Stipulating what happens with MMO’s in this timeline might be prudent. I’m assuming that live servers remain online and/or reputable vanilla like private servers are available.

Path of Exile 1 Final Fantasy XIV Minecraft Escape from Tarkov Beatsaber Elite Dangerous Dark Souls 3 Skyrim EVE Mario Party (maybe 6?) Grand theft Auto 5 (assuming FiveM remains)

My tenth spot stayed open and I didn’t feel compelled to fill it with anything. I was writing out all the games which could have taken that slot and noticed that GTA V fills an important void in my original list, so for the sake of completeness I decided it deserves the last spot.

The list of games which could have had the spot I was writing… Fellowship, World of Warcraft, Sea of Thieves, Civilization V, Breath of the Wild, Dark Souls 2 SOTFS, Hogwarts Legacy, Oblivion Remastered… If I think on it enough there could be more. And in fact, I’d probably rather have Hogwarts legacy in that 10th slot if it wasn’t unfortunately abandoned so quickly after launch, it desperately needs and deserves a new game plus mode and further story expanding DLC.

My logic with my list is pretty simple, as there’s only a handful of experiences in gaming that really compel me any more, so I just picked my favorite game for each of those categories. ARPG, sweaty ability based tab-target MMO, fantasy sandbox, sci-fi sandbox, rhythm, soulsborne, party game. EVE, Skyrim, and GTA5 don’t fit into any of the categories I listed, but I don’t really know how to classify them articulately.