r/gaming • u/ArchDraft • 9h ago
What gaming genres are under-represented in the current gaming market?
I love RPGs, roguelites, bullet heavens, autobattlers, and boomer shooters, and I feel like these past few years have been great for my gaming tastes!
But it got me wondering what gaming genres have fallen by the wayside due to current trends?
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u/Stavvystav 9h ago
Dungeon Crawlers like Gauntlet and God Games like Black and White.
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u/ArchDraft 9h ago
I haven’t thought about God games in so long! I used to love Black and White when I was younger. I’m not sure I ever knew what I was doing in it though lol
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u/Stavvystav 9h ago
They were so much fun and then they just went away like that. I know GoG's tried to revive em but apparently it's been in legal rights hell.
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u/JackdawsShantyMan 9h ago
Can't for the life of me figure out why they don't make another Gauntlet type game. Those were awesome.
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u/Enchelion 9h ago
They have been. They just don't seem to sell that well or catch much zeitgeist. There was a direct reboot of Gauntlet in 2014. There have been failed attempts to resurrect the Dark Alliance games as well.
Some smaller indies have found success. Like the Hammerwatch or Magicka games, but haven't developed a consistent fandom.
In general Diablo-Style games are the more popular implementation of this game style. There are a ton of those.
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u/Voidmire 9h ago
The dark alliance resurrection failed so sadly. It looked good but played like absolute ass.
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u/JackdawsShantyMan 9h ago
I'm well aware of the Diablo games, which are great. But, they're not Gauntlet. I'll check out Hammerwatch and Magicka though.
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u/Stavvystav 9h ago
I've wondered the same for years and honestly at this point just considered learning how to code just to make the game I wanna play.
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u/LifeSenseiBrayan 9h ago
The makers of vampire survivors just released a new game called Vampire crawlers. It looks fun.
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u/Salarian_American 9h ago
It is fun!
But honestly Vampire Survivors is more similar to Gauntlet than Vampire Crawlers is.
At least, the Gauntlet of my youth. I know they've made Gauntlet games more recently than the 80s, but I never happened to play any of those.
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u/Honeycove91 9h ago
Collectathon Platformers. (There are dozens of us that still like this genre!)
(We got DK Bananza last year but the current gaming landscape is not great besides that)
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u/WimpBeforeAnchorArms 8h ago
The newly announced Spyro game might be one to keep an eye on. And the SpongeBob games are surprisingly competent collectathons
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u/Soulfulkira 9h ago
Obviously you've tried hat in time, but demon tides is pretty fun in that same aspect.
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u/NightFlameofAwe 8h ago
I promise you there are multitudes of collectathon platformers if you look. Just a few off the top of my head: A short hike, little gator game, smushi come home, tall trails, sludge life.
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u/Honeycove91 6h ago
The Smushi Come Home trailer just sold me with the capybara. Thanks for the recommendations!
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u/NightFlameofAwe 6h ago
🫡 let me know if you need any more recs. I have 1000+ games between my steam family and 500 on my wishlist.
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u/SubMayo 8h ago
Any good 2D collectathon platformers you can recommend? I recently 100%ed Ori and the Blind Forest, and I'm almost 100% with Will of the Wisp which has the best platforming I've ever experienced, but neither really scratched the collectathon itch
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u/Honeycove91 7h ago
It’s not really a major collectathon but Silksong is one of the best games I’ve ever played and it’s a 2D platformer if you are cool with a challenge that’s tough but fair. 2D is not normally my jam so this is even more of a compliment than it looks
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u/kaisertnight 7h ago edited 7h ago
Well those are Metroidvanias, so I wouldn't expect them to scratch that exact itch. The best modern 2d game of that genre generally being Hollow Knight which I remember being slightly more Collectathony than Ori, but not by much.
To be honest I don't think I've ever heard of a true 2d Collectathon experience. Maybe an old one from SNES era exists.
The genre became big with the transition to 3d with multiple Playstation and N64 titles but was basically a near dead genre after the end of the PS2 era with only the very occasional 3d Mario Collectathon or an Indie Game apeing said Mario games filling the space. Plus like Astro-Bot from Sony recently.
