The best 60 of 3,474 games
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#1
Overwhelmingly positive · 96 % positive
Hollow Knight
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#2
Overwhelmingly positive · 97 % positive
Hades
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#3
Very positive · 91 % positive
Limbo
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#4
Very positive · 93 % positive
Ori and the Blind Forest
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#5
Overwhelmingly positive · 97 % positive
South Park: The Stick of Truth
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Emotional impact
Companions and relationships
Lots to discover
Boss fights as highlights
Post-apocalyptic setting
Turn-based combat
Emotional impact
Lots to discover
Shooting and gunplay
Puzzles and brain teasers
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Interconnected level design
A hand-drawn Metroidvania in a ruined insect kingdom full of secrets.
A hand-drawn Metroidvania in a ruined insect kingdom full of secrets.
Hollow Knight
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Runs that play out differently every time
Escape from the underworld as a roguelike with fast-paced combat and a story that grows with every run.
2 Hades
Escape from the underworld as a roguelike with fast-paced combat and a story that grows with every run.
Hades
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Dark, serious atmosphere
A wordless puzzle-platformer rendered in stark black and white, following a boy through a hostile shadow world full of deadly traps learned through trial and error. Its oppressive atmosphere and minimalist art make it a haunting, memorable experience.
3 Limbo
A wordless puzzle-platformer rendered in stark black and white, following a boy through a hostile shadow world full of deadly traps learned through trial and error. Its oppressive atmosphere and minimalist art make it a haunting, memorable experience.
Limbo
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Interconnected level design
A gorgeous hand-painted Metroidvania platformer with tight, demanding movement, tense escape sequences and a heartfelt tale of loss and hope. Its sweeping orchestral score makes the forest of Nibel unforgettable.
A gorgeous hand-painted Metroidvania platformer with tight, demanding movement, tense escape sequences and a heartfelt tale of loss and hope. Its sweeping orchestral score makes the forest of Nibel unforgettable.
Ori and the Blind Forest
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Lots of humour
A turn-based RPG that looks exactly like a playable South Park episode: as the new kid in town you join Cartman and friends in a backyard fantasy war that spirals wildly out of control. Timed attack inputs and crude, irreverent humor define the experience.
5 South Park: The Stick of Truth
A turn-based RPG that looks exactly like a playable South Park episode: as the new kid in town you join Cartman and friends in a backyard fantasy war that spirals wildly out of control. Timed attack inputs and crude, irreverent humor define the experience.
South Park: The Stick of Truth
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Emotional impact
A wordless, meditative pilgrimage across shimmering dunes toward a distant mountain, where you may meet anonymous strangers online and communicate only through chimes. Short, breathtakingly beautiful and carried by an award-winning score that hits hard emotionally.
6 Journey
A wordless, meditative pilgrimage across shimmering dunes toward a distant mountain, where you may meet anonymous strangers online and communicate only through chimes. Short, breathtakingly beautiful and carried by an award-winning score that hits hard emotionally.
Journey
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Companions and relationships
A supremely stylish JRPG where you balance daily school life and friendships in Tokyo with heists into the surreal Palaces of corrupt adults as the Phantom Thieves. Snappy turn-based combat, an iconic acid-jazz soundtrack and a long, gripping tale of rebellion set it apart.
A supremely stylish JRPG where you balance daily school life and friendships in Tokyo with heists into the surreal Palaces of corrupt adults as the Phantom Thieves. Snappy turn-based combat, an iconic acid-jazz soundtrack and a long, gripping tale of rebellion set it apart.
Persona 5
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Lots to discover
The sequel to Hollow Knight: faster, more acrobatic and even more demanding.
The sequel to Hollow Knight: faster, more acrobatic and even more demanding.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Boss fights as highlights
A brutally tough boss-rush shooter animated like a 1930s cartoon, where precise dodging, parrying and shooting decide every fight. A swinging big-band jazz score and local co-op round it out.
