- Tacoma (“walking simulator” by Fullbright (who made “Gone Home”))
- Zero Time Dilemma series (weird time travel visual novel + escape room puzzles)
- Iconoclasts (metroidvania with strong puzzle focus
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm (I thought I didn’t want to go back, but turns out, I did :))
- Q.U.B.E and Q.U.B.E. 2 (first-person 3D puzzle games)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (“walking simulator”)
- Undertale (RPG by Toby Fox with an unusual battle system, good story and great music)
- Yakuza 0 (prequel to the Yakuza series, good entry-point, and probably the best game in the series)
- God of War (2018)
- Monster Hunter World (still a bit obtuse, but the loop worked for me until the “now for the same monsters, but harder” part – which was 40-ish hours in)
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (base D2 was a bit of a disappointment, but Forsaken managed another “Taken King” turn-around)
- Celeste (excellent platformer, hard but fair (and teaches what you need to be able to do), great music, and interesting story)
- ASTRO Bot Rescue Mission (charming VR platformer)
- Marvel’s Spider Man (a bit repetitive, but ultimately OK)EXAPUNKS
- 7 Billion Humans (sequel to Human Resource Machine, visual programming puzzle)
Some Game recommendations from 2018
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