Introduction:

It's basically trite at this point to say this year has been challenging, but one positive out of everything is that I've been fortunate enough to have the time and funds to play a huge number of games that I've heard so much about, yet never was able to before now. I grew up on almost exclusively Nintendo games and then branched out to indie games in college I could play on my laptop, so I was more than excited when I bought the base PS4 that came bundled with God of War, Last of Us, and Horizon Zero Dawn for $200 (and I snagged Bloodborne for $15 while I was at it).
What ensued was a year of frenzied gaming-- never in any year of my life have I played games as much as I did this year. I enjoyed it, but there were also some surprising drawbacks to placing such an emphasis on gaming as a primary hobby, and I'll discuss those towards the conclusion. But man, there were some absolutely fantastic games that I played this year and I want to share my thoughts on them! Not every game I played this year was PS4, but most were.
Since literally every game I played this year was a good game, I have stratified my rankings into three overarching tiers: Best, Great, and Good. I was lucky enough to not even need a Meh tier this year. Lots of games within the same tier could probably have their orders switched, but I did my best. And all but two of these games I was patient™ on, which is a fun side note.
Disclaimer*:* These rankings reflect my personal opinions on the experience I had after finishing the game, rather than my thoughts on its overall quality as a product for everyone. There are a few rankings that are sure to ruffle some feathers-- I know that God of War, RDR2, Journey, Undertale, and Nier: Automata for example are great games, but they didn't resonate with me nearly as much as some others. So know that I appreciate them and those who hold these games so dear.
Without further ado, let's get going!

The BEST:

1. Bloodborne (PS4): Quite simply, I'm still chasing the feeling I had after playing this game for the first time. So much so you could say, that I played it 7 times this year. Never has a game enraptured me with its shocking world, brutal combat, and the best DLC I've ever played. I want to talk about Bloodborne (and all the souls games, really) constantly, learn everything about them, and play them forever.

Last of Us Part II (PS4): One of two games I broke being patient™ on, I waited a couple months before diving in just to stop working to avoid spoilers. I enjoyed the first game but this absolutely blew me out of the water. On a gameplay level I couldn't believe how fluid and visceral the combat was, how immense the encounters were with countless approaches to every situation, and how fun it was to play. The narrative was challenging and forced me to grapple with the same emotions as the protagonist initially, then brilliantly the player and character on divergent emotional tracks as you become more shocked and uncomfortable with what happens. I encourage anyone who hasn't yet to play with an open mind and avoid trying to reduce the story to a single theme or message. It may not be your cup of tea, but it was mine.

3. Outer Wilds (PS4): This game feels like it was made just for me. I love space and rocket physics, I love discovery, and I love it when a game makes me feel clever. The level of wonder and curiosity I felt while playing can only be compared to what I experienced with Breath of the Wild. This game is difficult to talk about without spoilers, but if discovery and outer space get you excited, there is nothing like Outer Wilds.

Dark Souls III (PS4): Yeah, I like souls games. While certainly less groundbreaking than DS1 and perhaps less atmospheric than Bloodborne, DS3 is a grand experience with, in my opinion, the best bosses in all the souls games. It's also the best souls game for experimenting with different playstyles without needing to watch 6 hours of VaatiVidya to figure out how to be a pyromancer.
Control (PS4): Objectively speaking, this game might not have the same merits as the others in the "Best" category. But it sucked me in with it's completely unique visual style. It felt like a strange acid trip and I was always excited to see what was next. The powers and combat were fun even if not terribly original (and even though the gunplay wasn't too strong) but I was completely enthralled by the nonchalance of the cast amid mind blowing supernatural activity. Far from a perfect game, but give it a chance if the style seems intriguing to you!

