I saw a recent post that 60% of playtime in 2023 was spent on games 6 years or older. What 6+ year old games are you playing?

I'm currently playing Syberia (2002) for the first time. I never played it when it was new because I didn't like the demo. But people kept praising it over the years so I decided to give it a try.

I still have the same complaints I had back then but the story is nice.

Factorio kind of? Released 2020 but early access since 2014

Age of Empires 2 DE is a 2019 game but a spiritual successor to a 1999 game I've been playing since 2005.

Starcraft 2, Slay the Spire, Call of Duty Black Ops 3, Cities Skylines. You may notice these games all have a big modding scene which adds huge amounts of replay value.

Sid Meier Civ 6 because I get Civ fever every few months. Keep in mind the 2018-2019 expansions Gathering Storm and Rise and Fall were major overhauls of mechanics that really make it feel like a different game.

For me it's more like 95% or more. In the last year I've played

• Factorio (heavily)
• Halflife
• Halflife 2
• Portal 2
• Supreme Commander
• Rimworld
• World of Goo
• Untitled Goose Game
• Railway Empire

I don't think I've played many games that are younger than 6 years.

Most of the good games have been made already

I'm old school, I regularly play these games:

• Doom 1/2
• Half-Life 1 (via Svencoop)
• Wreckfest
• Mother 3 (first time playing it, so good)
• Starcraft 2 (3pl coop campaigns)
• Amazing Frog? (With my youngest)
• Angband (I used to play Moria, Larn, NetHack back in the day)

Left4Dead2, the greatest game ever made.

I am commonly playing several old games...

Unreal Tournament 2004

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Age Of Empires II

Borderlands 1

Borderlands 2

Fallout New Vegas

Just Cause 2

Postal 2

Red Faction Guerrilla

Saints Row The Third

I've been replaying Prince of Persia, the old 2008 game, for the past few days. I originally owned it for the Xbox 360 back in the day, but I have a copy on Steam now.

The graphics hold up exceptionally well. Plus, someone in the Steam community had a quick edit that allows you to manually adjust the resolution to any size you want, so I'm enjoying it on my 4K monitor now, even though there's not a 4K option in the video settings. It looks like this game could've released in the past 5 years or so; they put a lot of work into the look and feel of it.

This game is basically Assassin's Creed before Assassin's Creed released. Most of the game is spent running along walls, climbing things, chaining movements across multiple surfaces, etc. It's pretty satisfying to play. And the controls are easier and smoother than the early Assassin's Creed games.

The only downside is that fights are slow, as you need to chain attacks and defend at precise moments to make decent progress. Everyone has a large health bar, but lower enemies can be ended quickly by just shoving them off platforms.

Fortunately, enemies are few and far between. The game mostly revolves around collecting glowing white magic balls floating throughout the levels. When you get enough, the princess following you throughout the game can unlock powers that allow you to navigate new levels. Each level has an end boss to fight, and as long as you chain attacks and defend well, it's mostly just a game of patience, picking down their health bar a little at a time. The ultimate goal is to clear all the levels and fight the BBEG who was released at the start of the game.

Like I said, there is a princess following you throughout the game. But it's not an escort quest; quite the opposite really. She uses her magic to ensure you stay safe throughout the entire game. If you fall off a ledge, there's a brief cutscene of her teleporting after you and then teleporting you back to a safe platform. If you die in battle, she rewinds time a little bit to when you're still alive and fighting. She's mostly able to take care of herself, so you don't need to focus on her.

Back in the day, I got the sense that the prince you play as was just a snarky, sarcastic asshole, constantly harassing and belittling the princess. It always made me think of Link from that awful 1989 Legend of Zelda cartoon. But since playing through again, I see he's not that bad. Maybe a bit sarcastic at times, definitely uses humor to deflect conversation, but he's not the raging asshole I remember him being.

I really enjoyed this game 16 years ago, and I'm still enjoying it today!

I still like to give Doom a spin.

Currently working my way through Twilight Princess using a modded 4k GameCube version.

Been having a blast.

I just recently beat Borderlands 3 for the first time too.

Civ 4 & Neverwinter Nights & Caves of Qud are pretty much it for me these days.

Modern AAA games are generally flashy garbage.

