Dwarf Fortress
From charlesreid1
What is it
This is a construction and management simulation indie game, which has a cult following. Gameplay is open-ended and provides text-based graphics.
Motto: "Losing is fun!"
An important part of Dwarf Fortress is that it relies heavily on procedural generation.
Succession Games
One of the amazing phenomena that has grown up around Dwarf Fortress is the idea of succession games, in which different players hand off fortress to one another, for multiple generations, in succesion. These are then narrated with a storyline.
Boatmurdered
Here is the storyline for Boatmurdered, a famous succession game: https://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/