The Great:

The Last of Us Remastered (PS4): One of my most anticipated games when I picked up a PS4, having watched my friends play some of it. Though it didn't blow me away as much in 2020 as it might have in 2013, I thought it had decent gameplay, a great story, and a stunning world. The cities and post-apocalyptic environments were a pleasure to soak in, packed with detail, and well paced. Definitely a deserved classic.
Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4): In a lot of ways, this game isn't good as an open world game. It doesn't do a great job of compelling you to explore and engage with all the cool stuff it has. The sidequests are kind of bad, many characters forgettable and oddly animated. But this game is this high on the list because it's just so much fun taking down machine dinosaurs. They nailed gameplay in a technically beautiful world, and actually surprised me with the quality of the main story line. Not groundbreaking, but solid and a joy to play.
Death Stranding (PS4): For being one of the best games I have ever played, Death Stranding kinda sucks. I absolutely adored the premise and the world Kojima crafted, and delivering packages was really enjoyable. I loved figuring out traversal and just soaking in the graphics. I'm not one that normally cares about technical graphical showcases, but this game has made me reconsider how important graphics can be to an experience. Unfortunately, the dreadful gun mechanics, broken driving, constant NPC interjections, and the game's refusal to just end already kinda bogged it down. There's a lot here though that won me over and is an experience unlike anything I've ever played.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo Switch): The other game on this list I was not patient™ for, since I bought it for my wife... and then got sucked in. Truth is, as a non-creative type, I just loved this game as an outlet for my creativity and expression. I loved having projects like my zen garden, my Domino's Pizza restaurant, and then getting to share them with my friends. I've heard it said something along the lines of "It wasn't the best game of 2020, but it was the game for 2020".
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS4): Once I adjusted my expectations of what this game was and was not, it was great. While it doesn't reward open exploration as much as BoTW and Skyrim did, it simply has the best quests of any open world game I've played. Very rich environments and stories, and I even thought the gameplay was more than serviceable. It did kind of drag on by the end though. Also, disclaimer, I haven't played the DLC (sorry).
Return of the Obra Dinn (Nintendo Switch): I had hoped it would blow me away in a way similar to Outer Wilds, and while it didn't quite reach the same heights for me it was great nonetheless. I loved the nautical setting, the critical thinking and deduction required, and the way it was balanced perfectly between leaving you totally on your own and confirming bits at a time. My only real complaint is that I felt the true ending didn't really reveal anything about the story I didn't already know, I guess I expected some grand reveal.
Doom Eternal (PS4): White-knuckle, heart pounding, insane. The game forces you to engage with every mechanic it throws at you and is brutally challenging, but all in the best way. Though the gameplay was better than DOOM 2016, I actually preferred the latter since Eternal's levels felt more like a silly mario level than a tense demon-infested place. I get what they were going for and they executed well, I just prefer the more serious tone.
Hades (Nintendo Switch): Biggest surprise of the year for me, I didn't actually expect to like it. Hades is perfectly polished and a big step forward for integrating its excellent narrative with its roguelike structure. It's very easy to play without investing too much, making it great for unwinding. It deserves all the praise it's getting.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Remastered) (PS4): All the mainline Uncharted games are on this list but I enjoyed 2 the most. The set pieces were the most memorable, and I enjoyed almost every second. These games aren't as high on the list because, no matter how you dress it up, it's a pretty simple affair ultimately in terms of gameplay but it nails the style of game that it is.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (PS4): An amazing game in its own right, but was ultimately disappointing for me as a From Software fan. I found that what I appreciated most about Souls games was the tension of not knowing if you could make it to the next checkpoint, the terror of encountering something surprising and having to deal with it. Sekiro litters checkpoints left and right, which is of course great for its more boss-focused design, but left me far less immersed in the environments personally. I also wished I had more options for playing aggressively rather than just memorizing the parry patterns. In any case, these gripes are my personal preferences coming through and any hardcore gamer owes it to themselves to conquer this behemoth of a challenge.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 (PS4): Pure, unadulterated fun. I was absolutely addicted to the core gameplay and the levels, especially in the first game, were so cool to explore. For me the core loop started to get stale by the time I finished all the challenges on the levels, but for those that wanted more there is almost an endless amount of bonus challenges to tackle.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (PS4): There's definitely a strong argument that this is the ultimate uncharted game to play-- best gunplay and options in encounters, by far the best puzzles, and the delivery of the story is leagues above the rest of the series. I simply think that Uncharted 2 had the highest highs, so 4 is a tad lower. That, and the beautiful story set up was not brought together in a satisfying way; it in no way felt like Drake had earned Elena's forgiveness, but they kind just glossed over it. Still, a must play and Naughty Dog games at their best.
Subnautica (PS4): I wanted to love it more than I did. I was hooked on exploring and discovering the mysteries of the alien underwater, but I think I do better with games with less of a survival focus. I got really far into the game, but didn't actually finish since eventually the slow drip of clues started to get a bit too slow for my tastes, and the survival and basebuilding began to get tedious. Minor PS4 technical issues aside though, This is a dang good survival game, and immense in a terrifying and wonderful way.
Monster Train (PC): Slay the Spire is one of my all-time favorites, so I was pretty excited to be gifted this. It's a blast as a deckbuilder, and I think it was smartly designed in how it throws significant and strong rewards at you at every phase of a run, whereas StS often forces you to make the best of an iffy situation. Had a great time, but I lost interest after 15 or so hours since most runs tend to feel fairly similar. Still would absolutely recommend for StS and deckbuilding fans.
Spelunky (PC): Not the hardest game I've ever played, but definitely the most unforgiving. The controls took a while to get used to but once I was engaged, the game is a tight, slick, and enthralling adventure and test of skills. Full of secrets (I've only scratched the surface) and deeply satisfying to conquer. But boy, is it unforgiving.
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Remastered) (PS4): Another strong entry in the Uncharted series, just a tad weaker than 2 I think. I will credit it though with having the most memorable environments and locales in any Uncharted though!

