Have you ever read or watched ANY horror before?

I unironically upvoted this post only because you had such a moronic take against it.

Seems like a sus headline but if true, people would rather run Windows 7 than a current Linux distro? WTF

Macabre Stardew Valley is the game I didn’t know I was looking for. Thanks!

Another vote for Bazzite, or really any of the Universal Blue images. There is no other distro out that is as full-featured and bulletproof for Linux newbies. Since gaming is important to you, Bazzite is almost certainly the best choice. It comes in both Gnome and KDE flavors. KDE will feel more familiar coming from Windows.