9 Cuphead
A brutally tough boss-rush shooter animated like a 1930s cartoon, where precise dodging, parrying and shooting decide every fight. A swinging big-band jazz score and local co-op round it out.
Cuphead
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Post-apocalyptic setting
An isometric action RPG where a gravelly narrator reacts to everything you do as you mix weapons and rebuild a refuge in a gorgeous hand-painted, shattered world. Its soundtrack and poignant ending choices make it unforgettable.
10 Bastion
An isometric action RPG where a gravelly narrator reacts to everything you do as you mix weapons and rebuild a refuge in a gorgeous hand-painted, shattered world. Its soundtrack and poignant ending choices make it unforgettable.
Bastion
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Turn-based combat
High-school life in Tokyo meets dungeon crawling: stylish turn-based battles, time management and a long, gripping story.
High-school life in Tokyo meets dungeon crawling: stylish turn-based battles, time management and a long, gripping story.
Persona 5 Royal
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Emotional impact
A poetic platformer about grief, almost wordless and with a watercolour look.
12 Gris
A poetic platformer about grief, almost wordless and with a watercolour look.
Gris
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Lots to discover
A gorgeous Metroidvania with fluid movement and an emotional story.
13 Ori and the Will of the Wisps
A gorgeous Metroidvania with fluid movement and an emotional story.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
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Shooting and gunplay
A shooter where time only moves when you do, turning every gunfight into a choreographed tactical puzzle. Its stark red-and-white look and unsettling meta narrative make it unforgettable.
14 SuperHot
A shooter where time only moves when you do, turning every gunfight into a choreographed tactical puzzle. Its stark red-and-white look and unsettling meta narrative make it unforgettable.
SuperHot
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Puzzles and brain teasers
As an insurance investigator, you use a magical pocket watch to relive the final moments of a ghost ship's crew and deduce the identity and fate of every sailor. Its striking 1-bit visuals and brilliant deduction design make it a one-of-a-kind detective game.
As an insurance investigator, you use a magical pocket watch to relive the final moments of a ghost ship's crew and deduce the identity and fate of every sailor. Its striking 1-bit visuals and brilliant deduction design make it a one-of-a-kind detective game.
Return of the Obra Dinn
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Strong soundtrack
A gorgeous sci-fi action RPG in which the singer Red wanders the city of Cloudbank with a talking sword, blending real-time fights with a pausable planning mode. Freely combinable Functions allow creative builds, and a melancholic soundtrack defines the whole experience.
16 Transistor
A gorgeous sci-fi action RPG in which the singer Red wanders the city of Cloudbank with a talking sword, blending real-time fights with a pausable planning mode. Freely combinable Functions allow creative builds, and a melancholic soundtrack defines the whole experience.
Transistor
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Pixel art
A serene pixel-art platformer where rotating a flat-looking world reveals hidden paths through a third dimension. Beneath its calm surface lie cryptic ciphers and deep secrets that reward obsessive puzzle-solving.
17 Fez
A serene pixel-art platformer where rotating a flat-looking world reveals hidden paths through a third dimension. Beneath its calm surface lie cryptic ciphers and deep secrets that reward obsessive puzzle-solving.
Fez
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Emotional impact
A moving puzzle adventure in a hand-drawn comic style that follows four lives and a loyal dog through the horrors of World War I. Alongside its puzzles, it weaves in real history and hits hard with quiet, tragic moments.
18 Valiant Hearts: The Great War
A moving puzzle adventure in a hand-drawn comic style that follows four lives and a loyal dog through the horrors of World War I. Alongside its puzzles, it weaves in real history and hits hard with quiet, tragic moments.
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
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Puzzles and brain teasers
A wordless point-and-click adventure following a tiny robot through a gorgeously hand-drawn, rusty machine city, packed with clever puzzles and charming pictogram storytelling. Floex's atmospheric soundtrack makes it a calm, whimsical work of art.