The Good:

Read Dead Redemption II (PS4): *Full disclosure, I'm still playing through act 5 at the time of this post.* This one is really tough for me to fully form an opinion on. On the one hand, I think this is the most stunning and immersive open world I've ever seen. Deeply authentic towns, regions, unparalleled attention to detail, and great characters and a decent story. But the way the missions force you to do things explicitly one way with terrible hand-holding just isn't fun to me, and makes Uncharted games feel like open-world sandboxes by comparison. There's a lot of quality here and I've enjoyed many elements, but have been disillusioned by others. NakeyJakey explains what I felt far better than I can (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvJPKOLDSos&t=392s). Still a good time though.
God of War (PS4): Like RDR2, an incredible technical achievement, for me hands down the best looking PS4 game, best voice acting, and for most people this should be towards the top of your must-play list. At its best, the characters are great, the combat is crunchy and satisfying, and the world beautiful. I just felt that for far too often the game was far from its best-- too many combat encounters didn't feel like I was a God of War but rather smacking a giant meat sack of health, so many secrets and puzzles that I just stopped caring about because finding treasure chests isn't fun when the rpg/loot elements feel so tacked on and pointless, endlessly recycled bosses... for me it was just pretty good, nothing like the game of the generation in my eyes. That said, most people don't seem too bothered by the things I found mediocre, so the sheer spectacle (looking at you world serpent!) and great moments make this well worth the price of admission!
Undertale (PC): I did not play this game the way it was meant to be played, let's say that up front. It was a gift, and I played about a half an hour every month for a year and just finally finished it. I loved the music, it was charming, and I see why people love this game so much. I think it just didn't hit those highs for me and I was left with a fairly silly little 8-bit game. Which was good. I'm glad I experienced what it had to offer but didn't leave a huge mark on me.
Superhot (Google Stadia): I had wanted to play this game forever but couldn't justify spending $20 on it, so I was pleased when I got a free Google Stadia kit and got to play it free! Really neat blend of stylized retro computer flavor and a fabulous central time-stop mechanic. A great 2 hour experience but tough to recommend as more than a novelty.
NieR: Automata (PS4): I have made it through 1.5 playthroughs so I know I haven't gotten the full experience, but I wasn't enjoying it enough to continue. I think every game developer though should learn from the brilliance of this game-- constantly keeping the player on its toes by not confining itself by a genre and by focusing on what's fun and cool, rather than convention. Excellent music. I get the hype, and the healthy dose of existential musings was interesting... it just didn't ultimately click for me. I can't unequivocally recommend this game to everyone, but if the premise and style stand out to you, this could be your next all-time favorite game.
Star Wars Battlefront II (PS4): Picked this up for free with PS Plus, and while there's not a lot here that's that special it was honestly super nice comfort food gaming. I just enjoyed shooting stuff in really cool Star Wars settings, a franchise I love. For what it was, I had a blast, minus the fact that I personally feel Jedi/heroes really kinda ruin the game for me. Unfortunately, it also is nothing more than a basic mass multiplayer battlefield game, so don't expect anything crazy.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Remastered) (PS4): Definitely weaker than its successors, but still a really fun romp with trope-y but effective narrative and characters, and totally serviceable gunplay. This would be much higher on the list, and I honestly had a great time with it, but man the final third of the game was really painful to play. The switch to zombies was bad, and just wasn't fun to play through.
Until Dawn (PS4): I did not think I would like this game at all, I don't care for cheesy horror and definitely am not interested in interactive movies. But if you have a significant other or group of friends to play this with, it can be a great time! I played with my wife and we were honestly pretty engaged with the characters and the story was well told and had plenty of nice jump scares. There's not much game here, but for what it is it was a neat experience.
