Video Games
Last Updated: Oct 26, 2026These are my favourite video games, sorted by year because ranking them against each other would require opinions I’m not prepared to defend. Each year gets one Game of the Year and a few honourable mentions that didn’t quite make the cut but still deserve a participation trophy.
A lot of the games I play start out in Early Access, so they’re filed under the year they officially released, not the extra year or two I spent playing the unfinished version and complaining about it.
2026
Game of the Year
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
Honourable mentions
The King Is Watching
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!
2025
Game of the Year
Blue Prince
Honourable mentions
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
The Alters
2024
Game of the Year
Satisfactory
Honourable mentions
Pacific Drive
Helldivers 2
2023
Game of the Year
Dredge
Honourable mentions
DAVE THE DIVER
2022
Game of the Year
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Honourable mentions
Tin Can
Raft
2021
Game of the Year
Valheim
Honourable mentions
Days Gone
Resident Evil Village
2020
Game of the Year
Factorio
Honourable mentions
Hades
Outer Wilds
2018
Game of the Year
Subnautica
Honourable mentions
Frostpunk
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
2017
Game of the Year
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Honourable mentions
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
2016
Game of the Year
Quern - Undying Thoughts
Honourable mentions
The Witness
2015
Game of the Year
The Witcher 3
2014
Game of the Year
This War of Mine
Honourable mentions
Alien: Isolation
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
2013
Game of the Year
PAYDAY 2
2012
Game of the Year
Counter-Strike 2
2011
Game of the Year
Skyrim
Honourable mentions
The Witcher 2
2010
Game of the Year
Darksiders
2009
Game of the Year
Left 4 Dead 2
2008
Game of the Year
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Honourable mentions
Left 4 Dead
2007
Game of the Year
Portal