19 Machinarium
A wordless point-and-click adventure following a tiny robot through a gorgeously hand-drawn, rusty machine city, packed with clever puzzles and charming pictogram storytelling. Floex's atmospheric soundtrack makes it a calm, whimsical work of art.
Machinarium
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Lots of humour
A quirky 3D platformer where a young psychic dives into the minds of eccentric characters, each one a wildly inventive level. Sharp humor, distinctive art and surprisingly heartfelt themes about mental struggles make it a cult classic.
20 Psychonauts
A quirky 3D platformer where a young psychic dives into the minds of eccentric characters, each one a wildly inventive level. Sharp humor, distinctive art and surprisingly heartfelt themes about mental struggles make it a cult classic.
Psychonauts
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Jumping and platforming
A gorgeously hand-drawn 2D platformer bursting with zany humor, tight jumping challenges and frantic treasure-chase levels, playable with up to four friends in chaotic local co-op. It gets seriously demanding in its later stages.
A gorgeously hand-drawn 2D platformer bursting with zany humor, tight jumping challenges and frantic treasure-chase levels, playable with up to four friends in chaotic local co-op. It gets seriously demanding in its later stages.
Rayman Origins
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Turn-based combat
A fairy-tale RPG with hand-drawn visuals and a timeline-based battle system.
A fairy-tale RPG with hand-drawn visuals and a timeline-based battle system.
Child of Light
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Resources and survival
A merciless survival game with a gothic, Tim Burton-esque hand-drawn style, where you scavenge, craft and fend off hunger, insanity and monsters in a procedurally generated wilderness. Death is permanent, but every run teaches you something new.
23 Don't Starve
A merciless survival game with a gothic, Tim Burton-esque hand-drawn style, where you scavenge, craft and fend off hunger, insanity and monsters in a procedurally generated wilderness. Death is permanent, but every run teaches you something new.
Don't Starve
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Puzzles and brain teasers
A film-noir adventure through a Day-of-the-Dead-inspired afterlife, following skeletal travel agent Manny Calavera as he unravels a conspiracy across four years. Sharp, witty writing, a swinging jazz score and tricky, sometimes obtuse puzzles make it a genre classic.
A film-noir adventure through a Day-of-the-Dead-inspired afterlife, following skeletal travel agent Manny Calavera as he unravels a conspiracy across four years. Sharp, witty writing, a swinging jazz score and tricky, sometimes obtuse puzzles make it a genre classic.
Grim Fandango
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Shooting and gunplay
A fast-paced first-person shooter styled after 1930s black-and-white rubber hose cartoons, casting you as mouse detective Jack Pepper in a noir city. Its hand-drawn animation and jazzy score give it a one-of-a-kind identity.
A fast-paced first-person shooter styled after 1930s black-and-white rubber hose cartoons, casting you as mouse detective Jack Pepper in a noir city. Its hand-drawn animation and jazzy score give it a one-of-a-kind identity.
Mouse: P.I. For Hire
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Co-op or multiplayer
A chaotic, hilarious cartoon brawler best enjoyed with up to four friends on the couch. Light RPG hooks like leveling, weapons and animal orbs keep you coming back between its absurd boss fights.
A chaotic, hilarious cartoon brawler best enjoyed with up to four friends on the couch. Light RPG hooks like leveling, weapons and animal orbs keep you coming back between its absurd boss fights.
Castle Crashers
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Puzzles and brain teasers
A physics-based construction puzzler where you build wobbly towers and bridges out of living goo balls to guide them to an exit pipe. Its quirky, darkly funny Burton-esque style, satirical tale about consumerism and technology, and wonderful soundtrack make it a modern indie classic.
27 World of Goo
A physics-based construction puzzler where you build wobbly towers and bridges out of living goo balls to guide them to an exit pipe. Its quirky, darkly funny Burton-esque style, satirical tale about consumerism and technology, and wonderful soundtrack make it a modern indie classic.
