It is challenging no doubt, but it appeals to me because it is so bleak. Misery is a love it or hate it kinda thing. The last time I played would have been around 2013, and I was playing Misery 2.0.
I played the Metro games again, and once done still had my post-apocalyptic groove on, so decided to look into getting Stalker back up and running. Recently I wanted to get back in to Stalker.