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.
I don't really play many video games, so my taste may be a bit... unrefined(?) but here I go.
In no order whatsoever:
#The Binding of Isaac (both the original and rebirth) I've been playing since slightly after the release of Wotl, and I love it.
#EU4, despite the horrible dlc situation, and recent direction the game is going, this is probably still my favorite grand strategy game of the decade, the amount of content and depth is simply unmatched.
#Slay the Spire. I've always loved card games, but I'm not a big fan of multiplayer games, so a single player card game that is also a rouge-like is right up my alley. Really addicting game, but does feel a bit unfair sometimes.
#Borderlands 2. Idk, I don't play many fps games, I just like this one because as it should be obvious by now, I really like rouge-like mechanics. i had a lot of fun playing through this, but I haven't played it's sequel yet.
#Minecraft, Yeah technically this is older than a decade, but it only got out of beta in 2011, so it still counts damn it! Anyways, I really like minecraft, especially all the mods and plugins that are available for it, I also think that the more mature parts of the community are really chill.
I never played Minecraft, but I appreciate that it launched the survival genre, without which we would not have Valheim.
What amazes me about Minecraft is that they're still actively developing it. 2021 Minecraft is drastically different from what we had in 2011.
I heard that. Someone told me recently that they're remaking their cave systems, which makes me want to check it out. I love the shit out of caves.
Check out Monster Train, I liked it much better than Slay the Spire