My Favorite Games of the Decade (2010 - 2019)

Some of my favorite games of the decade (2010-2019). No particular ranked order.

Baba is You
Baba is You
what a good little friend
Beeswing
Beeswing
A game about death and dying in a small village in Scotland.
Butterfly Soup
Butterfly Soup
This is the game that I needed in 2017.
Caves of Qud
Caves of Qud
This might be my favorite game ever made. Definitely my favorite Rogue-like, at the very least.
Dark Souls
Dark Souls
Unshockingly, this game is on a best of decade list.
Hitman
Hitman
HITMAN finally feels like it's ascending. The recent games are the best the series has ever been, hands down.
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
I'm not sure how well it's narrative has aged, though it may have said something interesting in 2012, but the gameplay loop of this series is something that just satisfies me on a visceral level just... deep, deep in my gut.
Kentucky Route Zero
Kentucky Route Zero
An American tragedy for the ages.
Prey
Prey
It's a bit messy in spots, but this is the most home I've ever felt in a traditional immersive sim, easy.
Rain World
Rain World
Beautiful. Confusing. Nearly unplayable. I cannot stop thinking about this game.
Risk System
Risk System
This game is so incredibly slick that it has ruined every other shmup for me.
A Short Hike
A Short Hike
this game is actually flawless
Celeste
Celeste
Absolute love.
Chime
Chime
i love to place blocks
Copy Kitty
Copy Kitty
Dandara
Dandara
Super inventive and super clever Metroidvania.
Darkest Dungeon
Darkest Dungeon
Everything dies, baby, that's a fact. But maybe everything that dies someday comes back.
Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium
My sincere hope is that the future of games is heralded by Disco Elysium
Dota 2
Dota 2
its in my bones
Dustforce
Dustforce
Just scratches an itch, you know?
Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas
Name one other game that talks about Hegelian dialectics and also has Dave Foley pull a Miller's Crossing on you. Also, Chandler is in it and you can murder him
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Bennett Foddy is arguably the most important game designer of our generation. I was never able to fini
Gone Home
Gone Home
Everything I could say has probably been said before, so I'll just say that that Heavens to Betsy record is pretty damn good
Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight
i luv bug lore
Minecraft
Minecraft
underrated indie gem
Pyre
Pyre
Jeez... what a swell game. Wonderful characters, fantastic art, great music, difficult choices, and you get to play magic basketball.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
I have only allowed myself to say this on one of these games, so here it is: THIS GAME FUCKING SLAPS
Stellaris
Stellaris
This game changes every few months so I have no idea what it plays like now, but goddamn is this a good 4X.
Stephen's Sausage Roll
Stephen's Sausage Roll
The game that got me into sokoban.
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey
The best 3D Mario. Debate me.
Tangledeep
Tangledeep
Simply one of the finest traditional Rogue-likes out there. Wonderfully approachable and dynamic.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Hot take: this game is better than A Link to the Past.
We Know the Devil
We Know the Devil
Queer girls kill god
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun
I got 100% completion on this game and I refuse to ever play it again. Great game.
Below
Below
This game isn't "messy"; it's terrifyingly elegant.
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
A really interesting exploration of working class life in a fascinating and beautiful world.
Heat Signature
Heat Signature
A million ways to die in space
Infra Arcana
Infra Arcana
A really solid Traditional Rogue-like with some interesting mechanical structures in place.
Mount & Blade: Warband
Mount & Blade: Warband
A good game to listen to hip-hop during
Ori and the Blind Forest
Ori and the Blind Forest
A very good one of those
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Dragons hate anarchism
Spelunky
Spelunky
its the one where you save dogs
SpyParty
SpyParty
If I was James Bond, I would be dead
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
its pretty good
Undertale
Undertale
Sometimes things are popular because they are good
PUBG: Battlegrounds
PUBG: Battlegrounds
I haven't played it in at least a year, but the 6 months I had with it were a blast.

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