Shadow of the Colossus (Remake) (PS4): There were some incredible highlights to this game like the flying colossus and the sand worm, and the scale of the encounters with the epic music has earned this game a place as a masterpiece and classic to so many gamers. The remake looks stunning and it was exciting to see what type of colossus was up next. Unfortunately, every great moment I had was accompanied by an equally frustrating moment with mediocre controls and a couple of colossus that were so bad (looking at you, little bull/lion Celosia) that made me have to put down the game for a few days. A great game let down by some dated and poor elements.
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (PS4): Souls games are my favorites, so it pains me to put this game so low. The best areas in the game (Heide's tower, Drangleic Castle, etc) are up there with the best in the series and most of the excellent combat found in the other games is more or less present here. But I think 2/3 of the game is bogged down by drab areas that feel more like a mario level designed to kill the player more than an area that could really exist. The Iron keep was the worst offender, the area was absolutely nonsensical and like so many other areas, enemies were placed in a way designed to frustrate the player with difficulty rather than engage them with challenge. Bosses were also mostly forgettable, but I did love the Looking Glass knight and the Pursuer!
Journey (PS4): Look, I'm as surprised as you that this game is on the bottom of the list. I honestly expected to love it. An artistic, beautiful marriage of environmental storytelling and unforgettable online interaction? A smooth and cathartic movement system? It has all these things, and no doubt deserves the acclaim and love it has from so many gamers. It just didn't resonate with me. Especially the ending, I felt for sure that there would be some great climax that contrasted with the struggle of the icy segment, but instead it fell a bit flat. Maybe I'll give it another try someday.

Conclusion, Gaming Patiently, and a Warning:

There you have it! I'd love to hear what surprised you in my rankings, where I'm horribly wrong, and what games you recommend I play next! Personally, I'm considering Persona 5 (though I'm not super into JRPGs), Dishonored 2 (am curious about immersive sims), and Jedi Fallen Order.
Gaming patiently is a strategy I absolutely endorse. Not only has it allowed me to form my own opinions of games independent of hype, but has allowed me to play a huge quantity of incredible games for honestly pennies. The average cost per game of everything I played this year was under $20. Now, more than ever, is an amazing time to get a PS4 and be a patient gamer, due to both the relative inexpensiveness and the sheer volume of outstanding games. I still will probably buy the big nintendo titles at launch and occasionally buy into hype, but most of the time it just isn't worth it anymore.
Finally, a friendly warning as a personal story for those of us who deeply love games and devote a lot of time to them. Like many kids, I was pretty limited by my parents growing up on what and how much I was allowed to play. I loved gaming but it was somewhat of a forbidden fruit. In college, I loved gaming and definitely played more, but still was very busy with social activities, studies, and other hobbies. Now, as a working adult with a comfortable job, I suddenly have more time and money than I have ever had in my life, and thus this giant list of games I played was created. For the first few months it was enthralling; all I wanted to do was play. Over the course of the year, however, it has become clear to me that requiring so much of my happiness and fun coming from having a game to be excited about can have some drawbacks. In the middle of a pandemic, if I'm sitting on the couch waiting for video games to make me happy and they just aren't giving me the same enjoyment that Bloodborne did when I played it for the first time, I'm just gonna be stuck there on the couch, slowly getting a bit depressed when my main source of fun isn't cutting it. So what's the point? Well, enjoy your games! Don't let anyone stop you from loving what you love. But if you start to burn out, please take care of yourself and engage in other hobbies, get outside, and keep things balanced. For me, doing so has made gaming all the sweeter.
Thanks for reading and indulging this long post!

