CHAPTER 01Your choices matter
Baldur's Gate 3
9.7/10Unmissable
A vast adventure made personal by companions whose disagreements give the party's journey character and consequence.
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Baldur's Gate 3
A vast adventure made personal by companions whose disagreements give the party's journey character and consequence.
9.7/10Unmissable
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
A striking party journey whose shared mission gains emotional weight through the different lives carried into it.
9.5/10Unmissable
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Hades
A remarkably effective character story built from returns, with a familiar household that keeps finding new things to say.
9.4/10Unmissable
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CHAPTER 02Party connections
Persona 5 Royal
9.6/10Unmissable
A stylish social RPG whose daily routines give its larger confrontations a convincing sense of shared life.
CHAPTER 03Atmosphere and consequence
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
9.5/10Unmissable
A striking party journey whose shared mission gains emotional weight through the different lives carried into it.
CHAPTER 04Stories through systems
Hades
9.4/10Unmissable
A remarkably effective character story built from returns, with a familiar household that keeps finding new things to say.
CHAPTER 05Party connections
Metaphor: ReFantazio
9.3/10Unmissable
An ambitious party adventure that connects political hope to the practical work of travelling with and listening to people.
CHAPTER 06Stories through systems
Inscryption
9.2/10Unmissable
An unsettling mystery that makes the card table, the room and the game's own presentation active parts of its storytelling.
CHAPTER 07Stories through systems
Wildermyth
9.1/10Unmissable
A generous framework for a party's remembered history, with events that can leave lasting marks on both character and combat.
CHAPTER 08Your choices matter
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered
9.0/10Unmissable
A rich collection of investigations and human conflicts, strongest when Geralt's clear task leads to an untidy moral answer.
CHAPTER 09Your choices matter
Pentiment
8.8/10Compelling
An absorbing historical role-playing story about responsibility, limited knowledge and the changing memory of a community.
CHAPTER 10Party connections
Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition
8.6/10Compelling
A warmly presented party adventure whose strongest appeal is the cohesion of its companionship, movement and illustrated world.
CHAPTER 11Atmosphere and consequence
Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition
8.1/10Compelling
A moving relationship game when its everyday work becomes part of caring, and departures change the meaning of familiar routines.
CHAPTER 12Atmosphere and consequence
DREDGE
8.0/10Compelling
A persuasive maritime mystery that lets work, isolation and the temptation to stay out longer generate its unease.
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A remarkably effective character story built from returns, with a familiar household that keeps finding new things to say.
Medium · 9.4/10An unsettling mystery that makes the card table, the room and the game's own presentation active parts of its storytelling.
Medium · 9.2/10An absorbing historical role-playing story about responsibility, limited knowledge and the changing memory of a community.
Medium · 8.8/10A persuasive maritime mystery that lets work, isolation and the temptation to stay out longer generate its unease.
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