Moving on from Skyrim/Elder Scrolls series?

[sarcanums]

this is for people who had special attachment to the elder scrolls series, especially skyrim.

special in the way of putting 100s to 1000s of hours into the tamriel universe over continuous or staggered years, coupled with strong associated nostalgia and the feeling nothing can quite compare.

i know it can be difficult to capture this exact "skyrim" feeling, since some things are simply a product of the specific time in your life, but i've found little luck getting into other games in quite the same way and feel i've been looking for another to suck me in for ages now.

i did play the fallout series, which got somewhat close (must be the ~bethesda vibe~), and other fantasy rpg game series, but still feels that one's easier to move on from...

tldr; have any of you found another game since elder scrolls/skyrim that has brought you into a similarly immersive world you keep trying to come back to?

[Heraclius Caesar]

I loved Skyrim back in the day, few things have been able to draw me in like it.

Since Skyrim is sort of medievalish fantasy, how do you feel about medieval history? It's not a similar game but I do highly recommend you give Crusader Kings 2 and/or Crusader Kings 3 a try. They're incredibly immersive and you can easily play all day & night without even realizing how many hours have gone by.

Plus, both games have Skyrim/ Elder Scrolls mods and many others.

[Undead Rufus]

Kenshi—a janky, pseudo-isometric, party-based survival game set in a desolate "swordpunk" world—is, for me, the only game that's even come close to that original Oblivion/Skyrim feeling. Which is weird, because it has little in common with any Bethesda-style RPGs.

Honorable mention to the original Mass Effect trilogy. I probably have comparable hours in it, and I love the universe.

Neverwinter Nights 2 is also an old game I go back to every few years, but these days I think you can only get it on GOG.