It’s a very difficult question to answer. Best of all time what? RPG’s? Sandboxes? MMO’s? They’re not comparable at all. For example, I have SO MANY fucking hours in Rimworld, but I would never say it’s a ‘better’ game than Disco Elysium, where my hours played are very limited indeed (it’s not a game you play for weeks on end, of even replay very often). They’re both good games, but I would still say Disco Elysium is a ‘better’ game, even though I would never pick it in a "you’re only allowed to play 5 games for the rest of your life, which do you choose?'-situation.

So let’s see, I guess any 5 of these would do (Mass Effect + 4 of these anyway)?

Mass Effect
Disco Elysium
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Path of Exile *
Deus Ex
Rimworld *
Terraria *
The Witcher
Baldur’s Gate
Dishonored
Divinity Original Sin
No Man’s Sky *
Slay the Spire *
Fallout New Vegas

And an honorable mention because I played it for over a decade in the past:

Ragnarok Online

Honestly, I’ve tried so many MMO’s in the years since then trying to capture that feeling… You all know what I’m talking about. THAT FEELING. Never found it again.

(The games with the * are the ones that I have the most hours in, not because they’re the “best” games, but because they have the most replayability and no stories that can end. In a “pick 5 games for the rest of your life” situation those would be the ones I’d choose, I think. Or maybe I would trade one in for Mass Effect, because I can’t have N7 Days otherwise. ;))

WarCraft 3 Quake 3/live Warsow Binding of Isaac Counter-Strike

1. Baldur’s Gate 3
2. Stardew Valley
3. Skyrim
4. Chronotrigger
5. Rocksmith 2014

In no particular order

• Animal Well
• Outer Wilds
• Disco Elysium
• The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
• Return of the Obra Dinn

1. World of Warcraft
2. Baldur’s Gate 3
3. Nioh 2
4. Doom Eternal
5. Overwatch

Not in order

1. gothic
2. Witcher 3
3. baldurs gate 3
4. red dead redemption
5. half life 2

No order, off the top of my head:

Sm64.
Z oot.
Ff7.
Kh2.
Mc.
Css.

Underrated honorable mention in its genre to piss people off: diddy kong racing

Minecraft - It’s Minecraft

Factorio - Best factory game on the market and one of the best-designed pieces of software of all time

Celeste - Most artistic game on this list and the skill ceiling basically doesn’t exist

Team Fortress 2 - Still a contender for the best class-based shooter of all time, I love making loadouts and screwing around. Best shooter community I’ve experienced.

Not really sure what to put for my 5th. Some sort of puzzle game? A coop friend game? idk.

I love these questions but the also cause me much many stresses so I apologize in advance that I’m gunna cheat.

Also, this is not in any specific order except #1 is absolutely my #1 of all time game.

1. Red Dead Redemption 2
2. The Horizon Series (thus far but Gorilla is making me nervous)
3. Kena - Bridge of Spirits
4. Stardew Valley
5. Hades 1 & 2

Shared 1st place: What Remains of Edith Finch & Kentucky Route Zero

3rd: Scarlet Hollow

4th: Life is Strange

5th: Baldur’s Gate 3

1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
3. Saints Row: The Third
4. Sekiro
5. Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon’s Trap

Off the top of my head really quickly. Ask me tomorrow and it might be five entirely different games.

In no particular order:

• Dwarf Fortress
• Kerbal Space Program
• Project Zomboid
• Vintage Story
• Stellaris