Adventure · 2012

Journey

Thatgamecompany

A pilgrimage across sand, wordless and enormous.

Cover art via Wikipedia, fair use

RPG · 2019

Disco Elysium

ZA/UM

A detective novel that lets you fail spectacularly.

Cover art via Wikipedia, fair use

Simulation · 2016

Stardew Valley

ConcernedApe

The gentlest possible antidote to burnout.

Cover art via Wikipedia, fair use

Exploration · 2019

Outer Wilds

Mobius Digital

Twenty-two minutes, again and again, until it clicks.

Cover art via Wikipedia, fair use