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This is part of what ruined gaming for me, just picking a game to play became more of a commitment than the game itself. In the 90s it was simple, swing through any of the stores that sold software once every month or two and spend a few minutes browsing the games, buy something if it interested me, or maybe buy one of those magazines that would have a cdrom of shareware/demos to try. The last time I tried to find a game to play I gave up almost immediately, just too many options.

Very often, I have a look at steam "released" and "upcoming" (only the native elf/linux titles though).

Basically, it is only trash, and sometimes you do stumble across what looks like a real game.

And among those lookalike real games, hardly any seem to be engaging enough.

It is a tough call.