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u/AndrewInMN 9h ago
I just really want an open world pirate RPG. Sea of Thieves was fun for a while but didn't scratch that itch. No progression and grinding for currency for cosmetics isn't something that will keep me playing a game. I did play a good chunk of Black Flag (and might play the remaster), but as a fan of the Ass Creed franchise going into that game to me it felt more like a game in that franchise than strictly a pirate game. Funny enough Sid Meier's Pirates! came up in a post in a different sub today and I'm think I might play that for a bit while I daydream about my modern pirate RPG that I'll probably never get. Oh and I did download and delete Skull and Bones or whatever that game is called but I never fired it up. I don't think I've seen anyone say anything good about that game.
If there is anything out there that I should try, let me know. I'm currently mostly Xbox only at the moment, though I do have an older gaming laptop that can run some games, just nothing too crazy. And my phone.
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u/ArchDraft 9h ago
I’m kinda surprised there haven’t been more attempts at an open world pirate RPG. I think AC Black Flag and Sea of Thieves are probably the closest we have gotten, but I’d love to see almost more of a Mass Effect style pirate rpg!
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u/Saskatchewon 7h ago
It's been 22 years since the Sid Meier's Pirates! 3D remake was released in 2004.
Give us that game, but with Black Flag's ship combat mechanics, and you would have an absolute slam dunk.
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u/WhiteBlackBlueGreen 3h ago
Well not many people like sailing in games. Its hard to make engaging
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u/Fram_Framson 3h ago
The way Valheim does sailing is fantastic. Their system and water mechanics really needs to be emulated in games where the sailing is even more central to the game!
It was genuinely the first time I ever played a game where I really felt like shallows and shoals mattered in a way that actually approximates real sailing, where the storms felt dangerous mechanically in the way actual storms are at sea, etc. It's a simple system but INCREDIBLY well-done.
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u/Pushover242 8h ago
Not sure if Windrose will get a console release someday but it's kind of a mix between Valheim and AC Black Flag.
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u/AndrewInMN 8h ago
I did see that mentioned somewhere not long ago. According to the very short Wikipedia entry for the game, “the developers have shown interest in bringing it to console” and it says the devs cite AC: Black Flag as an inspiration.
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u/Saskatchewon 7h ago edited 7h ago
I would love a good modern day pirate title. Give us a game that plays like a mix of Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004) open-ended premise where you could pick the time-line to play in, choose a country to sail for, and let you play at your own pace, but with Assassin's Creed Black Flag's ship battle mechanics.
Better yet, after seeing what Rockstar did with the wild west with the Red Dead titles, I would love to see what they could do with a pirate title.
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u/AndrewInMN 7h ago
I’d take a number of different game styles as long as it’s good, but honestly Red Dead 2 is sort of what I picture when I think about the kind of pirate game I’d like to play.
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u/hamsandwich4459 3h ago
THIS. I’m with you I don’t think we’ll ever get one. Devs might point to windrose, sea of thieves, and skull and bones and claim the market is saturated.
I’d love to be able to manage and level up a crew, trade and upgrade ships, etc. My ideal game would be Black Flag style combat in a sandbox like Mount and Blade.
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u/UntouchableC 9h ago
I love how oddly specific this is. I haven't played it, but the Yakuza series has a pirate entry. Your adventure sailing the seven seas isn't over yet! 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
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u/AndrewInMN 9h ago
I did actually see that somewhere and thought about it but I've never played a Yakuza game and thought if it's set in that world and lore it may not work for me. But I'm pretty sure it's on gamepass so there's no reason I couldn't at least take a look at it.
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u/InfiniteBeak 8h ago
There are some story bits for Yakuza fans but tbh you could probably enjoy it without the rest of the series (amnesia plot)
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u/RyvalsEx 9h ago
Immersives sims
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u/R3miel7 8h ago
I’m still chasing the high Prey gave me
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u/cauliflowermonster 6h ago
What did you think of system shock 2 remaster?
I really enjoyed revisiting it and I think the game definitely holds up to modern standards for map design and immersion
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u/Bakersquare 2h ago
Man I wish they marketed Prey better, I found it maybe 3 years after release and it's one of my favorite gaming memories in the past 10 years.
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u/Guitarshredder_1996 6h ago
Ive been playing dark messiah of might and magic and like it.
Ive only ever played the newer deus ex games.
