Except it maybe will happen like in Don’t Look Up

But it’s not entirely sequential

Nope

Eat a paint chip from any house built before 1978

Same. And I fixed the 720p with a resistor kit a few years ago when it fritzed out. Some terminal fonts look great on those chunky pixels.

The Mondragon Corporation is an interesting example of a cooperative scaling up https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation

Project Zomboid is less narrative than what you’re looking for, I think, but when you start again in the same world you can find your previous character as a zombie.

Good coverage here as well https://kotaku.com/unity-engine-subscription-cost-unreal-godot-indie-dev-1850831032