Even if there are ten thousand shit games for every gem, it still feels like there's a whole mountain of gems coming out all the time. I can't keep up with how many good games there are. Like I said, this feels like a golden era.

I mean not to sound boomer, but compare today to having nothing but a Sega Genesis in 1990. You have like 7 games and maybe 20 available to rent. The quality is inconsistent and who knows when something good is coming out. At best you might see a decent new game fitting your tastes once every three months.

That's always in my head whenever I see thousands of titles on a store page, so I think I'll permanently feel spoiled.

The quality is wildly inconsistent, but itch.io and similar sites tend to have a lot of games with really interesting content that you don’t see on more professional platforms like Steam.

Those are all perfectly cromulent mechanics on their faces. I still enjoy playing Magic online through Arena, for instance.

But yes, some are a lot more derivative than others.