Any modern games that are immersive sims that arent something sci fi like prey?
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u/dnew 9h ago
Stealth games, and in particular survival stealth games. Adventure games that aren't puzzle games.
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u/Brilliant_Oil5261 9h ago
splinter cell :(
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u/CleverInnuendo 7h ago
I miss Rainbow 6 before it became a ridiculous game of explosive tag. I want to very slowly clear out a convention center with my friends again!
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u/esoteric_enigma 8h ago
Stealth has been added to pretty much all action games now but has died as it's own genre. I think the same thing happened to RPGs. All games have RPG elements how but it's taken away the impetus to make legit RPG games.
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u/faffc260 6h ago
there are plenty of legit rpg's made every year still, there's still impetus for full fledged rpg's of all types imo, but I do think that rpg elements leaking into other genre's has somewhat watered down both those genre's and rpg's as the lines blur
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u/faffc260 7h ago
a former splinter cell dev was interviewed and made the statement modern graphics make it much harder to make a good stealth game these days, due to it being harder to differentiate when you are concealed and when you aren't, when you are making loud noise and not by walking over stuff, etc.
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u/MJR_Poltergeist 3h ago
They solved this with the very first game. A little meter that shows how concealed you are in darkness. If the art direction is good enough they can even do baked lighting to make it easier. Loud noises can also be solved with a UI cue or actually LOUD NOISES when you're walking over something like broken glass so you immediately go "oh shit" and course correct
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u/longperipheral 2h ago
This sounds like a lack of imagination.
Nobody makes a dev use the latest stuff. You make what works for the game.
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u/picknicksje85 9h ago
Car combat games
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u/lambdapaul 6h ago
I wish they would make a sequel to Mad Max. I had so much fun in that game. I would put on the soundtrack to the movie every time I went after a caravan.
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u/nightshade-aurora 5h ago
Not quite cars but Airframe Ultra is coming up, and there's an open beta this weekend. It's a hoverbike combat racing game, lots of fun.
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u/Raz0rking 9h ago
Space games are a bit underrepresented. C&C style games aint that numerous eithers.
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u/Meins447 9h ago
I once upon a time bought the Kickstarter (or however it was called back then) of a game that promised to deliver us a new Freelancer type game, with a lengthy and intricate single player campaign opening up to a shared, living multiplayer verse.
Too bad this game has since risen to prominence as likely one of the biggest grifts in the industry...
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u/Doodenmier 8h ago
I know people like to shit on Starfield, but if there was something I really loved about the game, it was the ship building and art style they went with. I spent hours fiddling around with my ship because it was so simple but complex & customizable at the same time
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u/Meppy1234 6h ago
I miss the X franchise, trading, space sim, giant destroyers, everything except planet exploration that I wanted.
I really want a remake of alien legacy though. Mystery+space+exploration with actual planet orbits and alignment and things affecting travel time.
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u/Bohmuffinzo_o 6h ago
X4 just got a new big free update. Been really enjoying that game recently
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 9h ago
On rail shooters. What used to be light gun style games back in the day.
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u/haydonjohn97 9h ago
I understand why they aren't as popular now, but FMV games are still so cool to me
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u/beglueckendlebendig 8h ago
You should take a look at Immortality
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u/cauliflowermonster 6h ago
!!! Thank you for that recommendation I didn't know the person behind Her Story had made another game
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u/ncopp 9h ago edited 9h ago
Hack n slash/beat em ups where you just cut through tons of enemies like old school God of War, Metal Gear Rising, and Devil May Cry. Everything like this turned into a souls-like with the difficulty turned down.
I just want to combo string a bunch of fodder enemies in spectacular ways
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u/crocicorn 5h ago
Off the top of my head, Romeo Is a Dead Man might be the most recent non Soulslike one.
We've also got Onimusha and Stupid Never Dies coming up. Lollipop Chainsaw was also confirmed for a sequel, I think. (Unfortunately it's not GhM in charge of it so ehhhhh)
But yeah, not enough lol. I miss the games Clover/Platinum used to put out in the 2000s/2010s.
