Forbidden Solitaire
Well, this is something.
Ostensibly, it's a solitaire game, except it's combined with the greatest framing I've ever seen for a game of this type. Combine a Windows 3.0 desktop with news videos and documents from the 1980s with a first-person dungeon from the Interplay Stonekeep era (1995, roughly).
It's a big ask, but the game pulls it off perfectly. Absolutely excellent game design.
Oh, and great writing, too.
I don't know how long the game lasts (I'm 2+ hours in), but it's a real triumph of creativity.
You can see the trailer here on Steam (and purchase it, if you'd like. It's $12.79 on sale right now): Forbidden Solitaire.
UPDATE: I'm going to give a small, additional bit of information I should have disclosed originally. The game's central conceit is that you've somehow obtained a rare copy of a game from roughly the 1990s that was originally banned, and you've started playing it. Everything flows from there.
AND ONE MORE: It's campy. Gloriously campy, and the humor is terrific.
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