5: Sekiro - One of the best modern works of gothic horror in any medium (yes better than Bloodborne and Souls). A tight central narrative tied into a much deeper lore than is apparent at first glance. Also informed by Buddhist morality, which is pretty cool.
4: Ark - You can shoot a rocket launcher at robots from the back of a Giganotosaurus. What's not to love?
3: Spec Ops: The Line - A controversial game, but one of the only shooters in existence to actually critique the bloody imperialist power fantasy that all modern shooter games inherently are. It spat on Call of Duty and gave the finger to every ooh-rah Marine dipshit who thought they were buying another game to fellate themselves with.
2: Disco Elysium - self explanatory
1: Journey - Less a game and more an interactive therapy tool. Helped bring me out of a major depressive spiral way back when. Play it on mescaline and it becomes a spiritual experience. Also a playable deconstruction of The Hero's Journey story framework, which I just enjoyed aesthetically.
The only two modern games I've played that came out this decade were Dark Souls 1 and Alien Isolation. DS 1 is a fantastic piece of dark low fantasy story telling. The power of it's narrative lies in it's ambiguity.
Alien Isolation is hands down my favorite video game based on a movie IP. It's scary, very tense, cat and mouse gameplay keeps you engaged with a fantastic AI. Major points for absolutely nailing the look of Alien.
Alien Isolation was awesome! Those robot mfs got a bit annoying to deal with though.
Yeah I didn't like them as in they always ended up getting me at one point that had me stumped. Still, great game.