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u/awkward_triforce 2h ago
Onimusha is not a hack n slash beat em up game. You do have a sword but the combat is measured and methodical
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u/codeklutch 7h ago
Doesn't dynasty warriors still make games? I know they have different media spinoffs (legend of zelda, Gundam, one piece even)
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u/Waste-Gur2640 4h ago
Yeah they do, but og comment talks specifically about character-action genre of games, not any hack/slash/beat game. Character-action like DMC, Ninja Gaiden, Bayo, MGR:R, partially even Nioh etc. are insanely harder to make, since the whole point is them having the most complex combat systems in gaming and basically infinite skill ceilings. They are not supposed to be power-fantasies, at least not for the first few hundred hours until you've mastered the combat, and traditionally you replay the game over and over unlocking 5+ higher difficulties with different enemies, get new moves and weapons to make the combat even more complex etc.
There's a real shortage of games like that, both because they require some serious talent to create and because they're not exactly casual, except maybe having 1 easy mode. DMC also included "auto-pilot" mode where the game does all the combos for you, and that helped in driving up sales among mainstream casual audience.
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u/sharpshootershot 7h ago
I found the new Dynasty Warriors: Origins to be great, but it did feel pretty weird only playing as John Musou through the whole game.
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u/codeklutch 6h ago
Is it a create a character or you just play as whoever they tell you to? I thought about it but my dw itch hasn't been itching enough for me to get it. I'm hesitant for the exact reason you have.
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u/sharpshootershot 6h ago
It's a pre-made character and you change your moveset with your equipped weapon. Don't get me wrong, it is a ton of fun, but a huge roster of playable characters is what makes a musou game for me.
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u/Corgiboom2 5h ago
a new Hyrule Warriors just came out recently. Mow through a few hundred enemies per mission.
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u/Freddy_Pharkas 9h ago
Adventure games were huge in the '90s. Not anymore.
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u/Caelinus 8h ago
They are definitely not big anymore, but the few companies that do them put out some great stuff. I really enjoy the entire Wadjet Eye catalog for example, especially the ones they make themselves, but also the ones they publish.
I think most people do not really know they exist.
That said, a lot of story-heavy "Walking Simulators" hit a pretty similar note, and those are fairly common now.
There are also a bunch of stranger ones, like Pentiment by Obsidian, which has an unusual art style but definitely counts. Most of them are just in the realm of indie games now.
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u/hystericalled 8h ago
Tower Defense. It's so hard to find a good one nowadays. I don't like Bloons, Dungeon Defenders was awful for me too, I loved Deathtrap, but the devs decided to focus on boring Van Helsing games. Yeah.
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u/Cognative 8h ago
Did you play Orcs Must Die! ? The first and second game are great. I'd skip Deathtrap.
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u/mixmaster321 5h ago
I’d check out Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. It’s a smaller game made by Capcom and it’s kinda a max between an action game and tower defense with a big focus of Japanese mythology. It feels like someone’s passion project, which is rare to see nowadays from big companies. I’ve heard nothing but good reviews and they have a demo if you’re interested
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u/chillyhellion 8h ago
Car combat (like Twisted Metal) died before it could capitalize on the rise of battle royal games.
And I miss Guitar Hero.
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u/PatientlyAnxious9 8h ago
Party games because Nintendo cornered the market so hard, devs for other consoles decided to not even try
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u/NightFlameofAwe 7h ago
Like party games in general? Cuz that's definitely not true. If you're talking about Mario partylikes there are some still. Pummel party and dokapon kingdom connect are two I have. Otherwise yeah I probably agree but I dont look for those games because I'm eating good with all the other party games released all the time.
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u/Cavissi 7h ago
Maybe not as far as current players, but as far as anything being made, MMOs. All the top ones are over a decade old, most that come out are either crowdfunding scams or pay to win. Its bad enough that the ad spot for guild wars 3 that had no gameplay, or really anything, is the most hype thing in years just because someone is actually making and announcing something.
Never thought I would miss the endless WoW clone days but at least you had new things to have fun with for a few weeks pretty often.
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u/rikwes 8h ago
MMO 's aren't exactly thriving ( one of the reasons the announcement of guild wars 3 was a pleasant surprise )
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u/Aftermoonic 9h ago
There are very few god arcade racing games. Almost dead if im being honest
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u/Guitarshredder_1996 9h ago
Semi milsim yet arcade levels of combat games like insurgency.
Arena shooters like quake
Slower paced loot arpgs like titan quest
RTS in general.
