I like community builders and games that I can keep a world for years and grow, watch it evolve. I enjoy Rimworld. ARK evolved series is good.
Bonus if it’s multiplayer capable LAN and not online.
Oxygen not included is nice but mentally taxing sometimes. I prefer laid back chill games with economy and farming. 2d or 3d doesn’t matter. I don’t mind trying indie games. Survival based games are nice. I’m not super pick and choose.
Give me your greatest joy in game form. I’ve heard Stardew Valley is good. I tried it, reminds me of a gameboy game. I could not get into the game. My character kept falling asleep like 14 times in a day.
Minecraft, especially modpacks like that of FTB
+1 to modded minecraft. The Create mod and its many many many addons would fit right in with OPs tastes I think. A team of modders even made a mod adding physics that allow for building planes, cars, and more. It’s pretty wild.
said mod adding physics is single-handedly making an august 2024 hotfix update the most popular minecraft version
(Java Edition of course. There’s several different launchers you can choose from after purchasing a legitimate forever copy of Minecraft, but PrismLauncher is the one I use and it’s a native Qt application.)