2025.12.31
Game List 2025
Every year, I try to compile a list of games, books, and movies I experienced. For the complete list, check the Ratings. Here we go (sorted by rating then alphabetically)!
Finished
- Ghost of Tsushima (): A love letter to samurai cinema that earns every frame. Stunning, emotional, and mechanically sublime — one of the finest open worlds ever crafted.
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance (): Brutally authentic medieval RPG where you’re nobody and have to earn everything. Janky in places, unforgettable as a whole.
- Is This Game Trying To Kill Me (): A clever meta puzzle where the game-within-the-game bleeds into your cabin in creepy, inventive ways. Short (as a complement).
- Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye (): Darker and more oppressive than the base game — almost uncomfortably so. A bold detour that rewards patience with genuine dread.
- Paradise Killer (): CRAZY! Do not let the visuals fool you. Amazing. Loving this amazing true detective game where, as far as I know, you can draw any conclusion you want.
- Stray (): Beautifully crafted, like most Annapurna games. Playing as a cat is delightful, despite being more of a dog person.
- Exit 8 (): A liminal horror loop built on observation and unease. Ingeniously simple premise that punishes distraction — and boredom.
- Mouthwashing (): Psychological horror at finest. Since I’m not particularly fan of horror, the short length is very welcome.
- The Operator (): A tense dispatch puzzle with moral weight lurking beneath each call. Quiet and unsettling in the best way.
- The Outer Worlds (): Playing a lot due the fact I’m recently folowing it’s creator, Tim Cain, channel.
- The Still Wakes the Deep (): Claustrophobic Scottish horror on a collapsing oil rig. Atmosphere thick enough to drown in, even if the gameplay is thin.
- Dying Light (): Parkour zombies done well. The gameplay is tense; the story is not.
- Overtime Anomaly (): A competent anomaly-hunter that does its job without overstaying its welcome.
- Trash Goblin (): Charming little hoarding sim with a cozy loop.
Currently Playing
- Doki Doki Literature Club: Out of the ordinary for your taste, but the reviews piqued your interest.
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes ():
- Card Shark (): A clever, daring game of wit and deceit. Masterful storytelling paired with sleight-of-hand mechanics keeps you hooked.
- Ghost Trick (): A fresh take on puzzle-solving with a quirky Japanese humor.
- Inscryption (): Starts as a clever card game, but quickly spirals into a narrative masterpiece with layers of meta-storytelling. It’s a wild ride through different genres.
- Paradigm (): old style adventure game with a amazing, but not for everyone, humor.
- The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos (): Didn’t see it coming, a genuinely funny classic turn-based RPG with top-notch humor.
- Death's Door (): A charming yet challenging journey through a world of souls and secrets. Sharp combat and quiet melancholy blend perfectly.
- Desktop Dungeons (): I’ve played a demo web version of it ages ago and i liked so much that I’ve even bought Dungeons of Dredmor by mistake. I’ve never remembered the name the one I liked but recently they created a remaster and gave the original for free. Very clever and hard.
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remaster (): High-speed thrills with a nostalgic edge, but the polish only goes so far.
- Overland (): A puzzle game with a post-apocalyptic theme.
- Tunic (): In the very early stages. I do not like games that too vague stories. But this one seems to have a reason.
- Very Little Nightmares (): Atmospheric dread and fun scaled down.
- Ghost of a Tale (): Followed the development process for quite some time because it was made using Unity. Looks charming and intriguing.
- XCOM 2 (): Time to dive into this much-praised strategy game.
Not finished yet (for one reason or another)
Many projects barely begun. Installed to test, but mostly in limbo—WIP or collecting dust. Unfinished tales of exploration and hesitation.
- Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (): Holy moly! Got it from my brother on my birthday, had only a couple of minutes to play, but it’s already shaping up to be a favorite.
- Gris (): Beautiful first level.
- Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (): Liked the thinking in this game. Definitely one I’ll try to complete sooner than later.
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (): liked the first title, Deus Ex: Human Revolution (), but this one is a far inferior game. The story is not nice and the gameplay is not fun so far.
Continuous playing
I play them eventually. Most of them, are strategy games. Nothing new from last years list, except:
- Crusader Kings 3 (): Time sucker, like many Paradox titles.
- while True: learn() (): Logic programming puzzles. Amazingly fun and challenging for a programmer. The special bonuses for optimized solutions request multiple plays for each scenario.
- Baba Is You (): Played some levels, up to the second or third “world.” SUPER clever.
- Horizon Chase Turbo (): A love letter to classic arcade racers. Pure, nostalgic fun, though it occasionally lacks depth.
Next games on my radar
Finally, here is a list of games that I already have in my collection that I plan to play in the next months. Its a bit ridiculous to talk about next game, considering the amount of unfinished ones, but the catalogue is so vast that I can afford to play ahead.
- Heavy Rain: Anticipating another story-driven experience to enjoy with your wife.
- Hitman: Hoping to take a more relaxed approach this time after a perfectionist run of Contracts.
- Prey Mooncrash: I’m a fan of time travel/time loop ideas. I bought it but days later I got Deathloop () (following game from the same company) for free.
- We Are There Together: Bought to play with my wife, but not included in Play Together on Steam. Considering convincing another soul to play with me
