A ton of Darktide.

Death Stranding

Oh, that must be exciting and nerve wrecking at the same time, seeing your characters come to life. How do you convey what you imagine the characters to sound and act like?

Die Hard Trilogy

That is not really true. You can ignore the persons you meet completely and play the whole game on your own. Also, you can only interact through audio effects and a small proximity effect, to charge your scarve. They are more like a ghost, playing alongside you.

Journey is the only other one I can think of.

True, but I think that the microphone communication that Binary Domain offers is a unique feature that OP will appreciate.

“Binary Domain” is an option. You are almost all the time accompanied by 1-3 NPCs of your Team. The game also has a, more or less working, voice System to talk to your team through your microphone. That way you can give orders and have some small talk. The game is quite good, give it a try.

Doom 1 and, to some extent, 2. Honestly.

I know exactly what you are looking for and the classic Doom games are perfect for this, because they are simple, yet they still feel good to play.

Not too fast, not too slow. No jump scares, only some light puzzles if you want to hunt secrets. There is almost a rhythm to the combat, especially if you play with the shotgun. Try them.

I don’t see why people with money should get benefits in the legal system?

Because they are rich, duh!

If you are looking for something similar to HOMM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/867210/Songs_of_Conquest/

“Cool, tell me about them. Sounds like an interesting life.”

Despite not being sure about returning to it, I finished “Lost Judgment”. Took me another 20 hours on top of the 30 I already spent on it.

I will preface this by saying, that I love the Yakuza series this is based on. But man did I hate “Judgment” and “Lost Judgment”. The mechanics are good and the second one improves them in a lot of ways, but the writing of the story and the characters is just really bad. I am glad that there will never be a third part.

I also played the first hour of “Quake 4”. Feels like “Quake of Duty”, not impressed.

Storz & Bickel, a real connoisseur.

That was… something.

I liked the creativity and the humor, but it certainly was not the best way to present games. It was kind of difficult to follow and the names of the games weren’t shown long or prominently enough.

Anyway, wishlisted Menace, Mars Tactics and Breachway.

Cute, until it strangles them.

Well, it is somewhat viable. The game just becomes very difficult if you do that.

Take a look at the Sniper Elite series. It’s third-person and plays a lot slower than a COD game, but it is full co-op and takes place in WW2. The newer entries also look pretty nice.

Really excited for this and the Broken Sword Remaster that comes out on the same day. Shadowgate was my gateway to learning English. I sat in front of my NES with a dictionary when I was like 10 or 11 years old. Even managed to beat the game that way.

Nice. Of the classic Yakuza games I liked 4 the best, I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

I will just mention some of the games I played from the genres you like. They are all pretty well known, so you probably played them already or have them on your list.

Puzzles: Does Turn Based Combat count as puzzles? Tactical Breach Wizards and Into the Breach (A rogue like, but it is sooo good).

Platformers: Celeste, Horace, Dustforce and Little Nightmares

Metroidvanias: Guacamelee

Point and Click: Everything by Wadjet Eye Games. Seriously, everything they developed or published.

Story aka Walking Simulators: The Suicide of Rachel Foster, Firewatch, The Beginner’s Guide, Dr. Langeskov (It’s free!), Jazzpunk, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter