Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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2018 was a weird year for games, for every great title that was released, there was a massive controversy, that meant that some great games went completely unappreciated.

Luckily for you, The Architect is here to right that wrong and tell you all about 20 games that you might've missed but really should have played.

You Saw:

Forager
Rimworld
Maplestory 2
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Smoke and Sacrifice
HEARTBEAT
Minit
Monster Prom
Prismata
Overcooked 2
Frostpunk
Florence
Deltarune
Wandersong
The Red Strings Club
Dead Cells
Cultist Simulator
Eternal
The Hex
Subnautica
Bad North
Hitman 2
Return of the Obra Dinn
Into The Breach
Slay the Spire

(They all came out in 2018 you dorks!)
Also, a list of all the games on the list with their steam-sale priced compiled by the lovely Pokxei:

20. smoke and sacrifice (0:50) $̶2̶5̶ $7.50
19. HEARTBEAT (1:35) $15
18. minit (2:22) $̶1̶0̶ $6
17. monster prom (3:00) $̶1̶2̶ $9.60
16. prismata (3:45) f2p
15. overcooked! 2 (4:30) $̶2̶5̶ $18.75
14. frostpunk (5:15) $̶3̶0̶ $20
13. florence (5:55) $3 app store & play store
12. delta rune (6:29) f2p deltarune.com
11. wandersong (7:09) $̶2̶0̶ $16
10. the red strings club (7:35) $̶1̶5̶ $5
9. dead cells (8:21) $̶2̶5̶ $20
8. cult simulator (9:04) $̶2̶0̶ $15
7. eternal card game (9:42) f2p
6. the hex (10:21) $̶1̶0̶ $7.50 5
5. subnautica (10:58) $̶2̶5̶ $18.75
4. bad north (11:43) $̶1̶5̶ $13.50
3. hitman 2 (12:23) $̶6̶0̶ $37.80
2. return of the obra dinn (13:30) $20
1. into the breach (14:22) $̶1̶5̶ $10

Interesting Links:

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