WSE:CDR CD Projekt Red Analysis. Is it undervalued after the 37% drop due to Cyberpunk problems on consoles?

Background
CD PROJEKT S.A. (WSE: CDR) is a Polish video game developer, publisher and distributor based in Warsaw. CD Projekt Red, best known for The Witcher series and the recent release of Cyberpunk 2077.
The CD PROJEKT Group currently conducts operating activities in two key segments: CD PROJEKT RED and GOG.com (originally as Good Old Games).
Hierarchy
CD PROJEKT Capital Group is headed by CD PROJEKT S.A. A holding company which has five subsidiaries.
The subsidiaries are:
- GOG sp. z o.o (Similar to Steam, it is a distributor of games).
- CD PROJEKT Inc (Where all the game development happens)
- CD PROJEKT Co. Ltd (Only for selling games in China)
- Spokko sp. z o.o. (The mobile arm of CD projekt red)
- CD PROJEKT RED STORE sp. z o.o. (A new store of merchandise launched by the company)
GOG - Who have just released a 2.0 version called GOG Galaxy which subsequently entered its beta testing phase. The goal of the application is to enable players to integrate all their game shelves into a single library, to communicate with friends and to track their progress regardless of their preferred gaming platforms. Its functionality will span PC and console platforms, extending beyond the GOG.com user base. It's main selling points are that is uses the cloud, is DRM free and has a ton of old games such as Diablo, Destroy all humans etc on it's platform that Steam doesn't.
Steam is the single biggest distributor of digital games for PC, it's been dominating the market for years and has way more games than GOG does due to this. Especially as a lot of publishers do not want to host their games DRM free which GOG requires. It's very difficult to predict the future of GOG because Steam is a private company so we don't have access to it's numbers.
However the big benefit of GOG is that CD Projekt Red can sell and promote it's games directly through their own platform. The benefit being a much bigger margin on each game sold as 100% of the profit goes to CD Projekt red if a game is sold on GOG, whereas on Steam they take a 20% cut for the first $50m revenue of Cyberpunk. One third of all digital PC preorders for Cyberpunk 2077 sales were on GOG which is an incredible achievement by CD Projekt Red considering Steams dominance.
This is probably the reason why CD Projekt Red has such a huge operating margin from 30% to 50% in recent years. They are involved in the entire process of making and selling their games.
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game is the first multiplayer game developed by the CD PROJEKT Group. It has been a hugely successful and highly rated game (which is impressive considering it's their first mobile multiplayer game). The reason why this game is important for the future is because multiplayer is the key to the cash machine which is microtransactions which the card game has.
Cyberpunk was released recently and had been in development for many years. It's sold very well but less than analysts expectations and there has been serious problems on console versions which led to sony removing cyberpunk 2077 from it's PS store for the time being. This caused the companies stock to plummet 37% recently.
I'll get into the numbers at the bottom for my reverse DCF that I did.
Cyberpunk Online multiplayer will definitely come at some point within the next couple of years. The reason being is that after GTA Onlines unbelievable success and constant revenue generation for Take Two then it makes sense to try and replicate this with Cyberpunk. This multiplayer will feature microtransactions and in my opinion is the way Cd Projekt red can really make the big $$ in the future. Microtransactions for cosmetic items like in game skins or packs (like fifa) are easy to implement and have huge operating margins as they take 0 CAPEX and virtually no time to implement due to being some simple code and designs. Here's a quote taken from their 2019 Annual Report for Key Sources Of Revenue:

