Original Release Year

By Year

Grouped by original release year, with every entry recommended.

2020

Not scored out of five. These are recommendation tiers.

Not scored out of five.

2020 Switch

A beautifully tuned action roguelike that makes repetition feel dramatic.

Not scored out of five. These are recommendation tiers.

Not scored out of five.

2019 Switch

A compact, warm adventure with an unusually light touch.

Highest rating: ★★★

2019 PC

A literary role-playing game with an unforgettable interior life.

Highest rating: ★★★

2019 PC

A rare game where knowledge is the real progression system.

Not scored out of five. These are recommendation tiers.

Not scored out of five.

2018 Switch

A generous, exacting platformer about persistence without punishment.

Not scored out of five. These are recommendation tiers.

Highest rating: ★★★

2007 PC

A perfect puzzle object: elegant, funny, and still almost impossibly clean.

Not scored out of five. These are recommendation tiers.

Highest rating: ★★★

2001 PS5

A prophetic, strange, genre-defining work about control, identity, and digital life.