In no particular order: Yellow, Crystal, emerald, platinum (oh shit, of course. It’s all the merger titles)

I’ve heard people take that approach with Starfield and still be very disappointed. If it’s space you want and are ok with creating your own story, Elite Dangerous is getting a pretty big revival

RYMDKAPSEL on Android isn’t retro but has very simple graphics and feels as hard as a lot of retro games do

The Dead Cells devs have been putting in work on their multiplayer rogue lite Windblown, which is super fun. Hades 2 is in a great spot and will keep getting better Risk of Rain (1+2) both fantastic

But for really obscure and interesting mechanics and a true rogue like experience: Noita. It’s pixel graphics but every foreground pixel is simulated and there are a craft huge number of interactions between substances and spells. There’s deep lore that you have to be very dedicated to decipher. There’s an actual alchemy system that changes depending on map seed. Oh, and it’s really hard.

Sync ftw

You wouldn’t download a sous vide

Well what was it made of?

Yeah I guess I’d be ok with that. I may have lost faith in our judicial system to get that shit done

Let them earn their Darwin awards