As editor of GameCritics.com and the co-host of So Videogames Podcast – and also as a person who just generally loves videogames – I strive to sample as much of the industry as I can.
What’s the new hotness? What’s the current design trend? What’s everyone talking about?
I’m also always on the lookout for hidden gems or indies that fly under the radar, so it basically means that I try a ton of titles every year!
For anyone who’s curious what 12 months of plays looks like for me, here it is in the exact order that I played them.
There are no notes on any of them (except if I rolled credits – that’s mentioned in bold) but you can hear my thoughts on nearly all of them on the podcast.
Total Played: 271
Total Finished: 32
1 — Weird West, XBX – FINISHED
2 — Marvel Snap, Mobile
3 — Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance, Switch – FINISHED
4 — Marvel Puzzle Quest, Mobile
5 — Nikke, Mobile
6 — Kaiju Wars, Switch
7 — Aircraft Carrier Survival, Switch
8 — Vampire Survivors, XBX — FINISHED
9 — Drago Noka, Switch
10 — Lone Ruin, Switch
11 — Broken Lines, XBX
12 — Hades, Switch
13 — Lotus Bloom, Switch
14 — Scrap Riders, Switch
15 — Risk of Rain 2, PS5
16 — Sky: Children of Light, PS5
17 — Wayfinder (beta), PS5
18 — Inscryption, PS5
19 — Desperados III, PS5 – FINISHED
20 — Brave’s Rage, Switch & PS5
21 — Shoulders of Giants, XBX
22 — The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow, Switch
23 — Season: A Letter to the Future, PS5
24 — Sail Forth, XBX
25 — Inkulinati, XBX Preview
26 — Hi-Fi Rush, XBX
27 — Space Rescue: Code Pink, PC
28 — Midnight Suns, PC
29 — 7 Days To End With You, Switch
30 — Wonderland Nights: White Rabbit’s Diary, Switch
31 — Despot’s Game, XBX – FINISHED
32 — Roller Drama, Switch
33 — Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey
34 — Right and Down, Switch
35 — Dust & Neon, Switch
36 —Opportunity: A Sugar Baby Story, PC
37 — Demon’s Tier +, Switch
38 — Wild Hearts, XBX
39 — First Bite, PC – FINISHED
40 — Mosaic Chronicles Deluxe, Switch
41 — Urban Flow, Switch
42 — Fortnite, PS5
43 — Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, XBX – FINISHED
44 — Wanted: Dead, XBX
45 — Blood Bowl III, XBX
46 — For the King, Switch
47 — Zapling Bygone, XBX
48 — Underdungeon, Switch
49 — Meg’s Monster, Switch
50 — Dredge (demo), Switch
51 — Caverns of Mars: Recharged, XBX
52 — Romancelvania, XBX
53 — Dredge, Switch — FINISHED
54 — Perseverance: Complete Edition, Switch
55 — Pronty, Switch
56 — Defend the Rook, XBX – FINISHED
57 — Pirates: Outlaws, Switch
58 — Mato: Anomalies, XBX
59 — Nuclear Throne, XBX
60 — Atrio: the Dark Wild, XBX
61 — A Place for the Unwilling, XBX
62 — Megalan 11 (demo), XBX
63 — Evasion From Hell, XBX
64 — Saga of Sins, XBX
65 — Mr. Prepper, XBX
66 — In Other Waters, Switch – FINISHED
67 — Hentai World, Switch
68 — Elder Sign: Omens, PC
69 — Have a Nice Death, Switch
70 — Island Farmer, XBX
71 — Elechead, XBX
72 — Backbeat (demo) Switch
73 — Jet Lancer, Switch
74 — Storyteller, Switch
75 — The Legend of Tian Ding, XBX
76 — Neverout, XBX
77 — Tip Top, Don’t Fall!, XBX
78 — Merge & Blade, XBX
80 — Ritual: Crown of Horns, XBX
81 — West of Dead, XBX
82 — Crossroads Inn, XBX
83 — Infinite Guitars, XBX
84 — Mayhem in Single Valley, XBX
85 — Pentiment, XBX
