I prefer to play games alone and then talk about them with others. (That's actually why I started posting on this forum.) Unfortunately, there aren't that many people into the ancient RPGs that I happen to enjoy.

One memory I have is of playing Secret of Mana (which is not an RPG, by the way) with a friend. I would play as the girl, my friend would be the sprite, and neither of us wanted to be the boy. Of course, one issue is that it can get annoying when the other player pauses the game, and pausing the game is necessary in order to cast spells.

I usually listen to podcasts or have some kind of Youtube video or Twitch stream running in the background when I'm playing games, it's an old habit. I don't feel particularly lonely playing a game by myself.
The kind of games I play are very much ideal for simultaneously listening to podcasts and such.

The few times I play triple-a games, especially action games, the immersion of the game doesn't leave any opportunities to feel lonely, as I get really 'into' the game. For example, playing GTA 5 and Mad Max.

It's funny though, growing up I would rarely play a game by myself, now it's the reverse.

Every second week or so I still meet with an old friend and my older brother to cook and play games.

However, we don't like the same kind of games. Whereas I am all about racing games, Indie games and old games, they are mainly into AAA games and mmo's.
So I always end up playing games I normally would not, like Bloodborne, Destiny, Bioshock Infinite and Fallout 4.

I'm lucky to have a very good friend overseas that I play with, on average, once every two weeks. We tend to pick a game and then finish it in 5-7 hour weekend sessions. We've already finished magicka, neverwinter nights original campaign, terraria, and have now started with satellite reign's coop.

Rest of the time I prefer to play by myself, though I would like to start playing a rts online again. Perhaps I'll jump in again when DoW3 releases. I used to play Dark Crusade a lot, at least until Soulstorm came out and kind of ruined the game for me.

Zeeaire - there is a sticky thread subject I toy with and observe, with pelaaja.fi -a journalistic source deserving of their press cards, as Finnish press mostly does, regardless of specialisation: "seeking co-gamers."

I have thought, seriously: I would love to co-play Divinity Original Sin - only, I am not very good with turn-based combat.

I have thought, fancifully, about ME3 war assets.

I had the same thing with my bro - us gaming together in our tender childhood was glorious and paved way to Baldur's Gate for me, and it seems, Nethack for him.

I suspect you are just missing the common hobby - bit selfishly, eh - when you should (I think) delight that someone you love has come to love. There must be an equivalent to find co-gamers.

Haha... made me chuckle, thanks I needed that after reading this thread (pretty depressing). I play pc games alone most of the time by choice, it is my time to try and unwind from the stresses of work and life.

I do play split-screen multiplayer console games with my children every weekend, however. When I was younger I tried playing online multiplayer games, however; I quickly learned (for me) it was not fun dealing with the people that work to ruin a game instead of work together as intended.