Many evergreen titles keep trending because their “comfort loop” just works.
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Share one screenshot that captures your personal comfort loop (resource run, builds, short dungeons, chill modes). Add one line on why it relaxes you or keeps you coming back in 2025.
Didn’t you post this same exact question just the other day?
You’re right. Get him!
My longest playthrough this year has been The Last Of Us Pt. II I think. Didn’t really play a game with a freeform game loop.
Didn’t really have a 2025 game “that I kept coming back to.” I played some story games, like FF7 Rebirth or The First Berserker Khazan, where I went through the campaign once, or twice in the case of DOOM: The Dark Ages, but otherwise it was older games.
I started Overwatch 2 this year (played a lot of OW1, then took a multi-year break) and have been playing it basically daily for a couple of months. It’s a PVP Shooter, so I wouldn’t say it’s some cozy chill-out game, but I’ve found a few Heroes that are just fun to play as, so I have (mostly) a good time.
It started in a rough shape, but it’s already the best arpg I’ve played. A new league is starting next week. That one is massive.
I’ve been fixated on Caves of Qud.
It took a while to get into, dying over and over is common. However it’s VERY fun. I think I’ve sunk 200+ hours into it already and I’m nowhere near finished with it.
For all the gripes I have for it, Monster Hunter Wilds (PS5). It’s really streamlined to the point of being auto-pilot at times, but damn if I don’t like seeing the weapon and overall world changes, especially as a Gunlance main. I just really hope they can get more of the “friction” back, getting multiple gems on the first hunt is dumb, wound popping devolves into stunlock, and autopilot-bird encourages not playing the game. But man do I love hunting and lots of systems and odd encounters encourage doing that in this, hopefully they can scale the rest of the roster like in Sunbreak.
Actually released in 2025?
Mudborne. I had to stop since the text was too small for me but I pushed through it for a couple weeks at least.
Keep Driving
But i wanna pee
Zachtronics Solitaire collection. 500+ wins on the biggest hardest mode in the game, cause I only get a few minutes at a time.
Balatro ate up a good chunk of my 2025
Also Oblivion Remastered.
I thought oblivion got pretty repetitive at least the main quest did. Also, leveling was quite slow.
Near the end of the main quest, I just ran to the end of each tower just to get it over with.
I played the original instead of buying the remaster, so maybe there were some changes to the remaster to make it more interesting.
I agree with the towers. Worst part of the game.
My main intention on my remastered playthrough was to try to break the game through spell creation and enchanting. I ended up with a few spells that would turn me invisible and pump my speed and acrobatics to insane levels. Most of those tower levels have you running all over and opening gates, but I just jumped over them and avoided every enemy as I sprinted to the top.
It’s like my fantasies as a kid thinking about how good I’d be at sports if I could go super sayain
