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The best games of 2021 · Ludixa
The best games of 2021
Ranked on the Metacritic score where one exists, and on the number of Steam reviews where it doesn't — because a game judged by a hundred thousand players is not less known than one judged by twenty critics. Titles with neither are left out.
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
2021 · Role playing · Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
QUAKE
2021 · Shooter · Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
2021 · Flight simulation · From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.
OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
2021 · Adventure · “Imagine 80 Days by way of Dune and a Makoto Shinkai film.”-Rock Paper Shotgun
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
2021 · Adventure · Puzzle · A painting adventure game about trying to be somebody
It Takes Two
2021 · Platformer · Action-adventure game · We're Better Together
Psychonauts 2
2021 · Action & adventure · Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
TrainClicker Idle Evolution
2021 · Sandbox · Auto Battler · 🚂 Cozy idle train game. Enjoy a journey from steam to modern locomotives in idle style! 🚂
Hitman World of Assassination
2021 · Stealth game · Action-adventure game · Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
Deathloop
2021 · Action & adventure · DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity. As Colt, the only chance for escape is to end the cycle by assassinating eight key targets before the day resets. Learn from each cycle - try new paths, gather intel, and find new weapons and abilities. Do whatever it takes to break the loop.
Ragnarock
2021 · Rhythm · Action · Lead your viking ship to victory in this rhythm game! Pound your drums to the sound of epic music, from celtic rock to viking power metal, and set sail against your rivals. Solo, Split-Screen & Online PVP included.
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
2021 · Point & Click · Puzzle · The award-winning point-and-click adventure returns in the Director's Cut with an extended story, additional puzzles, and new areas to explore. Witness the rise of an iconic detective as you uncover a dark and sinister truth hiding behind the calm exterior of a small rural town.
Blind Drive
2021 · Entertainment · Adventure · An audio-based black comedy action arcade game - Blind Drive is a video game you can play with your eyes closed! 1st person hyper-realistic audio adventure meets fast paced arcade gameplay, driven by an insane B-movie plot.
MONSTER HUNTER RISE
2021 · Action · Adventure · Go on a hunt wherever you want, whenever you want in MONSTER HUNTER RISE for Nintendo Switch!
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
2021 · Space opera · Science fiction · The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs – remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
2021 · Dark fantasy · Metroidvania · Overcome the challenges before you and search for the truth with powerful knights at your side.
F1 2021
2021 · Racing · Every story has a beginning in F1® 2021, the official videogame of the 2021 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™. Enjoy the stunning new features of F1® 2021, including the thrilling story experience ‘Braking Point’, two-player Career, and get even closer to the grid with ‘Real-Season Start’.
Wildermyth
2021 · Role-playing · Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
2021 · Action · Adventure · Bang-On Balls: Chronicles – where history meets hilarity! Roll, smash, and bash your way through time in a 3D platforming extravaganza.
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
2021 · Puzzle · Adventure · A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Cook-Out
2021 · Arcade · Management · Get your aprons ready… things are about to get messy in this award-winning multiplayer VR game from Resolution Games!
The Last Friend
2021 · Adventure · Arcade · Doggone tired of the typical brawler or tower defense that is all bark and no bite? Then join Alpha and T. Juan on a dynamic adventure that has you battling hordes of baddies and bosses!
Inscryption
2021 · Roguelike deck-building game · Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Guilty Gear -Strive-
2021 · Airdasher · The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-“. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you’ve seen before in a fighting game!
Death's Door
2021 · Action-adventure game · Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow.
Football Manager 2022
2021 · Association football management game · The closest thing to real football management. FM22 brings new, progressive ways to find your winning edge, instill your footballing style and earn it on the pitch.
The Forgotten City
2021 · Historical · Adventure · The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Tales of ARISE
2021 · Japanese role-playing · Action role-playing game · 300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
Griftlands
2021 · Strategy · Griftlands is a deck-building rogue-like where you fight and negotiate your way through a broken-down sci-fi world. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Lost Judgment
2021 · Action-adventure game · In this action-adventure thriller, detective Takayuki Yagami goes undercover to unravel a string of twisted crimes at a high school in Yokohama, Japan. Crack the case and some skulls with brutal combat featuring three unique fighting styles and an arsenal of private eye tricks.
Heavenly Bodies
2021 · Simulation · Action game · Cosmonauts, the body, and the absence of gravity.
UNSIGHTED
2021 · Action · Adventure · Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
2021 · Adventure · Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 6 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
ElecHead
2021 · Action · Platformer · Shocking puzzles that'll spark your imagination!
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
2021 · Rpg · A dramatic action strategy RPG depicting hope and despair.
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
2021 · Action · Adventure · Death is Only the Beginning
Humanity Lost
2021 · FPS · Shooter · Will you save humanity? You are on a mission to find a new planet for humans to inhabit. In this story driven FPS space opera you will explore open world planets, find weapons, upgrade your character, and befriend alien species.
Resident Evil Village
2021 · Survival horror · Action game · Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Little Nightmares II Enhanced Edition
2021 · Adventure · Platformer · Will you dare to face this collection of new, little nightmares?
Unpacking
2021 · Simulation · Puzzle · Unpack someone's belongings at different stages of their life to learn their story in this zen puzzle game.