World of Goo
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Dark, serious atmosphere
A grim hack-and-slash platformer that turns Wonderland into a twisted reflection of Alice's shattered mind. Its grotesquely beautiful art direction and haunting story about her family's death make every realm memorable.
A grim hack-and-slash platformer that turns Wonderland into a twisted reflection of Alice's shattered mind. Its grotesquely beautiful art direction and haunting story about her family's death make every realm memorable.
Alice: Madness Returns
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Puzzles and brain teasers
A classic point-and-click adventure where Guybrush Threepwood tackles absurd puzzles, insult swordfighting and razor-sharp jokes to break LeChuck's curse. Its gorgeous hand-drawn cartoon art and excellent voice acting make it a genre highlight.
A classic point-and-click adventure where Guybrush Threepwood tackles absurd puzzles, insult swordfighting and razor-sharp jokes to break LeChuck's curse. Its gorgeous hand-drawn cartoon art and excellent voice acting make it a genre highlight.
The Curse of Monkey Island
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Pixel art
A brutal Metroidvania in gorgeous pixel art that twists Spanish Catholic iconography into a nightmarish world of guilt and penance. Tight parries, gory executions and plenty of hidden secrets define the Penitent One's journey.
30 Blasphemous
A brutal Metroidvania in gorgeous pixel art that twists Spanish Catholic iconography into a nightmarish world of guilt and penance. Tight parries, gory executions and plenty of hidden secrets define the Penitent One's journey.
Blasphemous
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Jumping and platforming
An inventive 3D platformer where young psychic agent Raz dives into other characters' minds. Each mental world is a wildly imaginative level that tackles anxieties and trauma with plenty of humor and heart.
An inventive 3D platformer where young psychic agent Raz dives into other characters' minds. Each mental world is a wildly imaginative level that tackles anxieties and trauma with plenty of humor and heart.
Psychonauts 2
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Open world
The definitive sandbox: mine, craft, survive the nights and build anything you can imagine in an endless procedurally generated block world, solo or with friends on servers. The Java Edition adds a massive modding community on top.
The definitive sandbox: mine, craft, survive the nights and build anything you can imagine in an endless procedurally generated block world, solo or with friends on servers. The Java Edition adds a massive modding community on top.
Minecraft: Java Edition
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Strong, story-driven narrative
As college dropout Mae, you return to your decaying hometown, hang out with old friends and stumble onto something sinister in the woods. Sharp, funny writing, gorgeous flat-colored art and an honest look at depression and a dying town make it stand out.
As college dropout Mae, you return to your decaying hometown, hang out with old friends and stumble onto something sinister in the woods. Sharp, funny writing, gorgeous flat-colored art and an honest look at depression and a dying town make it stand out.
Night in the Woods
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Emotional impact
A linear action-adventure through the American Deep South where Hazel, a Weaver, battles folklore creatures and mends the broken stories of haunted souls. Its stop-motion-inspired look and soulful Southern soundtrack make it stand out.
A linear action-adventure through the American Deep South where Hazel, a Weaver, battles folklore creatures and mends the broken stories of haunted souls. Its stop-motion-inspired look and soulful Southern soundtrack make it stand out.
South of Midnight
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Turn-based combat
A bleak Viking saga with gorgeous hand-drawn art, where you lead a caravan through a dying world. Turn-based tactical battles alternate with tough decisions that can cost supplies, morale and even the lives of your companions.
A bleak Viking saga with gorgeous hand-drawn art, where you lead a caravan through a dying world. Turn-based tactical battles alternate with tough decisions that can cost supplies, morale and even the lives of your companions.
The Banner Saga
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Pixel art
A charming indie RPG where every fight can be resolved without violence, blending turn-based menus with bullet-hell dodging. Its quirky humor, memorable monsters and a story that remembers your choices made it a cult classic.
36 Undertale
A charming indie RPG where every fight can be resolved without violence, blending turn-based menus with bullet-hell dodging. Its quirky humor, memorable monsters and a story that remembers your choices made it a cult classic.
