Cool games? :)

Dirt, Sniper Elite v2+dlc.

mount and blade warband

Portal 2, Indigo Prophecy, The Walking Death

CoD is crap. Well, judging by its sales it does not seem so.

Also the only guidance is that it cannot be racing? I mean, if you mentioned what you particularly like me might be able to make better recommendations.

Skyward Collapse

Binding of Isaac + DLC

FTL

Super Hexagon

3 great Indie games for $21. I've gotten over 450 hours combined hours of game time from these games, so that shows their replay-value and how fun they are.

Thanks for everyone so far :)

Borderlands and Bioshock series.

• Shank 1-2 and Mark Of The Ninja (great Klei's platformers);
• Dishonored (well, Bethesda... :P);
• Spec Ops: The Line and Homefront (amazing war games, unlike CoD);
• The Bridge (great puzzle game, if you like the genre);
• DmC (all of them, actually, if you can!);
• Borderlands 1-2 (great FPSs with some RPG elements, addictive sh*t! lol);
• Ace Combat and HAWX (more arcade than sims, and AC is not the best of the series, but I really like these...);
• Dark Souls (this is one of the best games I'd ever played, and I'm not even a RPG guy!);
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (well, I got this on console and it's one of my favourites!).

Among others...

Kerbal Space Program. I only mention it because I'm just coming off a 10-hour binge session. Probably should have slept at some point.

Oh, well. Time for coffee.

Dark Souls.

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L4D2
Fallout 3 or NV

The Bioshocks, Dishonored, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Saints Row: The Third, The Far Cry series.

Call of Duty War chest

• If you like capture the flag, give Tribes: Ascend a try, it's free and very skill-rewarding.
• If you like puzzle-platformers, Antichamber and Quantum Conundrum are recommended. Exploration-sci-fi-puzzle: Waking Mars.
• If you prefere something more story-driven, I'd say I Am Alive, Batman: Arkham City, Sleeping Dogs and L.A.Noire.

While proof-reading I also noticed that all the games I mentioned also have the advantage of being cheap and/or going all sale often. ^^

Rising Storm

castle crashers, skyrim, AWESOMENAUTS, worms reloaded.

STALKER and Fallout series

Secret of the Magic Crystals.

Sr3, L4D2

Metro: Last Light

Shadowrun Returns, if you like RPG's. It comes out in about a month.

Spec Ops: The Line, if you like your FPS with a great story.

Castle Crashers, if you like insane, arcade fun.

Well it doesn't really get any cooler than Blood Dragon.