I'd like you to help me make a list of games with great replayability. Please make sure to mention the best of the best ONLY.

Please stick to PC titles ONLY.

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Civilization

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+1

since civ 1 player :P

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We used to play the tabletop game 20 years ago on every Sunday. Just the right thing to do when you partied hard on the week end ..

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I completely agree with you. The entire Civ-series fits in here, including Alpha Centauri.
Another Civ-like worth checking out is Master of Magic
And speaking of Master of *, Master of Orion 1-2 are also excellent in this regard.
As is Stars!
And let's not forget Dominions 3, which was recently added to steam.

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Aha, it's all true... Just one more turn... Until you see the sun coming up in your window... :)

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For me it's ME Trilogy, DA:0, evey-single-fuckin-game of The Elder Scrolls series (well, Redguard was not so good) and The Witcher series. And Fallouts.

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This. These games are amazing in how changing up your character and their combat style can completely alter how the games feels and give you a new experience (within reason). I think the same can be said of any RPG which offers a fair bit of character customisation.

Also, Neverwinter Nights. It is still an amazing game. The amount of time I've sunk into it is crazy.

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+1

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You talking about Mass Effect where non of your decisions even counts in the end?

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So? I still like ME lore, exploring the space, the dialogues, voice-acting etc.

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Dark Souls

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You can easily log 80+ hours into Dark Souls before you beat it the first time, then you can play New Game + and punish yourself even more!

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Also you can equip Calamity Ring.

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Aha, it's true. So many different ways to play this game. After you finish the game, if you feel it's getting repetitive try a different style and it's a new game again. Flip around with a dex weapon, or have strength and use some enormous sword thing, be a sorcerer and shoot everything with magic, etc. Also you can challenge yourself, i.e. no shield, only use a bow, don't level up, etc. Then once you think you're starting to get the hang of things, try pvp and suddenly you're a complete beginner again. :)

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Pretty much all oldschool RPG's, Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter nights, Planescape Torment, Gothic 1 & 2.

Serious Sam, Painkiller and similar dumb-but-fun shooters.

Devil May Cry series

Turn-based strategy games, like Civ5 and Heroes III.

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Planescape: Torment is still my favourite game ever and it was published 14 years ago.

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ditto here!

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Sacred Gold was really cool :)

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Beyond Good and Evil and The Witcher of course :D

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Civilization V ofc, and everybody have it anyway, after that goldenjoysticks madness last month :)

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CS GO, Civ 5, Arma 3

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Anything with randomly generated levels is a good bet.

Games like Dungeons of Dredmor, The Binding of Isaac and Spelunky come to mind.

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oh yeah The Binding of Isaac^^
more than 200 deaths and there will be more :D

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I'd recommend sandboxes games like Terraria, Minecraft and Dont Starve. Terraria its the best replay game ever imo!
I don't know if this suit to the thread but I also recommend League of Legends and Dota 2.

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FTL

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I keep going back to Minecraft and Terraria. Lately I've been playing Terraria every chance I get.

I also logged a ton of hours into War of the Roses. It's all multiplayer and I haven't logged on in a while so I don't know if it's still being played, but it was really fun.

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Actually I just checked my Steam library - I have logged the most hours into Borderlands 2, followed by Terraria. I'm sure I've logged more into Minecraft, too bad it doesn't track your time playing.

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I only want to add Stalker series and Dishonored to the list.

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Three that come to mind are FTL - Faster Than Light, Minecraft, and Spelunky.

You can even get the original version of Spelunky for free.

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Audiosurf, Beat Hazard Ultra, Garry's Mod, TF2, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Cities XL... and Red Faction Guerrilla if you like to re-play the campaign just to blow up more buildings :))

Sandboxes and some multiplayer games have high replayability, because if they didn't, they wouldn't survive.

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Call of Duty : Ghosts, so many choices and endings that influence the universe around you.
One time you may reload an entire magazine, other times you may fire 1 shot and reload and so on; each of these decisions ultimately decide your fate.

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Why not recommend BO2 which you actually played 100+ hours ?

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Too many choices for beginners.

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  • The Binding of Isaac
  • Super Hexagon
  • FTL: Faster Than Light
  • Papers, Please
  • Game Dev Tycoon

I'll add more as I think of them

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Deus Ex(1), System Shock 2, TES3-Morrowind, Age of Empires(1), Quake(1), Diablo(1)/Hellfire, zuma, chess..... ;)

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Off the top of mu head:

  • The HoMM series (except IV and VI)
  • The whole Civ series (except III maybe), with Alpha Centauri and the original Colonization receiving a speacial seat at the table
  • Many roguelikes, especially SOTS: The Pit, FTL, The Binding of Isaac
  • Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings series (Victoria and Hearts of Iron series are not everybody's cup of tea)
  • Minecraft, obviously
  • Railroad Tycoon II + III

You wanted only PC titles, but these I had to mention:

  • Many C64 titles, especially worth remembering: Pirates!, Seven Cities of Gold, Elite, Defender of the Crown
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sids civilisation V

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Dungeon of Dredmor, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines immediately come to mind but most RPGs work well in this category.

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FTL,payday series,civ series,GTA series

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FTL,payday series,civ series,GTA series

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FTL, and any 4X game really(My personal favorite of the 4X genre being Sins of a Solar Empire, or Civ V). Open ended RPGs like the Elder Scrolls series, or Neverwinter Nights/Baulder's Gate/Planescape: Torment are also good for replayability if you're not into 4Xes. After that you're looking at sandbox games like Terraria, Space Engineers, Minecraft, Gray's Mod, etc. FPS games always come dead last in the replay stats, unless you like playing multiplayer with 12 year olds.

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Chess ^^ ;-)

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