86 — Hard West: Ultimate Edition, XBX
87 — Gemini, Switch
88 — Road Stones, Switch – FINISHED
89 — Jalopy, XBX
90 — Radiant Silvergun, XBX
91 — The Pale Beyond, PC
92 — Marfusha, Switch — FINISHED
93 — Perky Little Things, Switch
94 — Tents & Trees, Switch
95 — Sea Horizon, Switch
96 — The Good Life, XBX
97 — Iron Brigade, XBX — FINISHED
98 — Library of Babel, XBX
99 — Wildfrost (demo), Switch
100 — Barotrauma, PC
101 — Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus, Android
102 — Cavity Busters, XBX
103 — The Forest Cathedral, XBX — FINISHED
104 — Molly Medusa: Queen of Spit, Switch
105 — Mysteries Under Lake Ophelia, Switch
106 — Mighty Doom, Android
107 — Front Mission 1st (demo), Switch
108 — The Wreck, Switch
109 — Max Gentlemen: Sexy Business!, PC — FINISHED
110 — Graveyard Keeper: The Last Journey Edition, XB
111 — Coffee Talk 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly, Switch
112 — Varney Lake, XBX – FINISHED
113 — Secret Agent: Cold War Espionage, XBX
114 — Arcana of Paradise: The Tower, Switch
115 — The Creepy Syndrome, Switch
116 — The Last Case of Benedict Fox, XBX
117 — Stranded: Alien Dawn, XBX
118 — Homestead Arcana, XBX
119 — Redfall, XBX
120 — Zoeti, Switch
121 — Revita, XBX
122- Shadows Over Loathing, Switch
123 — Mia & the Dragon Princess, XBX – FINISHED
124 — Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, PS5 — FINISHED
125 — Planet of Lana, XBX
126 — Tin Hearts, XBX
127 — Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, XBX
128 — Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, PS5 – FINISHED
129 — Gerda: A Flame in Winter, Switch
130 — Dark Quest 3, XBX
131 — Forspoken, PS5
132 — Doubleshot Gals, Switch
133 — After Us, PS5
134 — Undergrave, XBX
135 — Star Trek: Resurgence, XBX – FINISHED
136 — Astronaut: The Best (demo), PC
137 — Miasma Chronicles, XBX
138 — Street Fighter 6, XBX – FINISHED
139 — Gerda: A Flame in Winter (Liva’s Story DLC), Switch
140 — Nocturnal, XBX
141 — Sunshine Shuffle, Switch
142 — Diablo IV, XBX
143 — The Lies of P (demo), XBX
144 — Push the Crate, Switch
145 — Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew (demo), PC
146 — The Case of the Golden Idol, Switch
147 — Nova Lands, XBX
148 — Harmony: Fall of Reverie, Switch
149 — Lord of the Rings: Gollum
150 — Aliens: Dark Descent, PS5 *Fatally glitched, could not finish
151 — Auralux: Constellations, Switch
152 — NeverAwake, XBX
153 — Book Walker: Thief of Tales, XBX
154 — Boo Party, Switch
155 — Sky Caravan, Switch *Fatally glitched, could not finish
156 — Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty — Battle of Zhongyuan DLC, XBX
157 — Punch-A-Bunch, Switch
158 — Space Scavenger, Switch *Fatally glitched, could not finish
159 — My Lovely Wife, Switch — FINISHED
160 — The Wandering Village (demo), XBX
161 — Raging Bytes (demo), XBX
163 — Trinity Fusion (demo), XBX
164 — Black Skylands (demo), XBX
165 — Born of Bread (demo), XBX
166 — Eroblast, Switch
167 — Exoprimal, XBX
168 — F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow, XBX
169 — Demonschool (demo), XBX
170 — Killsquad, PS5
171 — Rain World: Downpour, PS5
172 — The Wandering Village, XBX
173 — Cramped Room of Death, Switch
174 — LISA: the Painful, Switch
175 — Hitman 3, PS5 – FINISHED
176 — Gear Shifters, PS5
