Dusk is easily one of the best pure-action FPSes to come along in years, mixing gunplay and exploration in equal measure.
Okami was a high point of the PS2 era, fusing its action to an incredible art style that was years ahead of its time.
Desert Bus VR is deeply tedious but that's the whole point.
Iconoclasts is an amazingly well-done game that never settles down for more than a minute, effortlessly switching from one challenge to another and never letting the player get too caught up on an area.
While it's a bit creaky around the edges at times, Sairento VR‘s ninja action is truly fantastic when it gets moving.
Octohedron is an incredible pure-platforming challenge designed with endless creativity.
Nostalgia is a tricky thing in that it tends to be a liar more often than not.
Tempest 4000 is the final Llamasoft Tempest and an incredibly strong game to go out on.
Evergarden starts off looking fairly simple, but the more you play the deeper its options become.
I'll admit that I went into Earth Defense Force 5 a little concerned about series fatigue.
Ape Out is an absolutely fantastic action game with an incredible sense of style.
When story, mechanics and general weirdness and humor are taken all together it adds up to a wonderfully-unforgettable RPG about making an RPG. The story feeds into the game and the game leeches into the story until the two are utterly inseparable, but even if they could be divided the dungeon crawling is incredibly playable.
Amid Evil is a fantastic arcade-style FPS, fast and stocked with weapons that provide a satisfying impact.
Lumote is a beautiful game and if I've got any complaints it's that I want more.
Alyx is a trooper throughout the entire adventure, and while she can get freaked out by the places she needs to go, she never stops moving forward.
Immortals: Fenyx Rising doesn't have any right to be as good as it turned out to be.
Cave built up a strong fan-base over its years of development and Espgaluda II is a perfect example as to why.
Grapple Dog is a fantastic platformer that nails just about everything it tries to do.
Rogue Legacy 2 is an enormous beast of an adventure, packed with fast combat, great platforming and endless replayability.
Vampire Survivors initially feels like a nice bite-sized adventure, something to dip into now and then for the joy of orchestrating a little mayhem as the heart of bullet hell rather than its recipient.