KarthNemesis

It was close for me between ONI and Darkest Dungeon, but I’ve basically “solved” DD to the point where I need 120 (I counted) constantly rotating mods to even have anything to challenge me… I’m not sure I’d ever “finish” ONI! I feel like i’ve barely scratched the surface, and i’ve put in hundreds of hours. (I love them both, though.)

That it’s cute and has so many little random thoughtful details like how the hatch eggs are as big as the hatches (ouch) definitely helps too.

Honestly, I’d be pretty sad with zero city-builders. And Rain World is non-negotiable, hahah.

Rain World!!!
Second place is hard to do though! Oxygen Not Included, I guess?

While you are technically correct, this is a massive PITA to turn off manually every single boot and rebooting just to play a game isn’t very fun, ha. (It also breaks linux, where I play.)

This. An always-on rootkit is worlds different in terms of privacy and security than most conventional ones like EAC.
(Not like conventional ACs are good for these things either, of course. But it is many degrees less invasive.)