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[T0minator]

Since 2020 I've gotten back into gaming a bit more. So many great experiences and solid releases for this first half of the decade. What are your favorite games for the past 4 years coming into 2025? This year will have plenty of games to add to everyone's favorite list.

I'm curious what you all pick all your favorite games in the 2020s

Here are mine:

 

[Ibara]

 

[wvnative]

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Ghost of Tsushima

Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Bug Fables The Everlasting Sapling

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Hi-Fi Rush

Robocop: Rouge City

Guardians of the Galaxy

Shadow Generations

 

[Robb]

Resident Evil 4 Remake
Metroid Prime Remastered
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The Last of Us: Part 2
Metroid Dread
Psychonauts 2
Paper Mario TTYD Remake
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Halo Infinite
Tears of the Kingdom
Hi-Fi Rush
Balatro
Thank Goodness You’re Here!

I’m probably missing some stuff though. And I’m sure Helldivers 2, Spider-Man 2, and Astro Bot would be there if I had played them, they all seem like my kind of thing.

 

[Mortisfacio]

Doom: Eternal
Elden Ring
CyberPunk 2077
Baldur's Gate 3
Satisfactory
TLOU 2
Lies of P
Halo Infinite

 

[Cakeboxer]

Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite
Psychonauts 2
Doom: Eternal
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Baldur's Gate 3
Grounded
Pentiment
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Half-Life: Alyx
Elden Ring
CyberPunk 2077
Indiana Jones
Batman: Arkham Shadow
Hitman 3

 

[Mister Wolf]

1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. Xenoblade 3
3. Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader
4. Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous
5. Halo Infinite

 

[Magic Carpet]

Psychonauts 2
Hi-fi Rush
Talos Principal 2
Riven Remake
Broken Sword Remake
Astrobot Playroom and 2024.

Honorable mentions
Tinykin
Return to Monkey Island
Spirit Farer
Palworld

iPhone
Genshin Impact
Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil 4
Oxenfree 2

My little 2020's VR list:
Half Life Alyx VR
The 7th guest VR
Arizona Sunshine 1&2 VR
Asguards Wrath 2 VR
Batman Arkham Shadow VR
Lego Brick Tales VR
The Room VR: A Dark Matter

Games that started off well but eventually crashed and burned off my favorites.
But I enjoyed enough to finish anyway.
Horizon Forbidden West
Rached and Clank: Rift Apart
Ghosts of Tsushima on PC


And still yet to start Baldur's Gate 3 on PC, maybe this year.

 

[Banjo64]

In order or release:
Metroid Dread
Elden Ring
Tears of the Kingdom
Mario Wonder

 

[Xtib81]

Cyberpunk 2077 and the finals.

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

Diablo II Resurrected and Street Fighter 6

 

[Rawbutt Jellybean]

Elden Ring
SMB Wonder
Ori 2
Returnal
RE Village

Something like that would be my top 5 so far.

 

[Sakura]

I can't really remember all the games I've played but...

Heaven Burns Red
Gakuen Idolmaster
Videoverse
Astlibra
Lost Judgment
LoveR Kiss
Dragons Dogma 2
Cyberpunk 2077

 

[ungalo]

Cyberpunk
Doom Eternal
Hitman 3
Bayonetta 3
Elden Ring
Black Myth Wukong

that's pretty much it for what's above 8 out of ten for me (i mean 8 or above), that i played

i suppose i could let Streets of Rage 4 slip, and there are other games i enjoyed to some extent : Astro Bot, Hi-Fi Rush, Metroid Dread; Monster Hunter Rise, Psychonauts 2, Chained Echoes, Cyber Shadow, shit i even want to say Halo Infinite or Final Fantasy XVI by default

 

[Hudo]

Elden Ring
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Baldur's Gate III
Half-Life: Alyx
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Unicorn Overlord
Metaphor ReFantazio
Highfleet
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139...
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
Age of Mythology: Retold

I feel like Sins of a Solar Empire II could join this list when the Star Trek Armada IV mod is out.

 

[V1LÆM]

Baldur's Gate 3
Elden Ring
Cyberpunk
Persona 3 Reload
Balatro
Tears of the Kingdom
Diablo 4
Halo Infinite
Final Fantasy VII Remake/Rebirth

 

[Laptop1991]

To buy Cyberpunk 2077
to play Fallout London

 

[Mozzarella]

Baldur's Gate 3 is the best one for me.
Other games i really liked:
Elden Ring
TOTK
Hitman
Returnal
Doom Eternal
Cyberpunk
Astro Bot
Lies of P
Street Fighter 6

I'm only taking new games, no remakes or remasters.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I guess Cyberpunk 2077 and AC6. Guess a bunch of retro fps i've played like Turbo Overkill and Hedon as well.

 

[samoilaaa]

in no order

Cyberpunk 2077

Armored Core 6

Doom eternal

Ghostrunner 2

Hitman 3

Nioh 2

Wasteland 3

 

[Alpha Male]

Halo Infinite
Starfield
Forza Motorsport
Forza Horizon 5
Age of Empires 4
Flight Sim

Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster
God of War Ragnarok
Spiderman 2
Returnal
Astrobot
Death Stranding DC

Battlefield 2042
Riders Republic
Crew Motorfest
EA PGA TOUR
Super Mega Baseball 4
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Cyberpunk
Hogwarts Legacy
Jedi Survivor
Age of Wonders 4
Baldurs Gate 3
Far Cry 6
Dragon's Dogma 2
FF7 Rebirth
Mass Effect Remasters
Wasteland 3
Valheim

Total War Warhammer 3
Total War Pharaoh
Homeworld 3
Sins of a Solar Empire 2
WARNO

 

[EverydayBeast]

 

[thuGG_pl]

Elden Ring
Baldurs Gate 3

RE4 remake
Silent Hill 2 remake

 

[marcincz]

By year:

2020 - Ghost of Tsushima
2021 - Disco Elysium / Chorus
2022 - God of War Ragnarok / Gran Turismo 7
2023 - Horizon Call of the Mountain / Hogwart's Legacy
2024 - Astro Bot

 

[Fess]

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Elden Ring DLC: Shadow of the Erdtree
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Minishoot Adventures
Black Myth Wukong
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2.
Metroid Dread
The Ascent
Elden Ring
Astro Bot
Returnal
Starfield
Scorn

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Ghost of Tsushima
Disco Elysium
Hogwarts Legacy
TotK
Unicorn Overlord
Visions of Mana
Xenoblade 3
Sea of Stars
Rune Factory 3 Remaster
Yakuza LaD
Star Ocean SSR
Fire Emblem Engage
Hades
Super Mario Wonder
Echoes of Wisdom

 

[TintoConCasera]

To keep it short:

Elden Ring
DOOM Eternal
Shin Megami Tensei V
Dragon's Dogma 2
Lost Judgment

 

[bad guy]

Slice & Dice
Dwarf Fortress (Steam edition)