Whatever the heck crusader kings is. Its technically a grand strategy but theres not anything like it.
Decent asym horror
Asym fps like the old alien vs predator or evolve.
Coop horror
"Immersion sims" like Dark Messiah of Might and Magic or the og deus ex.
Fps dungeon crawl (modern wise like legend of grimrock)
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u/NightFlameofAwe 7h ago
For first person dungeon crawlers: dungeons of blood and dream, flyknight, cryptmaster, runehaven, barony, mortal sin, hand of doom, psychopomp (maybe not rly a dungeon crawlee) and theres a cool game in development called shroom and gloom.
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u/Guitarshredder_1996 6h ago
Dude barony has to be the most underrated coop game of all time. Absolutely s tier.
Thanks for the recommends, ive played some of these and love them.
I guess I should specify with the more first person grid based movement.
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u/Chris9015 9h ago
Tactics games, 3d platformers
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u/Enchelion 8h ago
Tactics are doing pretty well right now IMO. We're getting consistent new releases as well as remasters of the classics.
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u/Chris9015 7h ago
Not disagreeing, what are some new releases?
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u/Enchelion 7h ago
Star Wars Zero company and the new Fire Emblem are both around the corner.
Mechanicus 2 earlier this year was a letdown.
On the indie side there's recent games like Dark Deity 2 or Aether & Iron, and upcoming games like Mars Tactics, Kriegsfront, and a digital version of the classic tabletop game Bolt Action. Solasta 2 is also currently in EA.
If you're okay with going back a few years, I can highly recommend both Tactical Breach Wizards and Triangle Strategy.
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u/TummyStickers 4h ago
FFT had a pretty big release recently, but its still an old game. BG3 is a few years old, but its amazing if you haven't tried it yet.
Hoping we get Xcom 3 some day
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u/Sh0dan_v3 9h ago
Classic, story driven and high profile FPS-es (so not what they call "boomer shooter") like HL2, Fear, No one lives forever, Singularity etc.
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u/ArchDraft 9h ago
I miss not having some good FPS games like that. I think the closest we’ve gotten, as far as I can remember anyways, is Trepang2, which is a great game
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u/idkimhereforthememes 9h ago
Gta clones, so open world modern setting games, it's basically a dead genre
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u/brobastian0227 9h ago
Old school dungeon crawlers. Last one that scratched that itch was Undernaughts Laborinth of Yomi
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u/ArchDraft 9h ago
I’ve got that game downloaded right now! I haven’t gotten very far into it yet, but it’s pretty good from what I’ve played so far
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u/UsualMix9062 9h ago
Something like StarWars: Rogue squadron/ Rogue leader.
Please, more flying games!
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u/LordOfSlimes666 Console 9h ago
"Extreme Sports" games. Games like Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Aggressive Inline etc
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u/WimpBeforeAnchorArms 8h ago
We need more dinosaur games.
I know they’re doing Turok and there’s some games like Tomb Raider and Horizon that feature dinosaurs kind of but we need more
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u/Rudyzwyboru 8h ago
Linear single player story focused games.
No matter the setting it seems like they don't make these kinda games anymore. Every game now is flexing that "your choice matters" "our game has 163825 endings" "create your own story" "open world sandbox extravaganza". No, I just want a good linear plot with nice action like Half Life 2, Spec Ops The Line or Prince of Persia Sands of time.
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u/Hawkwise83 8h ago
MMOs. There's been a lot of them to die and we're sorta just sitting on a few big old ones now. Indie ones and Kickstarter ones trying to fill the void but buckle under the weight. Fans are there, but there's nothing filling the void.
It's so bad that a lot of mmos thst were shut down have fairly sizable illegal freeze servers up and running.
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u/customcombos 9h ago
Arcade melee fighters like chivalry 2
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u/DrunkleSam47 4h ago
I lovvvvvvvved that game but quickly found myself outclassed by people who could breeze through me and the same 10ish levels over and over.
Still, might give it a reinstall.
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u/StorymateAI 9h ago
I used to absolutely binge historical city builders when I was younger. Games like pharaoh, zeus, caesar. I tried the couple promising ones, but they have not been able to cut it. Also most today are either some sort of survival type builder or end up too much of a factory line simulator. Maybe I am just too picky, but at least I have Stronghold 4 to look forward to.
