After you play a great video game, you may have the urge to recommend it to others. Sometimes, this is easy; just explain the basic premise of the game without spoiling anything, and you are good to go! Not every game can be easily explained, even if it’s worth playing.
Here, you can take a look at some of the best games that are often recommended, which can be difficult to explain. This difficulty stems from things such as complex stories or even a simple premise that doesn’t do the game justice. Don’t worry, we won’t spoil any game we’ve listed.
Disco Elysium seems like a straightforward mystery game, but it’s hard to really pinpoint what to talk about in an explanation. You play as a… guy, in a rundown area, who lost his memories and has his life narrated directly to you.
Everyone plays Disco Elysium a bit differently, as there are tons of dialogue options and ways to reach certain conclusions. This means that you can play the game completely different from someone else, making it even harder to explain.
Rather than having ahard-to-explain story, RimWorld is indescribable for other reasons. In this game, you manage a colony of people who have crash-landed on a planet. From there, you can do pretty much whatever you want. Sure, there is an end goal, but this is the type of game that lets you do anything but that.
Explaining this grand scale can be hard, especially to someone who is new to management games. There is no correct way to play RimWorld; some people choose to play benevolently and provide for their colonists, while others tend to be a bit more sadistic (spoiler: cannibalism is possible).
Katamari Damacy is a bizarre game that many of us are familiar with. Still, good luck explaining it to someone who has never heard of the game. Basically, you roll items around in a ballin order to make the ball bigger.
This basic description doesn’t do Katamari Damacy justice though. There is something so satisfying about pushing your ball of junk around. Plus, the story ends up being quite charming. Katamari Damacy is something that you’ll get once you start playing.
Outer Wilds is best started without knowing anything. We really can’t do the story justice by explaining it. If you need a bit more to go on before playing though, we’ll help. In this game, you’re trapped in a time loop, which becomes evident shortly after playing.
Your goal is to escape said time loop and figure out what is going on in the solar system. Once you do, everything will click into place. Many people (us included!) wish we could wipe Outer Wilds from our minds in order to experience this wonderful game again.
Doki Doki Literature Club, what’s more to say? In all seriousness though, this is a wonderful game that everyone should play at least once. You play as a high school student who has joined the titular literature club.
Many people already know the twist of this game, but just in case you aren’t aware, we won’t spoil anything. Just know that you are in for quite a wild ride that you won’t see coming.
Catherine: Full Body follows the escapades of Vincent who, quite honestly, sucks. Though he is the main character of the game, he isn’t some innocent hero. In fact, much of the gamerevolves around cheating on your girlfriend.
This is one of my favorite games on our list!
This can be a hard sell, but trust us. Catherine: Full Body has a great story and wonderfully complex puzzles. If you are a fan of Persona (also made by Atlus), you’re able to see some content from the series in Catherine: Full Body as well.
What Remains of Edith Finch is another game that we recommend going into without knowing anything. The game is quite short as well; we beat the entire thing in one session, but it still left quite an emotional impact.
If you need a bit of description, just know that What Remains Of Edith Finch blends together a walking simulator with a beautiful narrative. A game doesn’t need to have the most hands-on mechanics to earn a place in your heart.
Balatro, we all know it. Even if you haven’t played it, you probably know someone who plays it a little too much. In general, Balatro can be hard to explain if you are looking to convey just how much of a time-sink it can be.
Just how fun can a poker game be? Incredibly fun, actually. Balatro has endless replayability and doesn’t stick to a typical poker format. If you like rogue-like deckbuilding games (looking at you, Slay the Spire), then you should definitely check out Balatro.
Last but not least, we have Death Stranding. This game is talked about a lot, but nobody ever explains what actually happens. Playing as Norman Reedus, you basically try to reconnect America by reaching different points across the country.
Oh, and you have a baby in a tube that you carry around. We won’t give away anything else, but now is a great time to dive into Death Stranding, as the second game is set to launch soon!