■ sales carried out through optional microtransactions in GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (incl. kegs and meteorite dust) via GOG, proprietors of console platforms (PlayStation, Xbox) and App Store (Apple)

Risks
There are some huge risks with cd projekt red, here are the main ones:
- Neither IP, The Wither or Cyberpunk 2077 is owned by CD Projekt since the two series are based on a series of novels and a tabletop RPG respectively. So they would need permission from these license holders (the creators I think) to be able to do other spin offs for them. While it is likely the permission will be given due to the huge successes it's not a certainty.
- CD Projekt Red relies on a couple of block busters to make 80% of their revenue and earnings. The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 are the only revenue generates the company has (apart from GOG). If CD Projekt red messes up either of these huge IP's in the future (or like they just have with the console versions of Cyberpunk) then you can expect a huge and sudden stock price drop and potential damage to the company.
- Because of the few but huge releases, CD Projekt Red has very volatile earnings and revenue making it very hard to predict, similar to Take Two Interactive. You can see in the following picture how sales drop a lot after release.
Co-Founders and Board History
CD PROJEKT has a very long tenure of the management board, all at least 10 years and 3/5 of them 20+ years. Insiders have a significant stake in CD Projekt red's stock, including the joint CEO's. This is great news for shareholders as the insiders have a big incentive to make the company work as they have big stakes in the company.
Company shareholding structure is made up of the following people:
- Marcin Iwinski (Joint CEO & Co-Founder) is 13%
- Michal Kicinski (Ex Joint CEO & Co-Founder) is 11%
- Piotr Nielubowicz (VP, CFO) is 6%
- Adam Kicinski (President & Joint CEO) is 3%
Incentives for management:

Management goals are based 80% on net earnings and 20% on SP over the WIG index.

These are poor goals in my opinion. Net earnings can be enhanced by poor acquisitions and stock price is meaningless and should be ignored in incentives as it can produce short term motivations.
Management hit the majority of their goals for year 2019.Their goals going forward:

Goals for 2020-2025 Aggregate Net Income: 8,300 PLN or 1,660 PLN a year.
Optimistic goals for 2020-2025 Aggregate Net Income: 10,000 PLN or 2,000 PLN a year.

These goals seem too high in my opinion. Especially after their cyberpunk flop on consoles but it's still possible.
Competitors
CD PROJEKT is well known for its biggest sales on The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 hype. However, there’s a lot of gaming industries that compete with one another.
Thus comparing its competitors such as Take-Two Interactive, Electronic Arts (EA), Activision Blizzard has more diversified games and games produced more frequently compared to CD PROJEKT RED.
CD Projekt Red's risk in terms of competitors is releasing a big game that clashes with another big game such as GTA 6. However all gaming companies have a good tailwind right now due to COVID restrictions and microtransactions are lifting all gaming companies margins. A rising tide lifts all boats.
Industry

- CAGR 2019-2024 Video games and e-sports growth expected to be 7% (source: PWC Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2020–2024).
- In 2019 the strongest strong growth was observed in the mobile and console segments. The former grew by 9.7%, reaching 68.2 billion USD, while the latter grew by 7.3%, reaching 45.3billion USD. The PC market reached a volume of 35.3 billion USD, having increased by 2.8%.The largest share of the global videogame market is currently held by mobile devices (46%), 80% of which are smartphone releases. Gaming consoles come in second at 30%, followed by the PC 24%. Mobile devices are projected to retain their top position, with their corresponding market volume increasing by 11.2% annually (on average) over the next three years. According to estimates, the volume of the global mobile game market will reach 93.6 billion USD by 2022 (it currently stands at 68.2 billion USD).

