that I can replay at least ten times - Thank you for this Falcon!
Great list and would love to see more videos with this topic. Borderlands, Factorio, Left4Dead2 would be great additions.
I know Lethal Company is really new and not nearly as complex or diverse in the level design as the games mentioned here, but that game is fire! Is ridiculously fun with a couple of friends or even more with just a couple of mods on top. I already sank about 100 hours and I just play during the weekends with the boys. Mod community is just starting but growing steadily. I really hope devs keep supporting the game for a long time because they struck gold with this one.
*Dev it's one person which is incredible in and of itself
I would also add Sea of Thieves to this list. Lots of adventures and great world building.
Agreed! Great game! But, it's still a game as a service so I can see why it wouldn't fit into this list....
Surprised Factorio isn't on this list, with its collection of mods, its replayability value is insane
Thank you for including 7 Days To Die. I didn't realize it should have been on the list until it was. Even though I have over 3,500hrs on it. Good call
Falcon what game are you good at?
Leaving Project zomboid out of this is a unforgivable sin....
Well i wouldnt say it has infinite replayability. Like, unless youre playing with friends, youll get bored of this game after a while. Its kinda repetitive
@@xorix6900 Have you even played it? do you know how many mods there are out there for it? you could literally make millions of different scenarios, maps, challenges. Its 100% customizable sandbox your only limit is you
@@Ryan-sf7xeeh, just because a game has good mods, doesn't mean the base game itself without mod is fun, of course with mods it's fun but put mods aside play PZ solo without mods you do get bored after a while
@@Sofiane_Content_TV I mean fair but the mods are a staple of zomboid, that’s why they are so easy, it’s literally click and play/plug and play
@@Ryan-sf7xe true
Damn I thought Hades would’ve popped up. Not even the honorable mentions either😢
Hades is top tier! I agree!
I love how castlevania is so influential even over 20 years later... Im still no where near beating it
Of all the games in my steam list, rimworld is #1 for most hours played. Definitely my favourite game, next to satisfactory
Borderlands 2
Rimworld being put at #1 is a big W. I have thousands of hours on the game and it never gets old. It’s so amazing and creating endless content and has an amazing modding community
Really loving this channel ❤❤❤
Dead Cells is awesome, I agree. They even have an Android version with controller support.
i am very surprised to see Dwarf Fortress is not in this list taken in account how old it is, and how much money it brought to the brothers who made it, basically over night, therefore showing how much people loved the game.
I can say that the hitman trilogy is one of the most replayable games that there is... I got totally addicted to it to the point of having 600 hrs of playtime in that game and I just can't stop playing the game in more creative ways and went on to complete every single challenge in every location... along with doing silent assassin suit only runs over and over again in multiple different ways just to see how diverse the gameplay is.... a pure masterpiece in the social stealth genre...
State of decay 2. Especially when you play on lethal difficulty. Lots of unexpected things happen makes you feel different emotions like the morale status. Now that they have curveball update just to screw you more. Even abandoned cars are your only friend.
The types of games I spent forever on in my teens is definitely Sims and Cities Skylines
Falcon saying "I never said I'm good at dead cells I just said I like it" is me saying "I never said I was good at games I just love playing them" makes me think of this time my wife was playing no man sky and told me "I wish you played this so you could get good at the game and teach me all the cool tips and tricks like you did with borderlands and fallout" I told her "I'm not as good at games as you think I am I just spend a lot of time on youtube looking up tips and tricks videos and letting the smart players teach me everything" but I love that she thinks I'm some God of video games even though I consider myself midly below average at best.
That is all thank you for attending my TedTalk.
I played Left 4 Dead 2 more times than anything. My fav coop game of all time!
Deep Rock Galactic is absolute perfect. Even if you fail a mission, the players will not rage quit, they just try again, plus they are very friendly, that is probably one of the coolest thing of that game. Also that game can be pretty hard, especially in the long run missions. It was a game that I found randomly, and it is to me, one the best games I ever play for cop-op or multiplayer game.
I LOVE Deep Rock Galactic. The best multiplayer game I played almost entirely alone with random people, and had one instance of griefing in over 300 hours. Just tickles my brain right.
The game play of the first alphas of 7 days to die, holy the game has changed and updated.
Thanks, I just bought and spent 5 hours playing Vampire Survivors.
I love seeing Rimworld getting love. So many hours in this game and so much fun!