I specifically mean games or series that featured some kind of niche subculture/activity/lifestyle that appealed to teens and young adults as opposed to ones that were just fads among kids like Pokemon in the 90s or toys-to-life games in the 2010s or just generally popular games
DDR (no, not that one) probably counts as one, though that might’ve been mostly confined to Japanese arcades
Does this sort of thing even happen anymore? I assume these days youngins just play Fortnite, Call of Duty Warzone or whatever else instead of extreme sports or rhythm games
I think a big part of that ongoing success is that they’re constantly switching it up. There’s the core gameplay but they really don’t let you get bored with the game