Undertale
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Lots to discover
A playful 3D platformer where Mario uses his living hat Cappy to possess enemies and objects while scouring varied, secret-packed kingdoms for Power Moons. Nearly every corner rewards curiosity with a fresh surprise.
A playful 3D platformer where Mario uses his living hat Cappy to possess enemies and objects while scouring varied, secret-packed kingdoms for Power Moons. Nearly every corner rewards curiosity with a fresh surprise.
Super Mario Odyssey
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Loot and gear
A loud, cel-shaded loot shooter packed with countless randomly generated guns, irreverent humor and one of gaming's most memorable villains, Handsome Jack. It shines brightest as a chaotic four-player co-op hunt for ever better loot.
A loud, cel-shaded loot shooter packed with countless randomly generated guns, irreverent humor and one of gaming's most memorable villains, Handsome Jack. It shines brightest as a chaotic four-player co-op hunt for ever better loot.
Borderlands 2
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Pixel art
A wordless, gorgeous pixel-art adventure built on lightning-fast dash combat and exploring a ruined, mysterious world full of hidden paths. Its atmosphere and Disasterpeace soundtrack tell a melancholic story without a single line of dialogue.
A wordless, gorgeous pixel-art adventure built on lightning-fast dash combat and exploring a ruined, mysterious world full of hidden paths. Its atmosphere and Disasterpeace soundtrack tell a melancholic story without a single line of dialogue.
Hyper Light Drifter
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Dark, serious atmosphere
A wordless, oppressive puzzle-platformer in which a boy slips through a bleak dystopia, controlling bodies with his mind along the way. Masterful atmosphere and a disturbing finale make it unforgettable.
40 Inside
A wordless, oppressive puzzle-platformer in which a boy slips through a bleak dystopia, controlling bodies with his mind along the way. Masterful atmosphere and a disturbing finale make it unforgettable.
Inside
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Runs that play out differently every time
As a possessed lamb you found your own cult, managing a village of adorable woodland followers between fast roguelike dungeon runs. Its charm comes from the clash of cute visuals and gleefully macabre humor.
As a possessed lamb you found your own cult, managing a village of adorable woodland followers between fast roguelike dungeon runs. Its charm comes from the clash of cute visuals and gleefully macabre humor.
Cult of the Lamb
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Action-packed real-time combat
A blazing 3v3 tag-team fighter from Arc System Works that looks like a playable anime episode, pairing approachable controls with deep competitive play.
A blazing 3v3 tag-team fighter from Arc System Works that looks like a playable anime episode, pairing approachable controls with deep competitive play.
Dragon Ball FighterZ
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Action-packed real-time combat
A 4v4 tag-team fighter from Arc System Works that throws Marvel heroes and villains together in striking anime-style visuals. Fast, accessible team-swapping combat is the focus, especially in head-to-head online play.
43 Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
A 4v4 tag-team fighter from Arc System Works that throws Marvel heroes and villains together in striking anime-style visuals. Fast, accessible team-swapping combat is the focus, especially in head-to-head online play.
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
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Strong, story-driven narrative
A garishly stylish murder-mystery visual novel where you investigate killings and expose lies in frantic class trials full of mini-games. Pitch-black humor, shocking twists and a finale that questions the entire series make it unforgettable.
44 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
A garishly stylish murder-mystery visual novel where you investigate killings and expose lies in frantic class trials full of mini-games. Pitch-black humor, shocking twists and a finale that questions the entire series make it unforgettable.
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
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Sci-fi setting
A wild Suda51 action game where you play a resurrected FBI Space-Time agent, mixing sword combat and gunplay while hunting fugitives across alternate realities. The style is loud, absurd and bloody.
A wild Suda51 action game where you play a resurrected FBI Space-Time agent, mixing sword combat and gunplay while hunting fugitives across alternate realities. The style is loud, absurd and bloody.
