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.
Invisigun Reloaded
With its relaunch as Reloaded, Invisigun deserves more recognition than ever.
Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! Reignited
Of the three Insomniac Spyro games, Ripto’s Rage needed a remake the least but benefits from it the most.
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.
DOOM Eternal
DOOM 2016 could once claim to be my favourite game in its venerable series, but it’s now going to have to share that spot with Eternal.
Mega Man Network Transmission
Network Transmission is a thoroughly bland title with intermittent difficulty spikes that halt whatever momentum it can gather.
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.
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
Mario + Rabbids is a totally unexpected title made by a team that’s clearly inexperienced in its genre, but it’s so much better than it has any right to be.
World War Z
As obvious copycats go, this one’s reasonably worthwhile.