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That's a tricky question, but let's try-it
A D20, level based, high fantasy game, so let's say D&D/Pathfinder or one of the many clones
A prompt based, narrative immersive game with a lot of bleed potential let's say Alice is missing
A horror games, I would say Call of Chtulhu because it's the classic one, but also to show player a percent-based skill mechanic
Iron-sworn in GM-less mode, as it ticks both the narrative consequence driven game (PBTA) and the GM-less box
A sci-fi game, in order to get a recent design, and a sample of dice pool I would say Coriolis
Only 5 games is actually quite restrictive, especially to show different game type and mechanics. I am a bit annoyed that I didn't found any slot for Vampire/World-of-Darkness (considering how popular is the franchise) and that Iron sworn is the only PBTA (especially considering it's not the classical PBTA) I would also love to add a Cyberpunk game (Shadowrun or Red) as it's also a popular franchise, extend the D&D clones with OSR, and add Blade in the Dark considering it's massive influence on the recent RPG scene
Excellent list but Call of Cthulhu is tapping the same old vein of horror since the 80s and it doesn't carry the same weight. Delta Green is a very good update on the genre that has some really weird stuff to shock and amaze.
Indeed, I am old enough to remember the time when delta green was just a COC sourcebook but it's a great take on COC. There is also a couple of modernized Chtulhu games, let alone non mythos horror games (Kult 😍😍😍)