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!

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    My buddy talked me into no mans sky and I gotta say, its really fun.

    Its got bugs for sure, and some stuff that is irritating like having to hold E for every action or the stupid notification that happens every time you warp to a system or station that requires you to hold tab to skip but there are mods that help.

    I love being able to build a ship and a base on different planets, own my own space fleet, destroy pirates, be a pirate, etc. Its far from perfect but I’m into it now. Its fun as hell.

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    I’m playing the Witcher 3 for the remaster, and getting mollywopped over and over on Death March. I’m also watching my girlfriend become a gamer playing Skyrim.

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      My wife has over 1200+ hours in skyrim. Your girlfriend is going to enjoy I think haha. GL!

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    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

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    Ace Combat 8. Although my computer requires that it be set to potato mode.

    Freelancer. Old but always enjoyable.

    Battletech. HBS put out an absolute banger.

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    Transport Fever 3 just came out. I just sunk 12 hours and plan to sink even more. They perfected the tycoon genre.

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    American Truck Simulator with the new road car DLC is making me relive all those trailers of Need For Speed: The Run back in the day.

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    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.

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    I’m really enjoying the creativity of Sandustry, available in steam and GOG. Turning sand into gold and excavating with different tools has been fun.

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    playing fallout 4 again. i already loved it when it had came out, but it is honestly even better than i remember. too many people focus on what the game isn’t and completely miss the masterpiece that it is

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    I’m playing Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. I played through the first one and loved it, and I’m loving the second one. A lot of love got put into this and I love medieval history, and the game is long. And hard. But in the way you have to slowly hone your skills and really learn the mechanics. But I kind of enjoy how it’s for a slower pace, and I’m really getting my money’s worth with this series.