You can see from the above as to why CD projekt red is branching out to smartphones and China.
Reverse DCF
Here's the original post and reverse DCF because stocks does not allow images: https://www.reddit.com/UndervaluedStonks/comments/kofhq7/wsecdr_cd_projekt_red_analysis_is_it_undervalued/
Conclusion
It's been extremely difficult to project CD Projekt Red and even after doing research I am still very unsure on a bunch of variables. In my opinion the markets assumptions of CD Projekt Red's growth and margins as shown above in the reverse DCF is perfectly acceptable to me. Therefore I would not buy their shares unless they dipped to around 210 zloty~ as I don't think they are undervalued yet. given the risks.
Please comment if you see anything wrong with my valuation. This was a very difficult one for me.
Thanks

WSE:CDR CD Projekt Red Analysis. Is it undervalued after the 37% drop due to Cyberpunk problems on consoles?

■ sales carried out through optional microtransactions in GWENT: The Witcher Card Game (incl. kegs and meteorite dust) via GOG, proprietors of console platforms (PlayStation, Xbox) and App Store (Apple)

Management goals are based 80% on net earnings and 20% on SP over the WIG index.

Goals for 2020-2025 Aggregate Net Income: 8,300 PLN or 1,660 PLN a year.
Optimistic goals for 2020-2025 Aggregate Net Income: 10,000 PLN or 2,000 PLN a year.

- CAGR 2019-2024 Video games and e-sports growth expected to be 7% (source: PWC Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2020–2024).
- In 2019 the strongest strong growth was observed in the mobile and console segments. The former grew by 9.7%, reaching 68.2 billion USD, while the latter grew by 7.3%, reaching 45.3billion USD. The PC market reached a volume of 35.3 billion USD, having increased by 2.8%.The largest share of the global videogame market is currently held by mobile devices (46%), 80% of which are smartphone releases. Gaming consoles come in second at 30%, followed by the PC 24%. Mobile devices are projected to retain their top position, with their corresponding market volume increasing by 11.2% annually (on average) over the next three years. According to estimates, the volume of the global mobile game market will reach 93.6 billion USD by 2022 (it currently stands at 68.2 billion USD).

You can see from the above as to why CD projekt red is branching out to smartphones and China.
Reverse DCF
StockMarket does not allow images so you will need to view my user to see the reverse DCF krisolch if you want to see it.
Conclusion
It's been extremely difficult to project CD Projekt Red and even after doing research I am still very unsure on a bunch of variables. In my opinion the markets assumptions of CD Projekt Red's growth and margins as shown above in the reverse DCF is perfectly acceptable to me. Therefore I would not buy their shares unless they dipped to around 210 zloty~ as I don't think they are undervalued yet. given the risks.
Please comment if you see anything wrong with my valuation. This was a very difficult one for me.
Thanks

My Big Recommendations List for the Steam Winter Sale

This has been an absolutely miserable year but finally it’s coming to an end, and even looking up now that Facebook and Google are being sued by Federal and State governments. If you played Cyberpunk I’m sure you’ll also have your fingers crossed that both companies get the sledgehammer into little pieces, with Amazon and the App Store soon to follow. Next year is up in the air right now; it could be the year XR is completely strangled by those soulless corpo’s at Facebook, or it could be the year that OpenXR, anti trust action, and consumer apathy towards VR cut their legs out from under them. Things look completely up in the air at this point. So take the holidays and enjoy VR while you still can, next year we might just be playing Valve’s Citadel while the ship goes down.
Well Steam’s Winter Sale is here and it’s a great time to pick up a lot of great games, hidden gems, and so on. This is my list of games to pick up. Some of them are the best prices these games have ever had. I categorized them by price tier, and I put a few standouts in bold either because they’re a great game or a great deal, or both.
Merry Christmas
[I also made a hardware guide for headsets and PC components, a guide to using steamVR, a guide about how to use the Index for AR, and a master acab list of great VR games, demos, and software]
The Sale ends on January 5th at 10AM PT

