Games released on February 15

Six games that still hold up, from The Settlers: Fourth Edition in 2001 to Metro Exodus in 2019

1. 

   The Settlers: Fourth Edition 2001

   Turned 25 this year

   A settlement has to get its economy working, building by building and resource by resource, before it can raise the soldiers that take rival territory, in a real time strategy game with city building.

2. 

   Professor Layton and the Curious Village 2007

   Turned 19 this year Nintendo DS

   Professor Layton and his young assistant Luke search the village of St. Mystere for the Golden Apple, in the first Professor Layton game.

3. 

   Audiosurf 2008

   Turned 18 this year

   A puzzle game that turns the music you choose into a track, where a levitating vehicle collects coloured blocks in sync with the song and scores for clusters of one colour.

4. On sale

   Downfall 2016

   Turned 10 this year

   A horror adventure, remade in 2016 from a 2009 freeware game, in which Joe Davis tries to rescue his wife from the Quiet Haven Hotel on a troubled getaway, in a story about a marriage breaking down.

   $1.49 on GOG -85% +1 store

5. On sale

   Hidden Folks 2017

   Turned 9 this year

   A hidden object game drawn by hand on paper, in which you search miniature scenes for folks, animals and things, and nearly everything you poke reacts, to sound effects made with the developers' mouths.

   $8.99 on GOG -40%

6. On sale

   Metro Exodus 2019

   Turned 7 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One

   Artyom sets out from Moscow aboard the train Aurora and travels across Russia and Kazakhstan, through small open areas and the more linear stretches between them.

   $2.99 on GOG -90% +1 store