Romeo is a Dead Man
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Cosy, great for unwinding
A surreal puzzle adventure from Double Fine where you play an awakened lighthouse wandering a dreamlike, bizarre world alongside a seabird, using your light to transform your surroundings. Wordless, whimsical and visually striking.
46 Keeper
A surreal puzzle adventure from Double Fine where you play an awakened lighthouse wandering a dreamlike, bizarre world alongside a seabird, using your light to transform your surroundings. Wordless, whimsical and visually striking.
Keeper
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Co-op or multiplayer
A vibrant Nintendo team shooter where Inklings cover the map in ink and swim through it as squids. It stands out with a unique style, fast matches, and a charming single-player campaign and co-op mode.
47 Splatoon 2
A vibrant Nintendo team shooter where Inklings cover the map in ink and swim through it as squids. It stands out with a unique style, fast matches, and a charming single-player campaign and co-op mode.
Splatoon 2
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Fantasy setting
A first-person dark fantasy adventure set in a handcrafted, stop-motion-like world. Alongside the lantern creature Potboy you solve environmental puzzles and evade threats while experiencing five interwoven tales.
A first-person dark fantasy adventure set in a handcrafted, stop-motion-like world. Alongside the lantern creature Potboy you solve environmental puzzles and evade threats while experiencing five interwoven tales.
The Midnight Walk
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Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
A vibrant action game where combat, environments and animations all move to the beat. You play aspiring rockstar Chai, taking on a robotics megacorp with humor and rhythm-driven brawling.
49 Hi-Fi Rush
A vibrant action game where combat, environments and animations all move to the beat. You play aspiring rockstar Chai, taking on a robotics megacorp with humor and rhythm-driven brawling.
Hi-Fi Rush
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A party of several characters
A fantasy RPG from the Persona team with stylish presentation and tactical turn-based combat.
A fantasy RPG from the Persona team with stylish presentation and tactical turn-based combat.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
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Choices with consequences
A detective RPG without combat, but with brilliant dialogue and a deeply conflicted protagonist.
A detective RPG without combat, but with brilliant dialogue and a deeply conflicted protagonist.
Disco Elysium
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Pixel art
A brutally fast top-down shooter where one hit kills and every floor is mastered through rapid trial, error and instant restarts. Its neon visuals, pulsing synthwave soundtrack and unsettling, surreal story about violence make it unforgettable.
A brutally fast top-down shooter where one hit kills and every floor is mastered through rapid trial, error and instant restarts. Its neon visuals, pulsing synthwave soundtrack and unsettling, surreal story about violence make it unforgettable.
Hotline Miami
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Strong, story-driven narrative
A moody noir murder mystery where you play Bigby Wolf, the reformed Big Bad Wolf turned sheriff, investigating killings among fairy-tale exiles in grimy New York. Your dialogue choices decide whether you're feared or trusted, all wrapped in a striking neon comic-book style.
A moody noir murder mystery where you play Bigby Wolf, the reformed Big Bad Wolf turned sheriff, investigating killings among fairy-tale exiles in grimy New York. Your dialogue choices decide whether you're feared or trusted, all wrapped in a striking neon comic-book style.
The Wolf Among Us
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Strong, story-driven narrative
An intimate first-person narrative adventure in the Wyoming wilderness, built around witty, heartfelt radio conversations between Henry and Delilah. Its painterly look and a slowly creeping mystery make it memorable.
54 Firewatch
An intimate first-person narrative adventure in the Wyoming wilderness, built around witty, heartfelt radio conversations between Henry and Delilah. Its painterly look and a slowly creeping mystery make it memorable.
Firewatch
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Puzzles and brain teasers
Gorogoa is a short, hand-drawn puzzle game where you stack, zoom and shift illustrated panels to uncover hidden connections. Its wordless tale of longing and a life's journey unfolds entirely through this inventive mechanic.
55 Gorogoa
Gorogoa is a short, hand-drawn puzzle game where you stack, zoom and shift illustrated panels to uncover hidden connections. Its wordless tale of longing and a life's journey unfolds entirely through this inventive mechanic.
