If you want to scratch a similar itch, and have not already, try Guild Wars 2.

It does have microtransactions, but only because they have no subscription fee and they are mostly cosmetic with a few rare exceptions.

It also has no FOMO except cosmetics from certain festivals, which you can also buy in the next year.

It is still the best MMO on the market IMHO, because it values your time and money compared to other games in the genre.

Guild wars 2 has so much variety i would not know where to start. Would just search it on youtube and find the fitting mood i guess.

That people still pay monthly for save games has always been wild for me.

Guild Wars 2 as well. :)

Played the demo last year and instantly bought it now. Very chilled out game so far.

Maybe not so similar but more like Xcom is The last Spell.

Can highly recommend that and it is weird not many people are covering it.

Try guild wars 2.

You can play without completly downloading it.

Its f2p and you can explore all together, since every starting map gets unlocked no matter what race you pick at the start.

It is also very easy to learn and you can even outlevel each other if anyone wanna keep playing in private, since you get levelcapped depending what map you are in.

Brilliant game design all around and still one of the best multiplayer games out there IMHO.

Ah well afaik there is no such thing but i started looking for hashtags of my hobbies and found some nice profiles.

After you follow a few of them you can look into the recommended tab and will see quite a few similar people.

Someone here also told me about LisaMelton. She will throw many cool things into your timeline if you follow her.

Im an idiotic old man who can barely repair my PC anymore and it was very easy to make an account here and on mastodon. Dunno what people are on about.

There is a discover people feature on my app at least.

I also kind of like it not to be bombarded with a useless algorithm just so i can doomscroll more. If you curate your feed with nice people and hashtags you get lots of traffic and if that gets too much you just make lists of topics within them.

Yeah i just bought divinity 2 for 20 bucks and i do not find the time to play that either. Gonna get it in a sale a few years down the line when i have more free time and a tinier backlog.

There are sadly more companies with rapists in them than those two. It got swept under the rug faster.

They should be enraged about the rape apologists who are in charge of the company. But consumers forget fast when the shiny new thing is out.

It started long before. I remember boycotting d3 when the auction house came out and i stopped wow a decade ago because you are paying monthly for a savegame plus microtransactions.

I can buy way better indie games for that price or keep playing guild wars 2 which has no sub.

Please try guild wars 2 with your wife if you have not already. It is brilliant with a partner.

If you want something really special. Try Inscryption and dont look up too much about it. It is an experience for fans of card games.

Guild wars 2 has one of the best artstyles of any game IMO. Also very nice to just explore the world and the core game is free 2 play with a generous way to buy and keep forever without sub or mtx.

If i think about card games i have to mention “Inscryption” but it is very weird in a good way.

Then there are great positioning games like “Into the Breach” which has a very tight and simple gameplay loop and the Last Spell which is more complex with RPG elements.

Had fun with all 3 for very different reasons.