Jesus, that wishlist isn't enough? It's massive! That's enough to last years and years! But if you wan't to fill it out more, I'll do my best. LONG POST AHEAD!
Do you only take steam recommendations btw? Because I'd argue games like Starcraft 2 and Diablo 2/3 are basically essential PC games. Same for checking out one of the MOBAs. Even if you don't waste your life on getting good at one, I think the genre is a major PC pillar at this point.
So I notice you have Bayonetta and DmC on there. But no DMC 4:SE or HD collection? Bayo is my favorite, but the DMC games are really worth getting, and they are great on PC. DmC is a weird one, because console is arguably the superior version (PC never got the definitive rerelease).
I notice you've put other games along those lines on, like Stellaris, Civ, Total War and stuff. But I think Crusader Kings II is a real unique gem of a game that's worth checking out. More about creating a story rather than being efficient/numbercrunchy.
You have Ikaruga on, which is easily my favorite shmup. But there's a bunch of other good ones on there. Mushihimesama is really hard but great, same people as Ikaruga. Jamestown is a solid one with an excellent ramp/learning curve which I wholly recommend to anyone who wants to get into the genre.
There's this cool time attack/speedrun focused shooter with a cute Katamari style aestehtic. It's called Lovely Planet and it's awesome.
If you haven't played it on your phone or w/e, then Super Hexagon is a fantastic simple arcade game.
On top of an already solid list of RTS games, I think Company of Heroes has a really solid campaign, and it feels very different compared to other games in the genre.
Dunno if you are interested, but modding the hell out of "insert bethesda RPG here" is quintessential PC games nonsense. Quite a lot of fun, even if it sometimes can feel a bit like work for the sake of work. I have a similar relationship with emulators. Sometimes it's just fun to configure and debug something until it works and then not play the game.
VA-11 Hall-A is a really cool little bartending game. It's really light on mechanics and more about soaking in some cyberpunk atmosphere and getting to know a solid small cast of characters.
If you haven't heard of Mount and Blade, then that's a weird thing to look into. It's kind of addicting. You just make a generic medieval person and then run around randomly generated towns trying to do whatever. Super sandboxy and freeform, and it has a lot of modding going on as well.
Frozen Synapse is a neat strategy/tactics game. It has the cool feature of letting you take your turn whenever, so you can have a game take all day if you and a friend take 2mins for a turn every once in a while during a work day or something. Almost like phone chess or word feud.
Pillar's of Eternity is great, but Baldur's Gate 2 is THE definitive classic in the genre. It holds up way better than you might think too. Just remember that lower numbers of AC (armor class) is better.
I really like this tactical stealth game called Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. It's a top down squad based game where you plan and set up stealth sequences to get all your characters through a mission.
Also looking at Exapunks on your list, you might also want to check out other Zachtronics games. I love Opus Magnum personally.
Welp, this got long. Hopefully you get something out of this. But I honestly just had fun looking through my library to find examples. <3
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