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That’s basically Saints Row 4.

This fits OP’s description perfectly. Great game. It’s on PS+ if you play on Playstation 4 or 5.

Plus there would always be griefers who just want to ruin other people’s game because the repercussions are at most a bit of money (if they get banned and have to buy a new copy of the game), rather than incarceration, bodily harm, or death in the real world.

Something like RDR2 but focused on the life sim part. Instead of narrative driven game where your main action in the world is violence, go all in on the simulation part with actually working economics, job choices etc.

I want to be a lumberjack hauling wood to the local mill via the river, not a bandit robbing every passer by. Also, I should be able to buy high heels from the big city store.

Nioh 2 is my favorite “non-From Software” Soulslike game. No need to play Nioh 1 before it.

Does Lovecraftian horror interest you? Do you think you could muster fighting unfathomable monstrosities with blade weapons while carefully dodging and parrying their attacks? Do you not mind grinding areas and bosses until you conquer them?

If the answer is yes, you might have what it takes to enjoy Bloodborne!

It was my first Souls game and like for many others, just getting through its first level was a combination of fear, frustration and small victories. But by the time you manage to defeat the first boss just barely, there is nothing quite like the feeling of conquering what on all your previous tries seemed nearly impossible. That just got me hooked on the series so hard that I have played every From Software Souls game at this point and still consider Bloodborne to be the best.

To me it’s the combination of its setting, visuals, art style, game mechanics and level design that make it such a great game.

If you own a PS4 or 5, it’s available on PS Plus so if you have that, you can try it out!