Steam Replay is out, so what game did you have the most fun experiencing this year?
Animal Well, UFO 50, and Balatro in that order.
Haven’t really found anything particularly interesting from this year, so I’ve been playing mostly older games: my favorites were probably Trails from Zero/Azure and Chrono Trigger.
Some games I’m mixed on were Final Fantasy XIV and Metaphor ReFantazio. Both of them have parts I really enjoy, but also feel like they never reach the heights they could, both in gameplay and writing.
Balatro
Its not even a contest. The time I spent playing a rogue like poker is higher than most other games combined.
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Same.
I’d been starting to get into it when the Android release dropped and then I was cooked. Now between Steam/Android I’ve always got a run going somewhere.
If you realise the RNG is really ridiculous at higher difficulties than you can stop
Age of Mythology: Retold. By far. It only came out in September and already it’s my 7th most-played Steam game of all time.
It was never in contention for the goty, by frankly I’m disappointed that it didn’t win its own category at least, because it is just so good. It delivers so perfectly on what it promised. It’s a remake that feels like how your nostalgia remembers the OG game, adding in excellent modern polish and exciting gameplay while keeping the core of what made the 2002 game so great.
More of a visual novel, but I had an amazing time with it. I cried. It was beautiful. I’ve been learning the piano since I finished it.
Go in completely blind if you do decide to play it!
Sekiro. Played it a few months ago and I still think about it all the time. Amazing.
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I think the game I’ve probably had the most fun with throughout the year and not including games I’ve recently gotten over the past month or two would have to be a 3 way tie between Balatro, Peglin, and Backpack Heroes. Balatro barely hangs on there, though, do to the boredom of playing it for long enough it’s starting to get a little boring.
THE FINALS
Rather advanced gameplay, extremely fast-paced and chaotic, quite heavy to run, even with most of it running on servers.
But damn when it was first released a year ago, I instantly got hooked from the vibes and then stayed for the breath of fresh air in the FPS genre. The description above also happens to match really well with my ADHD tendencies.
There’s a reason why it took 47% of my entire play time this year.
Good game. I played during/after the beta, I felt like it needed a bit more variety in guns and maps. Have they been adding stuff since?
I played every beta of the Finals that I could get accepted into. It felt like what I wanted a new Battlefield game to be. The destructible floors and bridges made it so much fun to set up traps in ways no other game made it possible.
Weirdly enough I have yet to install it since its full release. Still looks like the same amount of fun!
Factorio. And Cities: Skylines 2 if I’m playing it on Windows.
Factorio just makes hours disappear, it’s an amazing game! Have you played the expansion?
played? Past tense? You must be joking
Damn, you got me!
Non-Steam was Turtle WoW with the hardcore mode.
Steam was Path of Exile 2 and 1.
Helldivers II, baby!
Im a simple man. I see bugs or bots, I spread managed democracy onto them.
UFO 50 without a doubt. Most creative bang for your buck that’s ever been released imo
Absolutely agree with this. The product could have had fewer games and each game could have been much more shallow and it still would have been “good”. But there’s honestly a ton of bangers in this collection and the variety and creativity is astounding.
Of games that released this year it is Astro Bot, Balatro, Animal Well and Thank Goodness You’re Here.
For me Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, my fav game - so much stuff to do , and I love Zelda
I am so tired that came out last year
Zelda wisdom was cute , I started switch dark souls 1 this year and it’s been my fav
Maybe balatro
