Red Dead Redemption. Probably stuck with me more than any other game Ive played. I still listen to the soundtrack on a regular basis.

Really hope it gets a rerelease

Medievil

Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2. My favorite game series of all time. Honorable mention to Red Dead 2 and God of War Ragnarok. I’m a slut for cinematic games.

Well I would answer Outer Wilds (in particular, with the DLC), but since you already said it, ummm....

Probably Hollow Knight. I remember just loving the exploration in that game, and the difficulty made everything feel well earned. I haven't played Elden Ring yet, but it sounds like people had a similar reaction to that, but in 3D.

I have a couple games that stuck with me long after I played them. They're not similar to the ones that are being posted here though.

Pokerstars VR: During peak pandemic I played a lot, and a lot of the conversations have stuck with me. My irl friend and I started a little group with people we liked and it ended up being like 15 of us and at least 6 of us would be on every night. Nothing like playing poker and anonymously talking shit lol. I cried laughing a couple times

Minecraft: There are a lot of Minecraft memories I think about often. Some are back on Minecraft Pocket Edition on my iPod 4, some are playing hunger games with my cousin, others are of a server my friend and I made. I miss a lot of those old worlds and still remember where my secret chests are

A Short Hike: I played this game right after a breakup and it made me think back to what made me happy as a kid. The sense of wonder, discovery, and just not knowing anything. It made me realize that I still don't know shit and and I should still have that same sense of wonder. It has made my life significantly better

Ace Attorney. The first 3 and Edgeworth spinoffs are legit masterpieces.

Not a fantastic game, but the first Walking Dead Telltale series really hit me in the feels and so has stayed with me. The Witcher 3 definitely affected me, but it's hard to seperate that feeling from the books.

I'd say Kerbal Space Program, Factorio and Rimworld because whenever I play those it's like coming home, but since I'm always playing at least one of them, it feels a bit like cheating.

The feeling of the Tribes games is always there in my mind. I occasionally go back but the freedom of movement in that game is just so liberating. I never know why they aren't more celebrated. (Titanfall 2 comes close, but still not quite the same).

Battlezone 2 is IMHO another unsung classic. I loved the mix of RTS and FPS. Another one from before the mechanics of FPS and the general feel of motion had standardised (to a fault) which I think helps it keep it's hooks in me.

Shadow of the Colossus. The entire vibe of the world just got to me.

Oblivion has lived in my head since the moment I first played it back in 09. Finally started teaching myself how to make mods for it last year and now it takes up even more of my brain!

Bloodborne has the most haunting atmosphere of any game I played and I haven't stopped thinking about it since I first played.

Ar Tonelico. I was very into world building in high school. And this game hits the closest to my imagination at that time. I just can't forget that feeling years after. Regardless of the weird visual novel-y parts of it

The Witcher 3 (mainly the DLCs), the story was so good, like it's the only game I can remember where I was waiting to play it every weekend just for the story.

Ocarina of Time - the music is so amazing, I can still remember all of it.

Runescape Classic (like 2002) for making me impervious to scams - you get scammed by some players once and that sticks with you.

I’ll never forget loading Myst on my performance 5200 and getting lost

Eastward is an indie game I got because I saw someone recommend it on Lemmy a couple years ago. The pixel art was amazing, and some of it had a very unique eerieness. The story was heartwarming at times and creepy at other times. The only real complaint I had was that so much of the story remained unexplained after the ending, I really wanted to see all the little pieces of plot tied together.

Mother 3 still affects me in ways no other game has, even to this day. It's truly a beautiful game.

Shadow of the Colossus

Spyro, Explorers of Sky, and Yoshi Island to name a few.

The Last Guardian. So many plot points were left a mystery never to be solved...