I had a free key and gave it away. Not worth the time.

on suicide watch

BG3 is worth full price, 10% off is likely the best deal you'll find for a while

If you happen to like adventure and puzzle solving games, The Witness is 81% off and realMyst: Masterpiece Edition is 60% off.

Buy BG3

Against the Storm

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/

One of those time warp games where it's suddenly 3am and nonetheless your brain goes "one more time?"

BG3 is very good.

There are a lot of older games on sale too. What genres do you like?

...mass effect needs login now? :(

Sekiro is like the best sword fighting game. Like other fromsoft games it expects you to meet it on its terms. Unlike their other games you can't really level your way past problems. Some people don't like that. I love it. Mastering the boss fights is incredibly satisfying. The first serious boss fight took me all day the first time, but now I can do it without getting hit.

Elden Ring is very big and open, but has many options to make it easier. Leveling up, summoning help, summoning NPC help.

How far into Nier Automata did you get, may I ask? It could be worth sticking through past the credits. It's one of those games where the side quests actually add to the experience, as well, so if you're not doing those you're missing some of the philosophy.

I know that's a lot of work to enjoy something, though, and that's not everyone's cup of tea!

story-driven games

Disco Elysium is a great story, so long as you enjoy reading/listening to lots of dialogue because there's not much other gameplay. Baldur's Gate 3 is technically on sale, but it's only 10% so eh; maybe Divinity Original Sin 2?

Souls games

Both Sekiro and Elden Ring are fantastic, my only caveats would be that Sekiro doesn't really have character customization so if you love that part of soulsborne it might fall a bit flat, and Elden Ring can start to drag if you have a completionist mindset and go out of your way to complete every little side dungeon.

strategy games

I've heard decent things about Midnight Suns which is on a pretty deep sale. The Total War Warhammer games are good fun, though there is a fuckload of DLC, and the third game apparently has major issues.

GTA-like games

Mafia 3 is close, but 1 and 2 don't really have much to do in the open world IIRC. The Saints Row games are hella cheap (do note that 2 needs a mod to be stable and even then it'll crash occasionally) EDIT: Don't get the newest one, just called "Saint's Row", it's terrible. Cyberpunk 2077 maybe qualifies?

Doesn't fit any of those categories, but I will always recommend Outer Wilds, a fantastic exploration/puzzle game that I wish I could play again for the first time.

Lastly, piracy is always the correct thing to do, but if you insist on paying for games, at least consider using piracy as a demo.

I picked it up last year for my wife and I to play together, but we found it too difficult for us to enjoy. Neither of us has much experience with twin stick shooters, so that's certainly a factor, but figured I'd chime in because I had heard a lot of praise for it but it didn't click for us.