177 – Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes – Definitive Edition, PS5
178 — Patrick’s Parabox, Switch
179 — Madshot, Switch
180 — Shadow Gambit: the Cursed Crew, PS5 – FINISHED
181 — Sword of Glory, Switch
182 — Nova 111, Switch
183 — Roto Force, Android
184 — Femdemic, PC
185 — Blasphemous 2, Switch
186 — GYLT, PS5
187 — The Red Strings Club, Switch
188 — Atlas Fallen, PS5
189 — The Pale Beyond, Switch
190 — Remedium: Sentinels, PS5 — FINISHED
191 — Black Skylands, PS5 – FINISHED
192 — Steamroll, Switch
193 — The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Switch – FINISHED
194 — Starfield, XBX
195 — Venba, XBX — FINISHED
196 — Fort Solis, PS5
197 — Iron Danger, PS5
198 — Save Koch, XBX
199 — Armored Core 6: the Fires of Rubicon, XBX
200 — Punch Club 2, Switch
201 — Goodbye, Volcano High, PS5 – FINISHED
202 — Heretic’s Fork (demo), PC
203 — Chants of Sennaar, PS5
204 — Dungeon Bricker, Switch
205 — Virgo vs the Zodiac, Switch
206 — Gunbrella, Switch
207 — Gloomhaven, XBX
208 — Shotgun King: the Final Checkmate, Switch
209 — Death & Taxes, XBX
210 — The Isle Tide Hotel, XBX
211 — Days of Doom, XBX
212 — Sea of Stars, XBX
213 — Frogun, PS5
214 — Super Adventure Hand, Switch
215 — Silent Hope, Switch
216 — Arcade Paradise, Xbox X
217 — Puzzle Plowing a Field, Switch
218 — Cyberpunk 2077, PS5 – FINISHED
219 — Lies of P, Xbox X
220 — Paranormasight: the Seven Mysteries of Honjo, Switch
221 — Shuyan Saga, PS5
222 — Slay the Spire, Switch
223 — Heavenly Bodies: Cleanup DLC, PS5
224 — The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo, XBX
225 — Mortal Kombat 1, PS5
226 — Freak Crossing, Switch
227 — Kingdom: Eighties, Switch
228 — Terra Alia, Switch
229 — Deflector, Switch
230 — Mechs V Kaiju, XBX
231 — Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness, Switch
232 — Saltsea Chronicles, PS5
233 — Tribal Pass, Switch
234 — The Lamplighters League, XBX – FINISHED
235 — Cocoon, XBX
236 — Endless Dungeon, PS5
237 — Crash: Autodrive, Switch
238 — Dave the Diver, Switch
239 — Wizard with a Gun, PS5
240 — Thirsty Suitors, PS5
241 — Jusant, PS5
242 — Gunhead, PS5
243 — Flooded, Switch
244 — Jagged Alliance 3, XBX
245 — Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue, Switch
246 — World of Horror, PS5
247 — Dungeon of the Endless, Switch
248 — Snakebird Complete, Switch
249 — Backpack Hero, Switch
250 — Alina of the Arena, Switch
251 — Fashion Dreamer, Switch
252 — Howl, Switch
253 — Sunshine Manor, PS5
254 — SteamWorld Build, PS5
255 — Tauronos, Switch
256 — Gelly Break Deluxe, Switch
257 — Astral Ascent, Switch
258 — Lake: Season’s Greetings, XBX — FINISHED
259 — The Invincible, PS5
260 — The Talos Principle II, PS5
261 — Teardown, PS5
262 — A Highland Song, Switch
263 — Chessarama, XBX
264 — Wall World, Switch
265 — Custom Mech Wars, PS5
266 — Ebenezer and the Invisible World, XBX
267 — Coffee Golf, Android
268 — While the Iron’s Hot, Switch
269 — Long Gone Days, PS5
270 — Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, PS5
271 — Terra Nil, Switch
Transformers fan. MOTU stan. Black Lives Matter, pro-LGBTQIA. Anti-fascist.
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That’s 2 more games than I played
Shocked by Microsoft’s report that told me Rogue Company was my third most played game