My Top Five Games of 2022
Based on how much joy they brought me, not on objective greatness.
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Vampire Survivors (which according to my Steam Replay accounted for fully 50% of my Steam play time this year)
- Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova
- Shadows Over Loathing
- The Last Campfire
(I spent so much less time playing games this year that I didn’t really have enough to fill out the usual ten.)
Honorable mentions to Inscryption and The Fall as other games I finished and didn’t hate.
Most anticipated game for 2023:
Special award for joy that comes less from the game itself and more from the shared daily habit of playing with Allie, plus what the game means and enables: