Firewatch
Firewatch will appeal to anyone looking for a second dose of Gone Home’s magic or a less experimental, more meaningful version of Dear Esther.
Owlboy
For a few hours, Owlboy made me feel like a kid again without explicitly copying older titles, and that’s worth a lot to me.
This War of Mine: The Little Ones
With The Little Ones, This War of Mine’s video game role reversal is more brilliant than ever, but the expansion on its own is rather underwhelming.
Steep
Steep is worth playing just for the experimental mix of atmosphere and athletics.
Drawful 2
Drawful 2 forms a rift in my mind between the part that instinctively derides expansion pack sequels and the part that enjoys Drawful and its expansion pack sequel.
Layers of Fear
In Layers of Fear, Bloober Team just mash together well-made horror setpieces without sense or rhythm.
Wuppo: Definitive Edition
The best thing about Wuppo is that I have no idea how to classify it.
Learn Japanese to Survive! Hiragana Battle
An educational game is supposed to make learning more exciting, not less.
20XX
There’s actually more to 20XX than just its combination of IPs, but the mixture is highly unstable, so don’t expect a disciplined experience.
Enter the Gungeon
This is one of the most purely entertaining games I’ve ever played.