Corruption of Champions 2 😏

But in all seriousness(I wasn't joking though), Terraria. (And Dead Cells is 6 years old too, wtf)

I love my board games and story generators so things like Rimworld, Stellaris, Civilization 5, and Project Zomboid keep showing up in my recently played list.

Right now I'm playing stalker so a few more than 6 years old.

Spelunky, My Time at Portia, Stardew Valley, River City Girls, Super Mario World

Just finished a new playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 but that's a mere 4 years old.

Otherwise, a lot of Skyrim, Fallout 3, 4, NV, GTAV replays. And Civilization Revolution for casual, or Bloons TD6 sometimes with the kids.

hmm, on top of my head id say i can think of minecraft, skyrim, openttd and titanquest.

i also played a bit of lego starwars the complete saga, battlefront 2 (the og one), ksp and dwarf fortress.

i also sometimes play dota 2 but im not sure if i played any in 2023.

if early access counts, also factorio.

Super Punch Out! it's been one of my favorite games to just pick up and play since it came out in like 1994! I never have beaten the Bruiser Brothers at the end and I am perfectly ok with that lol

Dark Souls 1-3 and Bloodborne.

I just finished the 1st and 2nd bards tale....it was free on Xbox. IMHO, better than some of the newer dungeon games

Guild Wars 2 I've played since prelaunch

Just got Arkham Knight during the spring sale

Always playing Tales of Maj'Eyal

Battlefield 1 and I just got V

Wife and I play Civ 6 a lot

Recently started a new TES Oblivion game

FTL occasionally and Torchlight 2 sometimes

Planet coaster

I’ve still been playing Civ V because up until recently I didn’t have a computer that could run Civ VI. Once I finish my current campaign I’m going to finally try out VI, but I think that actually might also be 6+ years old.

I’ve also gotten back into playing the old original Star Wars Battlefront games. And I’ll usually play through both Portal games every few years.

Playing through 7 Days to Die for the first time with some friend and having a blast.

So. Much. Warframe.

Terraria and Stardew Valley still slap. I think Rimworld makes the cut now, especially if you consider the beta. I'm currently playing through fallout 4 again because I haven't done so since I built my new rig last year and I'm curious to know exactly how many mods I can cram into a playable experience.

After Baldur's Gate 3 I did a run in Divinity: Original Sin 2. That's a more difficult game with the same engine. It's definitely 6+ years old.

I played a campaign in XCOM2 pretty recently.

Come to think of it, almost every older game I play has a sprawling and active mod community. Maybe that's why.

Faster than Light and League of Legends

I'd say Noita but it was released in 2020

I've just started gaming again after a 30 year hiatus, I bought a cheap PC which would have been ok 6 years ago so I've been working my way through games of the year that my potato can handle. I've really enjoyed Dishonored 1 and 2. Skyrim I've spent some time on. Titan Quest, Halo, Bioshock, Hollow Knight, Mass Effect. Having a great time with all these.

Stardew Valley and Minecraft, mostly. I played through Morrowind and Fallout 4 recently too.

Minecraft and Kerbal space program, though it is current Minecraft, which is quite different to the same game several years ago

Minecraft and Breath of the Wild

I’m making my way through pillars of eternity again. Once done I’ll be playing deadfire

I'm ripping and tearing in Doom 2 megawads... until it is done.

Yo sheet, where's my Dwarf Fortress gang at?!

Though I guess it's pretty new on Steam. :P

Playing through Sunless Skies currently. (5 years.. but.. close enough!)

DotA 2 is old as fuck but literal game changing updates happen almost yearly

Fallout: Tale of Two Wastelands and Borderlands 2, recently.

It's some backlog for me, but also some just solid as hell live services that have been around a while:

• Path of Exile
• The Messenger
• Warframe
• Yakuza 0
• Sea of Thieves
• Into the Breach

SoT and The Messenger both turned 6 just this year, so they're squeaking by, but I suppose the thrust of the idea is still there

I'm never not playing Skullgirls. Somehow still going, Marie DLC just dropped last week.

Gran Turismo 4

Battlefield 3 or 4 and Halo MCC. Also Skullgirls.

Replaying hollow knight ahead of the imminent release of silk song. It’s so close that I can taste copper.

