1 Breakout 13

2 Elden Ring Nightreign

3 Chants of Sennaar

4 DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods

5 Peak

6 Cipher Zero

7 Monster Hunter Wilds

8 Split Fiction

9 Space for the Unbound

10 R.E.P.O.

Sorry I missed these I swear I'll play in 2026:
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Dispatch
Silent Hill f
Arc Raiders
Citizen Sleeper 2

HMs:
Unravel 2
Blue Prince
Granblue Fantasy Vs: Rising
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
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Indeed, I also played games in 2025:

1 Metaphor: ReFantazio
A truly wonderful combination of writing, character design, gameplay mechanics, and a little Atlus magic. Fantasy is very much alive.

2 Persona 5 Royal
The only sensible thing to do after spending 2 weeks in Japan is to spend the next 6 months in virtual Japan.

3 Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree
Once again, FromSoft proves to me that I am terrible at video games.

4 Helldivers 2
Join up today and let us spread managed democracy throughout the galaxy!

5 Balatro
I like watching the numbers get bigger.

6 Orcs Must Die 3
Kinda makes you feel bad for the orcs. Except, not really.

7 The Exit 8
Nothing quite like gaslighting yourself for an hour in a Japanese subway tunnel.

8 The Forgotten City
Spent 30% of my time solving mysteries and 70% of my time zip lining.

9 Cocoon
Yo dawg, I herd you like spheres, so I put a sphere in your sphere so you can carry spheres while you carry spheres.

10 Detention
Maybe the real friends were the ghosts we met along the way.

Honorable mentions:
Manifold Garden
Ensemble Stars Music
Scrabble
Granblue Fantasy Relink
Windblown
Long Gone Days
Clickolding
Marvel Rivals

My favorite games I played in 2024: