Celestial Return takes the best elements of the Disco-likes, then adds a couple of clever mechanics to carve out an identity of its own.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced does little to improve Black Flag's visuals, but transforms its gameplay into the title it was always meant to be.
Frostpunk 2: Breach of Trust is brutally unforgiving, but its timely themes and rewarding challenges make it worthwhile.
Equal parts job simulator and horror game, Letter Lost excels at making the ordinarily feel deeply unsettling.
Thank You For Your Application has something worthwhile to say, but says it in the least engaging way possible.
Life Below lacks the depth of the genre's best, but few strategy games are this calming, beautiful, or thoughtful.
Outbound offers plenty of pretty vistas to virtually photograph, but very little in the way of meaningful gameplay.
Wardrum's literal and figurative beats don't always land, but its unusual blend of genres makes for an experience that's consistently engaging and unlike almost anything else on the market.
Whirlight, while a competent point-and-click, offers little beyond nostalgia for players already devoted to the genre.
Docked is a fairly decent simulator, but it ultimately lacks anything to make it interesting for those outside its niche.
Galactic Vault is simple by design, but in a world of bloated titles that simplicity works to its benefit - making it the perfect after-work game.
Aether & Iron may be blunt and occasionally cliché, but its phenomenal writing makes it one of the strongest Disco-likes yet.
Esoteric Ebb borrows liberally from Disco Elysium, and both because of and in spite of that, it's one of the finest CRPGs ever made.
I Hate This Place is a fun horror-lite game that's rarely startling, but always enjoyable.
UNBEATABLE is far from a perfect game, but it excels in the areas that are important.
Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord - War Sails, while a decent expansion in its own right, doesn't add enough content to justify its lofty price.
Log Away is intentionally anachronistic and harkens back to an earlier time in gaming history for better, and rarely worse.
Duskpunk is a gritty, grimy, and gloomy game that makes up for its lack of interesting gameplay with a dismal narrative and an oppressively bleak atmosphere.
Battlefield 6 isn't quite as great as a couple of the series' previous entries, but it's still better than most of them, and is far and away the best AAA shooter to release this decade.
Killing Floor 3 isn't as good as its predecessors, but is still better than a lot of its contemporaries.