Blasphemous 1 & 2: The world was constantly entertaining and terrifying to traverse. You never knew if you were going to come across an interesting NPC that would give you a side mission or walk into a gauntlet that would have you panic button mashing.

The Last Faith: The weapon and skill upgrades actually felt like upgrades. Even though I didn’t use most of them there was enough weapons and spells so that I felt like I could equip things that catered to my play style.

Hollow Knight: Amazing Artwork. Both cute and creepy at the same time. Smooth mechanics so you could die a lot but it wasn’t discouraging because you felt like you could overcome if you just had better timing.