
Deus Ex, Prey, Cruelty Squad, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, and dozens more. The systems-driven Breath of the Wild is basically an open world expression of the immersive sim, which you can play the entire history of on PC. It costs $180 to buy Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses, all released over a year ago.


There are a dozen great platformers on the PC for every Mario game, from 2D greats like Super Meat Boy and Celeste to 3D takes like A Hat in Time and Psychonauts. Fire Emblem's tactical battles and melodrama are right there in Wildermyth and XCOM. Hollow Knight is a better Metroid game than Super Metroid. (Image credit: Worldwalker Games)Īnyone can find the essence of Nintendo's games on PC pretty readily.

The people that grew up playing Nintendo games are just making their own now.
