Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden 2018
Why it still holds upYou still choose where a fight begins, which makes every encounter a planned one.
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden 2018
Why it still holds upYou still choose where a fight begins, which makes every encounter a planned one.
This War of Mine 2014
Why it still holds upHard choices about who to help keep a player's attention today, and that has not worn off.
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero 2016
Why it still holds upStages that hold more each time you return with a new form still give a reason to replay them today.
Whispers of a Machine 2019
Why it still holds upThe game can be finished in two to three hours, with little challenge, and it is still worth a second run today to see what another trait would have changed.
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen 2013
Why it still holds upClimbing onto a giant monster to hit its weak spot still makes every big fight feel like scaling a mountain.
Yakuza 5 2012
Why it still holds upEach of the five characters has their own side activities, which still spread the game out.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2010
Why it still holds upAlternating healing and attack magic mid fight still makes every combat a balance you choose.
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse 2014
Why it still holds upEach new item still opens up parts of the map you could not reach before.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst 2013
Why it still holds upBoss fights that play out as events give the story set pieces.
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma 2016
Why it still holds upThe fragments are still a mystery whose order you choose, about people who have lost theirs.
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West 2010
Why it still holds upA road trip across a ruined world has a pull that is still strong for anyone who likes a journey with company.
Evoland 2 2015
Why it still holds upJumping through time to change styles is the idea at its heart, today as when it launched.
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech 2019
Why it still holds upBuilding a deck of your own cards makes each fight a small puzzle.
Cities: Skylines 2015
Why it still holds upToday it remains open ended, since a city can grow in whatever direction the player chooses.
Brigador 2016
Why it still holds upThe city is still a town you are paid to flatten.
Quern: Undying Thoughts 2016
Why it still holds upA puzzle island with no enemies still leaves time to wander and think.
Hob 2017
Why it still holds upExploration and combat grow together with every power you unlock, and that steady widening still gives the world its pull.
The Dark Eye: Memoria 2013
Why it still holds upThe two tales still run across 450 years, with a princess and a young man taking turns.
Blasphemous 2019
Why it still holds upEvery enemy is still a pattern to learn and a parry to time.
Ghost of a Tale 2018
Why it still holds upToday, because hiding is both your defense and where you save, each stretch of the map is a plan from one hiding spot to the next.
Total War: Three Kingdoms 2019
Why it still holds upSince the generals decide which units you have, who you bring still matters as much as your orders.
West of Loathing 2017
Why it still holds upToday the choices still make it worth a second run: your class and what you say open different paths, so a new character sees different scenes.
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout 2019
Why it still holds upA workshop where you build items from what you gather still rewards patient exploration.
Avernum: Escape from the Pit 2011
Why it still holds upThe freedom still lets you take a cavern nation's quests in whatever order you find them.
Octopath Traveler 2018
Why it still holds upEight stories and a party you assemble let you decide the order of your journey, and that freedom still shapes how you play.
Fight'N Rage 2017
Why it still holds upRoutes that branch still send a second run through different stages today.
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure 2014
Why it still holds upThe seven years are still a detective solving his own missing time, with the actors back on screen.
Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption 2018
Why it still holds upA school by day and a dungeon by night, where classmates remember what you said, still gives every day a plan today.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI 2016
Why it still holds upA random world and several ways to win still make each campaign take a different path, so one more game is easy to start.
Tropico 4 2011
Why it still holds upEight factions who cannot all be pleased still make every decision a balancing act today.
Capitalism Plus 2016
Why it still holds upThe supply chain still leaves the farm, the factory and the shop all yours to connect, or to get wrong.
SteamWorld Heist 2015
Why it still holds upThe ricochet still makes the clever shot the one you aimed, not the one the dice gave you.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 2013
Why it still holds upA combat system built on timed parries is what defines it today.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments 2014
Why it still holds upA case that can end in different ways is still a reason to replay a crime scene.
VVVVVV 2010
Why it still holds upThe flip is still the one verb, with four hundred rooms built on it.
Velocity Ultra 2013
Why it still holds upTeleporting and bombs still turn each stage into a quick puzzle as much as a shooter.
SoulCalibur VI 2018
Why it still holds upToday, a defense that turns into a slow motion exchange gives each fight a moment of reading your opponent.
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth 2015
Why it still holds upRaising and digivolving a team of Digimon still gives the turn based fights a long term goal.
Katana Zero 2019
Why it still holds upBecause one hit decides every room, each room is still a short puzzle to plan and then carry out.
Battle Brothers 2017
Why it still holds upThe crippling still carries a company's last battle into the next one, and the men are not replaced for free.
Super Hexagon 2012
Why it still holds upSixty seconds is still the win today, and each loss takes five seconds.
Figment 2017
Why it still holds upIt is worth playing today for its painted look and its music.
Deponia Doomsday 2016
Why it still holds upA time machine that undoes your mistakes still suits a puzzle game well.
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2014
Why it still holds upTwo puzzle games in one match still make every duel a swap of styles.
Kathy Rain 2016
Why it still holds upA mystery told at the pace of a small town is still easy to follow.
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