Ctrl Alt Ego

Game presents you with a simulated environment, where almost every element is interactible. It presents you a sandbox, and then offers numerous tools to achieve your goals whichever way you want. It's reminiscent of immersive sims like System Shock, but instead of focusing on rpg-like character progression (the way most modern sims went) it leans more into puzzle-game-like territory, with one major difference - the focus is not, (like in for example Portal) to figure out the one right solution. The game pushes you to employ your creativity instead, making it, i feel, the most similar to Thief 1/Thief 2 in how it encourages you to experiment with tools at your disposal. The most prominent is the ability to possess objects - both enemies, and things like computers or doors, with possessions giving you different opportunities.

There is still a character progression system in place, in form of BUG-s, multipurpose bots you can upgrade with collectible floppy disks, giving them new tools such as ability to fly or shoot, a tool that works as a vacuum cleaner, or telekinesis. This system can however be safely ignored if one wishes to do so. There is even an achievement for finishing the game with no BUG upgrades - open ended level design means there are a lot of ways to achieve your goals with minimal BUG usage.

I really enjoy the voice acting and writing - it's both funny (my favourite so far being "wrong kind of emu" pun) and engaging (for example, every possessed object can introduce themselves to you, giving you both engaging bits of worldbuilding and presenting a kind of personality)

It's worth mentioning how the game rewards exploration. A lot of optional places require you to be creative with how you get inside, and reward you with collectibles that actually feel rewarding - each one has their use, unlike with collectibles in some mainstream games. There are already mentioned floppy disks, but also EGO points you can use for possessing enemies, and many more i won't list here.