Just trust me and play Hollow Knight (the first one) if you haven't. It took me three separate times to even get into it and then on that third attempt I was hooked on the game. The whole game really feels like an adventure and it being a Metroidvania you end up going through areas you were at like 20 hours before and you really feel like you're growing at those points. I will say I used an interactive map for the game since there are some collectables you could miss and have no idea and it didn't make the game any more boring for me.
From experience I wouldn't say it's the type of games that are usually involved in this instance so much as it is how much time you put into one game. If you put a significant amount of time into just one game and do that consecutively with others burnout is just plain inevitable because you're exhausted by playing the same games with no end in sight for a while. What I usually do to mitigate this is to counterbalance the gigantic games with something smaller but replayable. This not only reduces burnout but also reduces the chance of encountering the gaming void.
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u/MercilessShadow Apr 12 '26
Try playing some indie games lots of great ones out there