There are plenty of games out there nowadays that are 10, 20, hell, even 30 years old that still have a very active community around them.

These are for a variety of reasons, usually because of consistent updates, a speedrunning community, or just because the game is still fun after a few hundred playthroughs.

But who’s to say which of those and more recent games will still keep their longevity and prove themselves sturdy against the test of time?

I am, apparently, as this is a list of 10 games I can absolutely see still having a dedicated player base in 2035 and even beyond that.

I won’t be including any online-only games on this list for reasons that should be obvious. Even though Fortnite will probably be around in a decade, there’s no guarantee, so better safe than sorry.

10 Outer Wilds

No Spoilers, Just Play It!

You can consider this a substitute for whichever super artsy game you prefer, but Outer Wilds is the de facto game that inspires anyone who plays it to enlist ten other people to play it.

These games will pretty much always get new players because there are always new people getting into video games and, by extension, people spreading the word of Outer Wilds.

That, and this game has got quite a sizable speedrunning community, a cult-like following, and is just a fun game to replay that’ll make you cry the first time.

You should go talk to that friend who’s always telling you to play Outer Wilds. They could use the company. Or you could go be the friend telling your friends to play Outer Wilds. That works, too.

9 Deltarune

The Ride Never Ends

This one is just simple math. Deltarune will have a minimum of seven chapters. We got Chapter 1 in 2018, Chapter 2 in 2021, andChapters 3 and 4 in 2025.

At this rate, Deltarune should be finished around 2034, meaning there will definitely be a whole ton of players still playing it, just like there was for Undertale.

It’s also just a great game with a sizable speed-running community, an absolutely rabid fanbase, and people constantly going back and replaying it to uncover new secrets.

This and Undertale are easily some of the biggest RPGs ever in terms of mass appeal, and that appeal is likely to never die out, even after all is said and done.

8 The Binding of Isaac

The King of Content

If you’re looking for a game that will pretty much never fail to show you something new every time you play it, The Binding of Isaac is your best bet.

It’s already 13 years old, but with constant re-releases, updates and DLC, it’s become so stuffed with content that you could easily dive in for thousands of hours.

Plus, you might get frustrated with the vague-ass item descriptions, which could be the nudge you need to stumble upon the awesome modding scene for this game.

There are hundreds of mods, with new ones being made every day, and that’s really cool to see on top of the plethora of stuff to do in the vanilla game. It makes me sure it’ll be around forever.

7 Geometry Dash

The Cool Kid on the Block

You might think a really simplistic game about jumping to the beat as a small square and dodging spikes would have died with Flash or something, but Geometry Dash has been thriving for over 10 years now.

It’s half rhythm game, half platformer, and has some of the best level-creation tools ever, letting people do very cool stuff with very few restrictions.

This massive potential in the level editor, along with somewhat frequent updates and a community spurred on by the game’s availability on mobile, has combined for the perfect storm.

I don’t see this game’s player count ever falling, and if the gargantuan quantity of custom content being uploaded is anything to go by, this niche community will thrive forever.

6 Hollow Knight: Silksong

It’ll Be Out, I Swear.

Alright, this one is mostly a playful jab and an excuse to talk about Hollow Knight, but if Silksong isn’t out by 2035, I think we’ll all be a bit miffed.

Hollow Knight is an awesome Metroidvania that has gained more notoriety than any other modern-day entry in the genre and has a ton of speedrunners and modders.

It’s also got the classic Metroidvania design of an open-ended map you can approach in just about any way you want, with a ton of cool sequence breaks, and a few hundred hours required to master it.

It’s a shame Silksong still shows no signs of releasing, but if it does, it’ll surely still have an active player base in a decade.

5 Terraria

Peep the Horrors

For a game with quite a dedicated player base, whether it be for speedrunning, modding, farming, building, or just optimizing everything, Terraria is up there.

It’s kind of like 2D Minecraft, with numerous RPG elements that make it feel more like a roguelike with sandbox elements than anything else.

The community for this game is thriving, and has been for well over a decade now, especially with the massive amount of final updates we’ve gotten.

It’ll probably never die, and even if Re-Logic actually moves on after saying they would for about 5 years now, there will always be a massive group of people still on Terraria.

4 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

An All-Star Cast of Content.

Fighting games have a lot of longevity, with a competitive scene that usually lasts until the next game in the series comes out. This isn’t the case with the Super Smash Bros. series, as Melee is still actively played decades later, and I feel Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be a very similar case.

Plain and simple, this game is far too massive to make a follow-up that does things bigger and better, as most fighting games do.

It’s very likely the next entry in the Smash series will be a big rework and have less content overall. That’ll lead to competitive Smash Ultimate players never leaving the game behind, even if Steve is a horribly designed character.

3 Celeste

Endless Speedrunning Potential.

For one of the biggest speedrunning communities ever, Celeste’s crazy dedicated player base never seems to run out of innovations and optimizations, and they’re practically guaranteed to be seen at any given GDQ.

This game just feels awesome to play, is one of the most solid platformers ever made, and has a massive fanbase.

On top of the speedrunners, a massive modding community has made practically entire new games from Celeste, and much more.

While just running through the game the first time only takes a few hours, you’d be hard-pressed not to want to find every secret and skip imaginable, making this a replayable gem that will continue to captivate the masses for years to come.

2 Super Mario 64

Parallel Universes of Potential

If you’ve been on the internet for any length of time, you’ve probably seen Super Mario 64 either speedrun to oblivion or given a more thorough technical analysis than any scientific study.

It’s one of the first real 3D platformers, and somehow, it stuck the landing so hard that the community for it stays just as active today as it was in the 90s.

Of course, you don’t have to build up speed for 12 hours and use a scuttlebug to warp to a parallel universe to enjoy the game.

Plenty of people just have fun experimenting with the weirdly wide variety of movement tech, and there are a few thousand mods for it, thanks to the unofficial PC port, and I can’t see them stopping soon.

1 Minecraft

Universal Appeal

No matter who you are, you’ve probably heard of and played Minecraft. It’s the best-selling video game ever for a reason.

It’s just got the incredibly attractive concept of being able to build your own world, and hardly falters on that. While some updates might be disappointing, you can easily access the 15 years of legacy content, and that’s awesome.

This game has a massive speedrunning community, a huge modding community, dedicated builders, Redstoners making insanely complex mechanisms, and I could go on and on.

You can play Minecraft in just about any way you could possibly think of, and given Microsoft has said they plan for the game to last 100 years, I doubt it’ll fizzle out in just ten.