I’ve been recently been thinking about Arkane Studio’s Prey which is a immersive sim, with a pretty good rogue like dlc, that probably has one of the strongest hooks of any game I’ve played. If you liked Halflife, System Shock, or Deus Ex it’s definitely worth a play.
Are there any titles that might not have been commercially successful that you feel everyone should give a shot?
Earthbound for the SNES.
It had a rough launch, rough reviews at the time, but the best RPG I’ve ever played, period.
Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, and Earthbound are the holy trinity of SNES era RPGs
The players guide had scratch and sniff vomit.
That game and the product teams were amazing, it was just too weird for broad commercial success at the time.