Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I call out 25 of my favorite games from the past 10 years.

These are just some subjective rankings I came up with after making a couple passes on this idea over the past couple of months. Below you can see list of all the games in each tier (which I labeled GOOD/GREAT/OUTSTANDING) along with a playlist of that game that I made or that I watched.

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GOOD: 13 games

A Good Snowman is Hard to Build
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvviI56c_7QQgfdxgKd-wVkf

Celeste
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBk6-z6v3pDKIzRy6aM2FmeYMYJDz0urI

Environmental Station Alpha
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvvBc0SUCYWhXZsbel9aGAk_

Final Adventure (Legend of Grimrock II)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBk6-z6v3pDJ1o1MdrlQvMMsoh_JBl2Y9

Isles of Sea and Sky
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvuLG37TieUZXHUMllWxpDxg

Master Key
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvsYK3bBmwLZsjwbZNDpn9Ye

Puddle Knights
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvviizmKJ6ig_daw567vmrvX

Room To Grow
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvvFvK6zylBoTCPYdptS1ZR2

Shovel Knight
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBk6-z6v3pDIhOniPMoArjD1esluziS_N

Spelunky 2 youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvuBlfjGCmJitM7fWN1cXi1q

The Royal Cosmonautical Society
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBk6-z6v3pDLvEalim3xP_HfNAMPLksW8

Uurnog Uurnlimited
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBk6-z6v3pDJMkYUvG44Nd4RIG6hene8t

Yugo Puzzle
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvsC7mE_9oycZS48YzhfwJtg

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GREAT: 8 games

Animal Well
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvti5JPQB3seU2Swi6ODeN2q

Baba Is You
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvtgLzKgX3A-sd7YM4acjvAf

Bug Fables
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvs7sLotSU06JTc6bsRmPnVh

Hero's Spirit
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvtHDqNNyT_128CAYkT8_Ti2

Hollow Knight
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvv5exfFz2zs7zlD5tfG4bP5

Night in the Woods
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBk6-z6v3pDJM8cNxVB3VWs7N_PoPotw3

Outer Wilds
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBk6-z6v3pDKePtkJFniLhpv06JyZ467I

Stardew Valley
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvtWih8UIWMFcT06C5rmZm9O

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OUTSTANDING: 4 games

Blue Prince
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvtiOTqKIBl2s4qByTiYJHMu

Rogue Legacy 2
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvtQLGTJUYzWrWVdJsHNAnmj

Terraria
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvsCouLW5Vf_PYT_w7n4bOWf

Void Stranger
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHYAYMSbpcvtBCeM0HEu6u5DW-Qh9Zdw6

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Shoutouts to Wayward524, Parlelian, Metallama, and EchopIxel--four different twitch streamers I watched this past year who all named Void Stranger their game of the year; hearing others' rankings motivated me to make this video.