Apparently, for me, the better question is, "Which games newer than 6 years are you playing?" It turns out I dont play many new games, just Elden Ring and Jedi Fallen Order ( which is 5 years old even). Deep rock might squeeze in there, but it just turned 6 years old

Didn't realise before but this seems right. This year I am playing persona 4, Celeste and the witcher, all more than 6 yrs old

AC Origins

RDR2 and Factorio

Software Inc (Early access since 2015) Raft (EA since 2018, full release 2022)

Victoria 2. I like 3, but I've got a heavily modded megacampaign with my friends going and I don't know 3 well enough to tweak it yet. 2 is still a great game.

Also Assetto Corsa. Competizione looks fun but I like driving stuff other than GT cars

just finished another solid bloodborne playthrough, gotta love the logarius wheel and whirligig saw

Titanfall 2

I've been replaying red dead 2 which turns 6 this year :P

Took about a decade off gaming and Needed some "new" games in the pandemic. Bought some new games last year, Skyrim ultimate everything in a bundle, also bought Fallout 3-new Vegas bundles. Skyrim was awesome and I played it for about a year, FO 3 was ok, loving 4, heard New Vegas is the best.

Other than that I play super old school, emulator games for SNES, N64 when I have a bit of time.

I have a weird philosophy where I don't try things until they're about 10 years old, games, TV shows, etc. I figure I am pretty much guaranteed an epic experience if people are still talking about it at that point.

Rocket League has been a big one for me recently. But I've actually been making an effort to play new stuff besides that, like Alan Wake 1&2, Cyberpunk, and Baldur's Gate 3.

The Long Dark, came out of early access in 2017, so I got the game earlier than that and it still has updates.

Dishonered 1 and 2, a playthrough every year, Witcher 3, Mad Max, MGS V, Prey, theres tons of good games to play a second, third or yearly playthrough.

Almost exclusively Final Fantasy 14 with some Warframe and a smattering of older puzzle games.

MHW and Warframe

GZDoom! It just doesn't get boring to shoot demons for half an hour. I'm playing Volatile Material and Doom Infinite at the moment.

How are you still playing Overwatch? They shut it down when 2 came out, I thought. I no longer have it in my library even.

Super Smash Bros Melee

Star Wars the old republic.

I played the absolute FUDGE out of KoToR back in the day, and played SWTOR at launch. But coming back to it after a decade plus just lets me enjoy the story. I won't say its a perfect MMO, because its just not. But oh gawd does the story get good!

Just recently I started replaying “VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action”. I'm also working on Rune Factory 4 Special - the remake is only 4 years old, but the original is from 2012. I still periodically fire up Castle Crashers from time to time, and I have yet to give up on my much-procrastinated attempt at Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (the Xbox 360 version).

There are many others, but that's just off the top of my head.

Rocket League. I probably play a solid 3 hours of that every single week, and have done for the last two years. Before those two years I probably played a solid 7-8 hours a week. It's my forever game, the game I play when I'm bored, the game I play when I've got a lot on my mind and just want to fill the void in my head with something safe and easy.

Xonotic: om, well it’s based on the darkplaces engine, so yeah, I mean Xonotic in a way is basically as old as 3D multiplayer shooters.

Eador Genesis: like a tighter heroes of might and magic or kings bounty, great with the New Horizons mod.

Beyond All Reason: the latest evolution in a series of Total Annihilation inspired RTS games built on an open source engine.

WinspWW2: a derivative of Steel Panthers, an old DOS hex turn based tactical war game. Yeah there are newer turn based strategy games and perhaps more elegant systems like Combat Mission’s or Operation Flashpoint Red Storm’s simultaneous turns, but the fact stands that WinspWW2 and WinspMBT are from certain perspectives the deepest turn based tactics video games in existence, realistic or not.

Original Peggle and Peggle nights: What do I even need to say, perfection.

Brigador Up Armored Edition: Top down isometric cyberpunk dystopia mech/tank quasi-twin stick shooter. This game is an absolute gem.

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead: the most interesting open world survival game period, yeah the graphics… barely qualify as graphics but the gameplay and complexity/variety of procedural generation is simply nowhere even close to being matched by any other open world rpg/survival game.