Gorogoa
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Turn-based combat
Eight travelers, each with their own story and path action, roam a fantasy world rendered in the striking HD-2D blend of pixel sprites and 3D dioramas. The Boost-and-Break system makes its turn-based battles surprisingly tactical.
Eight travelers, each with their own story and path action, roam a fantasy world rendered in the striking HD-2D blend of pixel sprites and 3D dioramas. The Boost-and-Break system makes its turn-based battles surprisingly tactical.
Octopath Traveler
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Turn-based combat
Turn-based RPG with real-time parrying and dodging, set in a melancholic Belle Époque–inspired fantasy world.
57 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Turn-based RPG with real-time parrying and dodging, set in a melancholic Belle Époque–inspired fantasy world.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Loot and gear
The cel-shaded looter shooter that started it all, sending you across the lawless wasteland of Pandora to collect a seemingly endless stream of procedurally generated guns. Its irreverent humor and four-player co-op make it a classic loot grind.
58 Borderlands
The cel-shaded looter shooter that started it all, sending you across the lawless wasteland of Pandora to collect a seemingly endless stream of procedurally generated guns. Its irreverent humor and four-player co-op make it a classic loot grind.
Borderlands
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Co-op or multiplayer
A free-to-play battle royale with a bright cartoon look, where fast gunfights and optional building decide who survives. Constant new seasons, live events and a huge library of player-made modes keep it fresh.
59 Fortnite
A free-to-play battle royale with a bright cartoon look, where fast gunfights and optional building decide who survives. Constant new seasons, live events and a huge library of player-made modes keep it fresh.
Fortnite
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Jumping and platforming
Fast first-person parkour across the rooftops of a sterile, surveilled city, where momentum and flow matter far more than fighting. Its striking white-and-primary-color look and focus on finding the fastest route make it a cult favorite for speedrunners.
Fast first-person parkour across the rooftops of a sterile, surveilled city, where momentum and flow matter far more than fighting. Its striking white-and-primary-color look and focus on finding the fastest route make it a cult favorite for speedrunners.
Mirror's Edge
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A distinctive art style does more than look nice in screenshots. It sets the mood, makes worlds easy to read and often tells you what kind of experience you are in for before you press a button. The games on this list range from hand-drawn and painterly to stark, cartoonish or comic-like, and many of them pair that look with a soundtrack that matters just as much.
Looks can be deceiving, so check what sits underneath. Cuphead's charming 1930s cartoon animation hides a brutally tough boss-rush shooter, and Hollow Knight's quiet, hand-drawn insect kingdom comes with demanding combat and a lot of exploration. If you want something calmer, Journey is a short, wordless trip across shimmering dunes where you may meet strangers online. Limbo uses stark black and white to create a haunting puzzle-platformer built on trial and error.
Think about how much time you have and who you play with. Persona 5 Royal is a long JRPG whose bold, stylish menus and visuals carry you through school life and heists in Tokyo. Rayman Legends is the pick for groups, with chaotic four-player co-op and rhythm levels set to music. South Park: The Stick of Truth looks exactly like an episode of the show, but its humor is crude, so it suits players who already enjoy that tone.
Journey is a short, meditative experience without much challenge, and Bastion and Hades focus on story and stylish combat rather than punishing difficulty. Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silksong and Cuphead are tagged as difficult, so expect a real test there.
Cuphead offers local co-op for its tough boss fights, and Rayman Legends supports chaotic four-player co-op in its hand-drawn levels. Journey also lets you travel with anonymous strangers online, though you can only communicate through chimes.
Both share the same striking style and story of the Phantom Thieves, but Persona 5 is listed only on PlayStation, while Persona 5 Royal is available on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Royal is the newer version, so it is usually the easier one to pick up.
Give us a few favourite games and we’ll work out what really suits you. Not what everyone else is playing.
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