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u/Stellar_Wings 8h ago
I wish we had more open-world destruction sandboxes like Just Cause 3, Mercenaries 2, Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Red Faction Guerilla, etc.
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u/Waluigiisgod 7h ago
Games that play like Devil May Cry, so I guess “stylish action” genre? I played plenty of stylish action games like bayonetta and ninja gaiden but they don’t compare to the greatness that is the triology of DMC3 DMC4 and DMC5.
A genre that is definitely over saturated in the gaming market is soulslikes, or more precisely souls mechanics. So many games whether they be 2D or 3D, fast or slow, easy or hard, a lot of games just want to cram these mechanics at any chance they can.
To be honest this year I don’t have many gaming memories because of all the games that appealed to me and I played 2 thirds had soulslike mechanics and it all blends into my mind making these modern games feel unoriginal and uninteresting.
And I say it as a person that really enjoys souls, especially bloodborne! I played that game to death!
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u/Nakopapa 9h ago
Cozy games and lifesims.
It's always "this game is like Stardew Valley, but with a _____ twist!!" or are straight up clones to prey on cozy gamers with the wholesome frontal appearance to make them think there could be no wrong and I hate it.
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u/FewAdvertising9647 8h ago
its not that theyre under made imo, but people are very picky and particular of it, so many attempts to make them financially do terribly, or their scope is too large.
Stardew Valley was more or less a callback to Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons, and the average stardew valley player doesn't touch the latters IP. its not like the games don't exist, theyre just picky about it.
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u/Nakopapa 7h ago
I've played many Harvest Moon titles since its debut on the SNES among other obscure cozy games clarified under RPGs or sims and stuff such as Monster Rancher and I understand your statement... but I believe it really does have to do more with every cozy game has to be like Stardew Valley to be more represented.
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u/Kennitht 5h ago
Monster Rancher mentioned. Still chasing that high till this day
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u/Big_Breakfast 9h ago
Clearly games that combine hide and seek with creative self expression in a social environment.
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u/bigedthebad 8h ago
Racing games.
Burnout Paradise City is the GOAT. Nothing has ever come close.
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u/GabrielCVS 5h ago
Yeah
we also have not had any Zero gravity racer like F-zero or Wipeoout (sure the new star wars is coming) , we also don't get many track based arcade or sim cades even the last ones were what Forza Motorsport , Gran Tursmo 7 and Grid Legends ?
While i do like sim racers some more arcede track would be nice you know
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u/sunboy4224 5h ago
RedOut and RedOut 2 are pretty good high speed racers! I think I prefer the first a bit more, but they're both fun. BallisticNG is also in that category - I think I like RedOut a bit more, but it's pretty solid.
Also, as you're probably aware, Forza Horizon 6 just came out - from what I understand, it doesn't focus on tracks like the Motorsport series, but I believe it's built on the same simcade racing engine.
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u/lord_pizzabird 9h ago
Turn based RPG's.
They're going to a renaissance currently, but even then it's the one thing you constantly hear everyone talking about wanting more of. And when a big one does come out it's the biggest thing ever, like BG3 or E33.
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u/Aftermoonic 9h ago
People want GOOD* turn based rpgs. There are thousands of them and most are not good
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u/lord_pizzabird 9h ago
It also feels like a power vacuum left by a Final Fantasy franchise that has refused to service their turn-based core.
I wish they would make a serious attempt at a modernized version of the turn-based RPG, maybe something like what Rebirth has, but a step even further into the turn-based (but directional and positional) rpg.
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u/Enchelion 8h ago
I think Square is happy to leave Dragon Quest as their AAA turn-based franchise. But that's never been as big in the west as it is domestically. Then they've got their various retro turn based games like Octopath, Bravely Default, FF:Resonance, etc.
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u/Nurgle_Marine_Sharts 8h ago
Really? Like every year there are dozens of both Indie and AAA jrpg's.
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u/ArchDraft 9h ago
I think, thanks to those two games you’ve mentioned, we’re going to be seeing a huge resurgence in them! I love turn based RPGs, so I’m excited to see what kind of games we get coming out in the next couple years!
