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Editor's Choice

Syltefar has chosen this set of highly recommended games.
Note that for great series of games I usually choose a candidate game that I have a special attachment to represent the whole series.

See our Reviews page for written reviews for a selection of games.

tag   : #editorschoice
games : 34

Games

Title
System
Year
Completed only
Review Score


34 games in database, 22 completed (65%). Year range: 1980-2024, median: 2008.
list - box art - screenshots

cover

Pac-Man

Arcade

1980

@15
cover

Defender

Arcade

March 1981

@748
cover

Dig Dug

Namco Galaga

1982

@984
cover

Marble Madness

Arcade

1984

@1300
cover

Arkanoid

Arcade

1986

@342
cover

R-Type

Irem M72 Family

May 1987

@521
cover

Tetris

NES

1988

@265
cover

Elite

Amiga

1988 (orig. 1984)

@666
★
cover

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

PC Engine CD

1993

@329
cover

DonPachi

Cave 68000

1995

@14
5x★
cover

Street Fighter Alpha 2

CP System II

1996

@140
2x★
cover

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

PlayStation

1998

@78
2x★
cover

Metal Gear Solid

PlayStation

1998

@80
2x★
cover

Tekken 5

PlayStation 2

2005

@57
★
cover

Okami

PlayStation 2

2006

@55
★
cover

Super Mario Galaxy

Wii

2007

@19
★
cover

Dead Space

Xbox 360

2008

@1
★
cover

Braid

Xbox 360

2008

@31
★
cover

Punch-Out!!

Wii

2009

@209
★
cover

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

Xbox 360

2010

@224
★
cover

Halo: Reach

Xbox 360

2010

@206
cover

Brogue

Windows

2010 (orig. 2009)

@2064
3x★
cover

Mortal Kombat

Xbox 360

2011

@279
3x★
cover

Renegade Ops

Xbox 360

2011

@362
★
cover

Spelunky

PlayStation 4

2014

@1215
cover

Factorio

Windows

2014

@1598
⍟
cover

Bloodborne

PlayStation 4

2015

@1344
★
cover

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

PlayStation 4

2015

@1431
★
cover

Helldivers

PlayStation 4

2015

@1320
⍟
cover

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

PlayStation 4

2017

@1624
★
cover

Death Stranding

PlayStation 4

2019

@2303
★
cover

Paper Beast

PlayStation 4

2020

@2715
★
cover

Returnal

PlayStation 5

2021

@2861
cover

UFO 50

Windows

2024

@4266


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