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1. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
2. The Last of Us Part II
3. Doom Eternal
4. Resident Evil 3
5. Marvel’s Avengers
6. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
8. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
9. Maneater
10. Dreams
11. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
12. Little Hope
13. Superhot: Mind Control Delete
14. Predator: Hunting Grounds
15. NHL 94 REWIND
16. Super Mario Bros. 35
17. Moving Out
18. Twin Breaker: A Sacred Symbols Adventure
19. Rocket Arena
20. Resident Evil Resistance
21. Bleeding Edge

Generally I have excluded ports or remastered games from my lists, but Resident Evil 2 is a complete overhaul on every level and changed enough to count as a new game in my book.

1. Death Stranding
2. Control
3. Resident Evil 2
4. Luigi’s Mansion 3
5. Mortal Kombat 11
6. Tetris 99
7. STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
8. Super Mario Maker 2
9. Man of Medan
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
11. Apex Legends
12. Blair Witch
13. My Friend Pedro
14. The Blackout Club
15. The Walking Dead: The Final Season
16. Trials Rising
17. One Night Stand

This is strictly my personal ranking and is obviously highly subjective. Games will be added as they are beaten or as they are played enough for me to have formed a concrete opinion of them. Remastered games or ports are excluded from the year’s rankings, only true new releases are counted. Typically I would not take a hard look at a mobile game, but Florence was a rare exception this year.

1. Marvel’s Spider-Man
2. Red Dead Redemption 2
3. Guacamelee! 2
4. God of War
5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
6. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
7. Far Cry 5
8. A Way Out
9. Forza Horizon 4
10. Detroit: Become Human
11. Overcooked 2
12. Florence
13. Donut County
14. Dead Cells
15. Mario Tennis Aces
16. Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
17. Celeste
18. State of Decay 2
19. Fallout 76
20. Sea of Thieves
21. Pokémon Quest

For this initial list, I have decided to exclude remastered games or ports, so games such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will not be counted on my list for the year. Games will be added as they are beaten or as they are played at least enough for me to have a solid opinion. If I quickly decide a game is not for me and I stop playing it, chances are I will just leave it off my list.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Horizon: Zero Dawn
3. Injustice 2
4. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
5. What Remains of Edith Finch
6. Night in the Woods
7. Friday the 13th: The Game
8. Life is Strange: Before the Storm
9. Super Mario Odyssey
10. Star Wars Battlefront II
11. South Park: The Fractured But Whole
12. Call of Duty: WWII
13. Snipperclips
14. Hidden Agenda
15. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
16. Everybody’s Golf
17. Madden 18
18. The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
19. 1-2-Switch
20. Mr. Shifty
21. Tacoma
22. NHL 18
23. Blackwood Crossing
24. Frisky Business
25. Leaving Lyndow