I saw a video on spawnwave that talked today about what games people are enjoying in 2026 right now. And the different reactions of different social media/sites.
I personally am loving Wild Blue Skie s. Its just starfox. Thats what I want to play!
BALL x PIT is a whole lot of fun. I didn’t think it would be but it keeps getting better and better.
I also liked FTL back in the day so I picked up Void War . Its like warhammer + FTL and its fantastic.
EDIT: You all are great! Keep them coming! So many games (video games and otherwise) in this list!
I’m currently playing “It Takes Two” with my wife. Super fun co-op game!
Slay the Spire 2. No matter how hard I try to escape, all roads lead back to the spire.
Control: Resonant
I think I’m 25-30h in and I don’t want to put it down. Idk how long it is, but all the Remedy Universe games are such a treat, I don’t want it to be over. I’m enjoying the melee-focused combat more than the first game’s TPS combat, I think.
I also just started this! I got 100% completion on Control - I loved the lore and little details, finding myself reading every note and watching every video.
Resonant seems to be following the same vibe for me.
I loved the lore in Control! I didnt even the mind the gameplay, i was just looking forward for more lore!
I think I spent probably 20+ hours playing Control Resonant this weekend. Crazy good game.
Playing The Witcher 3 for the first time. I bought the original when it first came out and just never played it. But they went to all the trouble to be super exceptional people and release the remaster for free so now I have to play it.
What the fuck was 10 years ago me thinking? This game is so fucking good.
I’ve got a deck of cards in my coffee table that I like to play solitaire on. I keep tweaking the house rules to make it more fun.
Actually I’m not sure I’d call it “fun” so much as “relaxing.” But I do enjoy myself.
It counts!
Haha thanks, I did double check this wasn’t just about video games first. :9
I was hoping to get some physical games here too.
Never finished Outer Wilds so decided to pick it uo again, start over, and get through it. Such a great game.
I tried it too, the parts I played were done very well, but fair warning: If you have anything like thalassophobia, it’s not going to be fun. I couldn’t do the water planet and even the fog stuff was too much for me. I need to be able to SEE where I’m going. Way too scary, that sutff.
I gotta give that another try. I played it for a bit back when I had Game Pass, but it never really clicked for me
Beautiful game. Still would like to play the DLC.
I really enjoyed that game, but I found the final iteration to be such a pain in the ass, that I eventually gave up and uninstalled it without finishing. Maybe I’ll try it again eventually. Still well worth playing, regardless.
Yeah, it does get a bit annoying at the end, I agree, but still think the ending was worth it.
Hollow Knight, but I am taking a break since I just cannot seem to beat the Traitor Lord boss. Every boss before that I managed in a couple tries but this one really beats me. Even got the top nail upgrade now, still hard. I’ll get him eventually…
I believe you have to have shadow dash to fight him. You can dash through every attack he does because he takes long enough between them.
Have tried it, just need to work on my rhythm, I think. Does take a long time like that.
This one is quite hard iirc, i too struggle with it for some times. Mantis and their erratic movement always catch me offguard. The same as Nosk.
I totally admit that I “cheesed” Nosk a bit. Probably already a strategy written down online somewhere but I managed to figure out myself that if you stand right next/under the platform he cannot hit you well with this bubble attack and often just walks over you without damaging you, which when you can easily hit him.
When he goes into the ceiling for his drop attack stay at the entrance door where he cannot hit you, dashing away as soon as he does his skreech before falling on you.
i keep getting SO CLOSE to beating hornet and she kicks my ass every time.
Is that before or after Traitor Lord? I already fought her like 3 times!
Before. If you fought her where she throws the spikeballs that’s the last time
Ah yes, did that already. Phew!
Yeah, the Traitor boss is a bitch.
I’m struggling my way through Dark Souls right now, just got to Blighttown. Souls-like games weren’t ever my jam previously but I just got into them recently after beating Mortal Shell 2 and figured I’d play my way through the Fromsoft catalogue in order.
I’m also playing Lies of P and that game is fantastic. Before that it was a lot of Hades and Pathogenic, which I still go back to for breaks from dieing in Dark Souls lol
Fuck Blighttown.
All my homies hate Blighttown
I made it through, only lost 10,000 souls lol
In blighttown, torches are where the ladder is.
Both are incredible games, with incredible DLC’s. enjoy! (Also Blightown is not as bad as it’s made out to be.)
We have a nice and cozy souls-like community, (and Matrix /discord channels) if you’d like to join and share about your playthroughs
!soulslike@lemmy.zip, hope to see you there. :D
Nice! Subscribed :)
I’ve picked up Nine Sols again. I like parry games and this is sort of like Hollow Knight meets Sekiro. I couldn’t get into Hollow Knight but almost instantly got into Nine Sols, for whatever reason.
Also cute furry cyber ninjas.
I was the opposite. Loved Hollow Knight but couldn’t get into Nine Sols. I tried for about 5 hours before deciding it wasn’t for me.
Recently been getting into MIO, which has been great.
This one is on my radar. I loved Sekiro and I’m currently enjoying the crap out of Sifu
Oh, you just reminded me I have Sifu in my backlog! I’ll get to it once I finish my current game, Withering rooms.
It’s so satisfying
I remember seeing Sifu a lot a while back. I should put that on my wishlist.
Sekiro was my first ever soulslike game, so I gave up halfway through. I should also go back and finish it now that I’ve got more experience.
Sifu has that parry gameplay. It feels great and looks badass.
Rimworld grabbed me by the balls and isn’t letting me go. I asked for a 2 week vacation at work and spent pretty much the entire 2 weeks playing rimworld.
Committing war crimes in your off time?
Truely one of the few games you can put 2k hours into. I’m not nearly there yet but its one of those forever games.
I just finished GTA IV on the PS3. For a game that’s satirical of America’s love of guns and violence, it makes some very poignant statements of war and the bitterness one gets from having to live through it. I still have The Ballad of Gay Tony and Lost & Damned to play through so I’m looking forward to the themes the story has there.
Grim Dawn. A new DLC came out, which is pretty neat.
I am enjoying Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries. Ended up restarting the campaign when I went bankrupt in game. Turns out keeping 75% of all the mechs I salvaged was a poor choice. This time I’ve kept my mech inventory focused, and it is paying off.
Nightmare Creatures, it sucks 🤣🤣🤣
