The Forgotten City is another time-loop game, which immediately places it in the shadow of The Outer Wilds, and that's a minor shame, because it definitely has its own style and unique ideas

It's a smaller game too, reducing the scope to the titular city - more of a village, with around 20 inhabitants - and focusing more on dialogue with said inhabitants to move things forward. There's a bit of a Greco-Roman historical angle that appealed to the nerd in me who enjoys that stuff, and the story does go to some unexpected places, which was a good time. Very open-ended though, so your mileage may vary - pick the right character, and have a sharp brain about time-paradoxes and you could end the game after your third conversation

As referenced in the title, i did once play the mod version of this (so far back i can barely remember). I didn't play much, definitely didn't complete it, but it is interesting to compare this version to that - or even just to draw parallels to the "Skyrim" (or maybe "Bethesda" ?) style of game-play. There's a particular feel of the particular verbs there - how you talk to characters, how you interact with containers - that echoes through to here. It's almost nostalgic..