For the good of humanity but also to try give the widest variety:
Super mario world - platformer
Final fantasy (which one i am not sure, not my expertise) - storyline rpg
Starcraft 2 - RTS
Need for speed - racing
Minecraft - creative

For me? The legend of zelda ALTTP
Donkey kong country 2
Pokemon Leaf Green
Super mariokart 64
Borderlands 2 (inc DLC)

Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal, Portal 2, Minecraft, and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time :)

1. Immortal gates of pyre: my favorite game of all time is starcraft II and this is a spiritual successor that i desperately want to have all the current funding for RTS to go to

2. Portal 2, it’s a given

3. Rushdown revolt, similar situation to immortal, smash but better designed but not nearly enough resources

4. Mass effect legendary edition, nothing needs to be said

5. deltarune

I chose mostly based on future potential and design decisions because if these became the only 5 everyone would flock to them and they’d suddenly have all the resources they need to succeed

Dark Souls series, then will pretend all the games were that hard and every gamer was total badass.

Mass Effect 2 because it’s one of my favourite games. The only issue is I don’t know how enjoyable it’ll be without the first and third game.

Red Dead Redemption 2 because it’s one of the finest pieces of media, period.

What Remains of Edith Finch because it’s a shining example of how creative and immersive “walking sims” can be.

Bioshock because the first time you experience the moment is indelibly inked into my brain.

Civilization 4 because it’s timeless and the moment you boot it up to hear Baba Yetu, it feels magical and special.

If I could choose, then I’d choose for humanity, games that most reasonable people would go “yeah, fair enough”.

(Note, if it were just for me, I wouldn’t pick any of these lol)

• Portal + 2
• Stardew Valley
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Elden Ring
• Final Fantasy VII (or X)

I’m assuming there’d be no online multilayer or modding, as they’d be outside the realm of the game - it’s content made by other people (and it’s more interesting if you exclude them anyway), and I’m assuming there’d be no more updates (so only current or previous patches)

So we’d be looking for replayable single player games

1. Minecraft. If that’s not on your list then you’re joking
2. Terraria. Sandbox like minecraft, but the more legacy-focused scope of the game would be a nice change
3. Factorio. This game is called cracktorio for a reason
4. Monster Hunter world. Very replayable when you want to hit big monsters with big swords
5. Maimai. Bet you didn’t expect a rhythm game to be here, removed! With all other video games gone, maimai would explode in popularity, and I’d finally be able to play maimai locally instead of only in the city on the occasional day off. Yes, this list is just a place holder for the real number 1

Pong, Tetris, Pac-Man, Minecraft, and petcii robots.

• My modded GTA SA
• Minecraft
• Jazz Jackrabbit 2
• Beamng
• For christmas: Santaclaus in trouble again.

If an .GameImage can be considered one game, I would have chosen those. On Linux you can create a single one-click package containing multiple games. Made a couple of those you see 😁

It would take me long to decide which 2 of those not to preserve (probably the non-replayables):

Dead Cells

Hollow Knight

Hades

Dredge

SOMA

Witness

Outer Wilds

Minecraft, Terraria, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Portal 2

Chrono Trigger

GTA V

Dragon Quest XI

Tetris (NES)

Capcom Vs SNK 2 Mark of the Millenium 2001

• Minecraft (A comfortable home away from home).

• Wii Sports (The one video game literally made for everyone).

• Bioshock (I may not play it again myself, but everyone should experience “Would you kindly” at least once in their lives).

• PlayStation Dreams (This one is kinda like wishing for infinite wishes).

• Bomberman Ultra (A stupidly fun couch-play game that my entire family has played together for more than 10+ years now. I have never NOT smiled when booting up this silly game).

And then the games I’d forever regret not saving for myself: SuperGlob (Arcade), Tempest (Arcade), Uncharted 4, Bayonetta, StarCraft, Resident Evil 4, Portal and Heavy Rain (A brutal punch in the gut that I loved dearly but never want to play again).

Logically, these must be hell of a repayable ones.

Not sure about 5,

but grim fandango should be one of them.