So... A game that actually isn't my favorite, just the favorite amongst things that I've never seen mentioned anywhere?

Shit... Even the most obscure games I know about, I know about because someone else mentioned them.

I guess I'll have to go with Fightin' Herds? It's one of the few games I have that I bought entirely on the screenshots from the store page and I've never seen anyone mentioned it ever. In the simplest explanation: It's a 2D side scrolling fighting game with animal characters designed by Lauren Faust (the creator of MLP: Friendship is Magic). It's not a very good game. It's extremely cheap and unfair, like way more than any other fighting game I've played. The adventure mode is also kinda shit because it takes the already bad fighting mechanics and makes you do platforming and Smash Bros style horde fights against multiple opponents and the controls just aren't really designed for that shit (up is jump and it doesn't like you trying to jump forward so making what looks like an easy jump is harder than it has to be). I haven't even gotten 25% through the story mode :(

Actually... Matt Muscle should be told about this pile of dogshit for his Worst Fighting Game Ever series... 🤔

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asian_mancala

I played a game called Mindtrap as a kid, it was a box of different cards with puzzles on them.

The actual game is you played on teams to answer these riddles, but I just looked at the cards and tried solving them. I think they revamped it more recently.

Edit: I accidentally hit the post comment button, so I might as well add something:

I think I might've mentioned this once before, but The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] stood out to me for its stylized graphics and animation. Or if you're in the mood for a puzzle game, Temple of Snek might be good to try.

Zero Tolerance

Always liked Power Pete, and if you don’t have vertigo, the Descent series.

7 stud. Hold-em kids can't keep track of the muck.

I really enjoyed Doom 3. Has more of a horror vibe compared to the hack and slash nature of the rest of the series, but I feel its very enjoyable and doesn't feel as old as it is.

Some of my favorites that I don’t usually see mentioned would be Inmost, that game is fantastic, and Momodora Reverie Under the Moonlight. Honestly the whole Momodora franchise is great, worth checking out.

Not sure if it's my favourite, but I definitely haven't seen it mentioned on the internet: Kai Chronicles!

It's an app with the entire lone wolf saga CYOA books in digital format, for free, no ads.

Definitely would recommend.

Slay the dragon.

Go play it. It's worth it.

Go

Full Spectrum Warrior.

What a neat game that nobody talks about. It's in the squad level tactical shooter wheelhouse, although it isn't actually a shooter. You take an over-the-shoulder view switching between two (sometimes 3) teams in a squad, directing them through levels. It is sort of like Brothers In Arms, though in a more modern setting, small numbers of people to control, and having to fully rely on your NPCs to kill the enemies. An interesting twist on the squad management genre, it sits somewhere between a tactical management shooter, and a top down management game like Door Kickers.

TLL (Tornado Low Level) on the ZX Spectrum was amazing at the time, and Cyclone was a sort of follow up but I don’t know if it was the same developer or anything.

Airborne Kingdom

Sorry if you know this game, but I've met plenty of people who haven't and I've never seen it mentioned online until I searched for it today: Contact!

The dark pictures anthology: man of medan.

Got this game for free through twitch free games which turned out to be a surprising gem for me:

Dead in Vinland - Turn based group survival management game with some exploration and combat mechanics but the real juice of the game is in the writing and character development.

Story overall is ehhhh but it's just a stage for the characters you meet :>

I really loved a game called "Island: A Game Of Survival" which was loaded onto school computers in my Canadian province during the DOS days.

In Sound Mind, a really creative horror game by the makers of the popular "Nightmare House" mod. It has a great atmosphere, an interesting story, regularily goes on sale for 3 bucks, can be bought DRM free on GOG and has a fantastic soundtrack by The Living Tombstone (https://youtu.be/CBIQNiNBbYs ).

Also, there's a cute cat in the game you can pet.

Quest for Glory series. Got me into RPGs.

Heres one nobody knows or talks about...

Shootout 3.

When I was about 15 (20 years ago) I made my own game on "Game Maker" and me and my mates had a heap of fun on it... I uploaded it to some old forum somewhere, but long since lost the files/website and am unable to ever play it again :(

There was an old card game I learned around 2003ish called Spite & Malice, involving 2 full decks of cards for 2 players. Was just a ton of fun, but it's faded from memory and the ruleset I found online once didn't match the one I played.

tbf my favorite games ever are the management Kairosoft games. They are simple, no graphics but can be pretty challenging. It has a pretty loyal followers (like me) lol. Not every game is the best but it's an amazing little game to have on your phone