With a sole focus on your character, and the new city building aspect combined with series pillars, Octopath Traveler 0 feels fresh and familiar.

Usually when a game is in development for as long as Routine was, the result is at worst abandonware and at best a highly dated experience. Not only does Routine exist, but it’s one of the best games of the year

With a massive infusion of modern gameplay, Marvel Cosmic Invasion has the depth needed to strike a perfect balance between nostalgia and modernity in one of the best beat em ups of the year.

In the same vein of Vampire Survivors and Balatro, there is a good chance that Monsters Are Coming! Rock and Road could become your next obsession.

Possessors is a metroidvania created by Heart Machine, which in theory, should pair together perfectly, but the combination somehow fails to formulate into anything more than just the sum of its parts.

What do you get when you give Lumines the Tetris Effect treatment? Another great game by Enhance Experience that will transcend you to flow states.

It’s not the best foot forward for the first Pokemon entry on Switch 2, but if you’ve always wanted to get into the series, Pokemon Legends ZA is a good place to start.

With an HD treatment, many small changes and full voice acting throughout, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice is as good, if not better than the experience has ever been.