I play Factorio. Someday I will finish it and play another game.

Farming and building simulators, now known as high fantasy.

Rocket League and Elden Ring. Yes i do hate myself why do you ask

I have a deep love for open world survival games with crafting mechanics and settlement building. I'd love it even more of they had established NPC communities that you could engage in.

I genuinely wish I could live in a little self sustaining farm on the edge of a city and periodically go to market to sell the spoils of my dungeoneering and pick up new bounties.

Or be part of a community where I periodically barter different things to do whatever menial tasks the community needs done. Weed your yard for two jars of honey. Trade one to the neighbor for vegetables and turn the other into mead for next season. Help another repair their roof because I know they'll help me out when I need to fix the siding come fall.

Most of my games are just a chance to better engage in something I wish I could be doing in life.

Trying to decide if this is hipster or gatekeeping. Or both.

Just started Elite Dangerous today.

Hearts of iron, bg3, frosthaven with friends, others as well

It's typically a racing sim or factory game. Right now it's racing.

Or they ask if you play, (latest politiciized game)

Oh good, so I'm not alone.

Candy crush!

not sure this one needed the repost.

Yeah I feel the same way because I'll never okay any of those games or anything similar despite putting in over 100 hours of gaming a month generally. I'll be playing random indie puzzle games, JRPGs like Trails/Kiseki, or some co-op game with friends. I generally lean in hard towards story driven games or I don't see a point.