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====== The Godlike Games Tier S ======

**Tags: ** #games #tierlist #tiers

**Last Reviewed:** 16/08/2024

A compilation of games that I've finished and find them to be "Tier S".\\
This would be either games that have impacted me the most or that I would recommend any game afficionado to play.

The rest of the lists can be found [[:leisure_and_travel:arts:games_tier_lists|here]].

^Name^Type^Description^Quick Review^Last Played|
|1000xRESIST|Sci-Fi, Walking Simulator, Visual Novel, Story Rich|1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.|What a masterpiece of a game. \\  \\ Now, don't get me wrong: in terms of gameplay, this is basically a walking simulator. \\  \\ But, on the Voice Acting Quality and on the Soundtrack, on those 2 aspects ALONE, the game is a Must Play. \\ Once you start going into the story, the themes it touches, how mature the game talks about subjects, focusing on asking you questions and not giving you a decisive right or wrong answer, this is probably one of the best narrative design games I've ever seen. \\  \\ It takes a few chapters for you to understand the story, and everytime you think you know what is going on, it brings you back to square zero, but by the end, the story is complete and (almost) all ends are tied up. \\ You might need to play it twice, once to see the story, and a second time to go though with the knowledge of the full picture and better appreciate how many details and how much narrative quality is put into it. \\  \\ But then again, going though this masterpiece twice is a reward, not a punishment. \\  \\ I can only not recommend it if you completely put off by Walk Simulators, and even then, I would suggest you consider how much narrative impact has on you, and if it's still high, still give it a go. \\ You probably won't regret it.|05/2025|
|Banished| | | | |
|Batman Arkham Asylum| | | | |
|Beat Saber| | | | |
|Capitalist II| | | | |
|CarX Drift Racing Online| | | | |
|Cities Skylines| | | | |
|Chants of Sennaar|Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Atmospheric|Legend says that one day, a traveler will reunite the Peoples of the Tower who are unable to communicate with each other. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the myth of Babel.|What an *amazing* game! \\ If you enjoy puzzles, deduction, logic or detective gameplay, just grab it. \\ If you seen "Arrival", the game will feel just right at home. \\ If you haven't, go watch it, and then get into the roll of becoming a translator, understanding that languages are much more then words, and meaning and ideas define how you speak. \\  \\ It's up there with "Retun to Obra Dinn" as one of my favourite "puzzle" games. \\  \\ Amazing style, impressive sound design, and even thought the gameplay is "simple", you will most probably enjoy every puzzle and challenge that comes your way. \\  \\ At about 10 hours for a full 100% achievement rate, use that for your € / hour, and even though the game can only be played "once", it's one of those games that you kinda wish you could delete your memories of it after you are done, just so you could experience it for the first time all over again. \\  \\ An easy recommendation.|04/2024|
|Dark Souls| | | | |
|Domina| | | | |
|Euro Truck Simulator 2| | | | |
|Factorio| | | | |
|Forza Horizon 5| | | | |
|Furi| | | | |
|Game Dev Tycoon| | | | |
|Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice| | | | |
|Katana Zero|Action, Hack and Slash, Fast-Paced, Ninja|Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.|What an amazing game. \\  \\ Think of Hotline Miami, but as a Ninja with some "time" mechanics. \\ The sound design / OST is amazing, the pixel art is great, the controls are top notch, the mechanics are simple but don't get old and the gameplay / gameloop is just *amazing*. \\  \\ The story does seem to be deep / to go deeper, but sadly the game doesn't have an ending yet story wise, so have that in mind. \\ Either way it is an amazing experience, that should take just a few hours (2-6) to end but a lot more to master. \\  \\ Would highly recommend it if you enjoy games like Hotline Miami, Mr. Shifter or similar.|11/2023|
|Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes| | | | |
|Lies of P|Souls-like, Action RPG, Story Rich|Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.|What a *great* game! \\ Either you enjoyed Dark Souls - and other souls-like games - or you didn't, you owe it to yourself to at least try Lies of P. \\ It's like if Bloodborne and Dark Souls (and a bit of Sekiro) had a magnificent baby with it's own character and personality. \\  \\ From a great combat system, stellar Music, amazing graphics, amazing boss fights, - actual - story, gameplay and game feel, this is one of the best soul-like games out there, I would dare to say, even better that many of the games from FromSoftware (Ultrawide support, unlocked FPS, amazing hit detection boxes, again, an actual story delivery). \\  \\ Around 20-35 hours to complete, more if you go for multiple runs, and *huge* replayability if you want - only parry run, only dodge run, heavy build run, ninja run, the list goes on -. \\  \\ If this is the quality of souls-like that NEOWIZ puts out, I can't wait for they next game on the "Lies of" IP. \\  \\ A suberb game that everyone that enjoys action-adventure games should experience.|01/2024|
|Life is Strange| | | | |
|Mafia 2| | | | |
|Mark of the Ninja| | | | |
|Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor| | | | |
|Mirror's Edge| | | | |
|Mr. Shifty| | | | |
|Overcooked| | | | |
|Planet Zoo| | | | |
|Portal| | | | |
|Portal 2| | | | |
|Prison Architect| | | | |
|Renegeade Ops| | | | |
|Return of the Obra Dinn|Detective, Mystery, Puzzle,|Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.|One of those games I wish I could forget and play again for the first time. \\  \\ Solving all the questions the game will put your way, deducting who what and when is just an amazing experience. \\ Stellar sound design, amazing puzzles, even if sometimes there is things that you might not find very enjoyable due to the general pace of the game or art design. \\  \\ Either way, you will still have a blast finding out what happened in the Obra Dinn and you will, most probably, regret you can only experience it, truly, once.|01/2024|
|Risk of Rain 2| | | | |
|Road Redemption| | | | |
|Rocksmith Remastered| | | | |
|Saints Row the Third| | | | |
|Civilization V| | | | |
|Civiliation VI| | | | |
|Slay the Spire| | | | |
|Sleeping Dogs| | | | |
|Spec Ops: The Line| | | | |
|Super Meat Boy| | | | |
|Superhot| | | | |
|Superliminal|Puzzle, Surreal, Narration, Physics, First-Person| \\ Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.|What an amazing game. \\  \\ So, let me start by saying, that if you just focus on "ending the game", you will be done in less then 2 hours, tops, and you will be disappointed. Main, mandatory puzzles, they are very few, and once you get the "click" on the solution, you will chug along and be over. \\  \\ Now, if you take your time to appreciate the levels and go for the hidden content, not only will you find a lot more "puzzles" that will / might stick with you, the entire point of the game, storywise, will stick better with you and will be driven home better. \\  \\ I would say that if you just want to see the "main puzzles", then it will be less then 2-3 hours to get everything done, but you would seriously miss in one of the best puzzle games out there by doing so, in a way, going for the hidden "collectibles" will take the game from a 2-3 hours game, to something that you might actual compare to Portal. If you do that, 10-15 hours is to be expected. \\  \\ Use those different PoV to calculate your "price-value / hour". \\  \\ Would definitely recommend, mainly if you enjoy the aesthetic and "fresh take", but would say to stay away if you are expecting a lot of (main) puzzles. \\  \\ Definitely, one of the best puzzle / "meta" games I've played.|10/2023|
|Total War: Medieval 2| | | | |
|Transistor| | | | |
|Transport Fever| | | | |
|Uplink| | | | |
|The Walking Dead| | | | |
|The Walking Dead Season 2| | | | |
|What Remains of Edith Finch| | | | |
|The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt| | | | |
|The Wolf Among Us| | | | |
|XCom Enemy Unknown| | | | |
|XCom 2| | | | |