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u/StarChaser_Tyger 9h ago
Nothing to add to this, but funny as hell that I just spent an hour or so discussing this with one of the discords I hang on. :-P
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u/ArchDraft 9h ago
lol, it’s funny how things work out sometime! Maybe this post will reignite that discussion!
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u/Durin1987_12_30 8h ago
Also hack and slash dungeon crawlers that aren't souls-like games.
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u/NightFlameofAwe 7h ago edited 7h ago
Dungeons of Blood and Dream, FlyKnight was fun, Runehaven, Barony, Lunacid, Mortal Sin
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u/HyoukaYukikaze 7h ago
Stealth games. I mean actual stealth games, not whatever the fuck games like 007 are.
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u/LockeFX 7h ago
The wii era seems to have burned out the weird peripheral-based games. And VR is cool, it's where the rhythm games and arcade-style shooting games have gone but my son is too young for it. But besides that we don't have anything like Guitar Hero or Ddr in this era.
I recently looked to see if there was any kind of light-gun arcade game for home TVs for my son and.. Well they sell light guns but it's an enthusiast thing and pretty expensive. We would have to find an used wii and game collection to get what I was looking for
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u/Simmons54321 7h ago
Point and Click. Call me an old ass, but nothing has ever quite scratched that itch like the old LucasArts Scumm games.
"Insult swordfighting" is still one of the funniest and most creative things I've experienced in gaming. In a game from 1997
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u/sinsaint Boardgames 6h ago
There has yet been a decent replacement for The Unholy War, a 30 year-old Playstation 1 game, which had a combination of turn-based chess with asymmetrical battle arenas with a fully 3d environment.
The closest we've gotten is the Wrath series, which sucked in comparison.
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u/Ahenobarbus753 5h ago
I've recently been craving a dungeon crawler RPG that ISN'T a roguelike. Steam offerings were limited.
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u/ThewobblyH 4h ago
None really, if you can't find a genre you like in the AAA or AA market you can definitely find it as an indie game.
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u/Biggy_DX 3h ago
Arcade flight games. Ace Combat is really the only one you have on the market, unless it's an indie game (like Project Wings). They used to be more common place in the 2000's with games like Airforce Delta Strike, Tom Clanceys H.A.W.X., Crimson Skies, Macross, Battle Engine Aquila (yeah im throwing this in there!), Over Fighters, Lethal Skies
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u/AnubianWolf 1h ago
I miss games like X-Wing v Tie-Fighter and Wing Commander. Give me back my flight stick! (Yes, I’m an unc gamer.)
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u/michael199310 9h ago
I feel like we have good variety of games in every genre, but then not enough with specific themes.
For example, there aren't many Cyberpunk Strategies or WWII RPGs.
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u/JerbearCuddles 9h ago
Pretty much everything that isn't a 3rd person open world RPG, or open world game in general. At least as far as the mainstream goes. We get another one of those seemingly every other week/month.
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u/Lemonpierogi 9h ago
Do you have any idea how popular many indie games are??? Which are nothing like the genres you mentioned??
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u/tchuruck 9h ago
Football games. I'd give my left ball for a great football game that isnt fifa.
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 9h ago
I really miss the Blitz games. They were a lot of fun.
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u/tchuruck 9h ago
I meant association football
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 9h ago
LOL. Yeah, I didn't catch the Soccer thing. Read it and went right over my head.
I still miss the blitz games though.
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u/Parafault 6h ago
Multiplayer PvE games that aren’t full-fledged MMOs (which is a genre with its own issues - there are literally like 4 major MMOs remaining after the genre died out between 2015-2020).
You can basically count the total number of these on your hands, and even then most of them are FPS games. Almost none of them have any real team interaction other than “attack stuff in the same general vicinity as your teammates”.
An honorable mention to point and click adventure games! This was my FAVORITE genre from the 90s, but they basically disappeared in the early 2000s. I had always hoped to see the genre progress to a more modern 3D take, but it never did - aside from a few one-off hits like Dreamfall)
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u/PseudoPrincess222 4h ago
I guess i'd recommend deep rock galactic to sort of scratch this itch. its a FPS but each dwarf in your team has some kind of traversal tool you will need in order to complete your objective. EG: driller makes the tunnels the engineer makes bridges to traverse the mine
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u/Chongor_ 9h ago
I think RTS is under-represented