Nier: Automata
Nier touches on many themes - love, comradery, resilience - but most importantly, what it means to be human. The existentialism in the game is portrayed with delicacy and rare
Mini Metro
The minimal design is really great if you are easily overstimulated. You can focus on simple tasks that ramp up in complexity, it's almost zen in a way.
Life is Strange
The really strong part of LiS is the immersiveness, created by a god-tier soundtrack selection, good pacing and smart camera angles for the most part. Not the best writing ever,
Pyre
One of the best games of last year, and surprisingly heartfelt. The story is as immersive and deep as you allow it to be (point and click really plays into
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
This prequel gets the best parts of the original and improves upon the formula, once again great music, better visuals and amazing inmemersiveness. Once again the music is god-tier, with
Journey
It's no surprise that Journey got about a gazillion GOTY awards - it really pioneered this space of games being something *else*. You can communicate without words, explore a meditative
Slime Rancher
You ranch slime! It's actually so relaxing and really well paced.
Passpartout
This is a game where you create paintings and sell them to NPCs as they pass by your studio. It's relaxing, has great music, and offers complete creative freedom (paint