Andre’s Game Recommendations
I went through my GameReviewPad archives/Steam account and quickly pulled together a list of 50+ games that I liked over the last 10 years. I’m sure I missed a few, but I got most of them!
I divided these games up by category. Some of them can fit into multiple categories, but for the sake of this list and time I picked the category that I feel the game deserves overall.
The platform listed is the platform I played the game on. A lot of the games are on multiple platforms, but please be aware my recommendation is only for the platform listed. This doesn’t mean the game wont be good on other platforms. but please do your own research first. You can use this list as a general guide.
The Steam store pages are linked to every game except a few. Also keep in mind a lot of these games are on other digital PC stores (Humble Bundle, Epic Games, GOG, itch.io etc..) Visit the store pages for a more deeper description of each game, plus a trailer.
Andre’s #1 Favorite Game (2021 - 2014)
2021 - Wildermyth (PC)
2020 - Hades (PC)
2019 - Children of Morta (PC)
2018 - Wandersong (PC)
2017 - Cuphead (PC)
2016 - Stardew Valley (PC)
2015 - Undertale (PC)
2014 - Fantasy Life (3DS)
General Game Recommendations
(No particular order)
Platformer
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe (PC)
Puzzle
Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer (PC)
Story Focused
A Plague Tale: Innocence (PS4)
Tower Defense
Defender’s Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (PC)
Rogue-lite/Rogue-like
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! (PC)
Sword of the Stars: The Pit (PC)
Tactical
Action RPG
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition (PC)
Simulation
Single player/ Crafting / Adventure
Board Game / Multiplayer
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (PC)
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Consider this list a foundation with more games and possibly other information to be added later. I expect to send this every year from time to time after new games are added to the list.
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