I'm currently on my third playthrough of Skyrim. I'm obsessed. I play hours every day. It's just such a fantastic game.

I played Borderlands & Borderlands 2 a lot (plus all their DLCs... played both solo and co-op with friends, and played through multiple times with multiple characters). I thought Borderlands 3 was kind of shit (the story & characters were awful, and the changes ... I dunno, it was missing something).

I enjoyed the Far Cry series (played all of them, and they all have their frustrating bits, but over-all they're fun), and all of the Just Cause series (again, flawed, but fun, and causing mayhem & chaos can be a great release of frustrations).

One of my favorite game series ever is the "Dishonored" series. A mostly stealth game, the world-building is amazing, the writing is great, and every choice you make has consequences, making it very re-playable. The art is fantastic.

And I love the Assassin's Creed open-world games. They must be played in order, and again, each one has its issues, but they're immersive and fun, and scratch so many itches... AC: Origins, AC: Odyssey, AC: Valhalla.

The games "Portal" and "Portal 2" are amazing as well. Puzzle games, the first one is really short (a few hours) and I think you can only get it as part of the "Orange Box" collection, with Half-Life/Half-Life 2. But Portal 2 is a full stand-alone game, and is amazing (and hilarious).

For mindless fun in short bursts (each game only lasts like 20 minutes max), check out "Vampire Survivor"... an old-school arcade-style game, it's got endless variations and it's just really (weirdly) fun. Great for when you don't have hours and hours to pour into a game and just need a quick distraction.