PAYDAY 2 (-90%, $0.99) Has a full VR mode that makes the whole game VR and lets you play with flatscreen players. It’s a lot more impressive than you would expect, especially at this price (free with the base game). It has two handed guns, full access to all the content and crossplay with non VR players, a UI on your tablet watch, etc
Half-Life 2 (-80%, $1.99) You need to use Garry's Mod to run this in VR but the whole game works.
Naked Sun (-90%, $0.59) Two hand wave shooter style game where you’re being moved through a robot city and fighting ogg enemies with guns and a shield.
Scanner Sombre (-75%, $1.49) Spelunking through echolocation and a great art style. At this price and with this concept I’d say it’s definitely something to experience in VR.
Steady (-50%, $2.49) Like the lockpicking puzzle from Alyx or those boardwalk games were you move a ring over wire without touching them together. 50 levels.
fpsVR (-20%, $3.19) This is a must have utility for SteamVR. My guide to using SteamVR explains why and how to use it.
Windlands (-90%, $1.99) the first windlands game, it’s a grappling hook style adventure exploration game.
Evolution VR (-51%, $0.49) This is like that first phase of Spore, where you’re an amoeba eating larger ones and evolving with new limbs. I consider it a steal at this price, although it’s going to become free soon according to the devs.
PROZE: Enlightenment (-85%, $2.99) Puzzle adventure game set in the tundra
Evil Robot Traffic Jam HD (-80%, $0.99) Tower defense
Interkosmos (-33%, $3.34) A space survival game where you’re sitting in a tiny broken space capsule and have to make it back to earth.
Neonwall (-90%, $0.99) Guide a ball through neon obstacle puzzles
Spuds Unearthed (-75%, $2.99) RTS TD type thing. I found its balance super frustrating when I tried it but it has a lot of polish and this price is great.
Squishies (-75%, $2.49) Puzzle game with nice art that looks polished
Zooma VR (-66%, $2.03) Look at the steam page, it’s basically an adaptation of that arcade game where you shoot colored balls at other colored balls to match them up and pop them.
Obstruction : VR (-68%, $3.19)
Fingers: Mini Games (-35%, $1.94) Screw around with finger physics mini games with your index controllers.
Chroma Lab (-40%, $2.99) Particle simulator that’s kind of trippy
Drone Hero (-90%, $0.99) Drone obstacle course game
Defendion (-80%, $$2.19) Laned fantasy strategy game
Bonfire (-50% $2.49) A little story where you’re crash landed on an alien planet with Ali Wong and meet cartoon aliens
Cliffstone Manor (-75%, $1.99) Difficult escape room style game
Moonshot Galaxy (-65%, $1.74) space mini golf game
Protogon VR (-80% $1.99) Combination minigolf pinball game with neon crazy graphics
Power Tools VR (-50%, $0.99) Chip away at a stone block with power tools
Race The Sun (-80%, $1.99) Endless forward obstacle racer with options VR support
SpellPunk VR (-73%, $2.96) Competitive spell casting game
Strings (-90%, $0.99) It’s a smaller, more basic game, basically a shooter with different items you use to fight enemies as you teleport around stages.
SweeperVR (-50%, $1.99) Minesweeper in 3 Dimensions
PolyCube (-50%, $2.49) complex 3D tetris
UNTITLED (-50%, $2.49) 3D surreal puzzle game
Intruders: Hide and Seek (-90%, $1.99) Gamepad horror game
WRG games bundle (-96%, $0.65) Escape room and a non VR game

Apex Construct (-75%, $4.99) This is where the energy battery puzzles come from. It's early VR but really strong on story, progression, and interactions, the combat is mostly archery
FORM (-70%, $4.44) “A surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories”
NIGHTSTAR: Alliance (-60%, $3.99) Bullet Hell in space, but with a story and customization
Blasters of the Universe (-75%, $3.74) Bullet Hell with a lot of polish and progression and you unlike new weapon parts
FREEDIVER: Triton Down (-50%, $4.49) Drowning simulator, shorter but high quality
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (-70%, $4.49) This is one of the best VR party games, easy to play remotely or in the same room with other plays holding a printed out or mobile browser manual helping the VR player disarm a bomb.
Out of Ammo Fun Bundle (-78%, $4.48) A bit rough but still getting updates and still low poly fun. First one has multiplayer. They’re both FPS/RTS but the first one is war themed, while the second one is a zombie game.
Orb Labs (-50% $4.49) A stealth puzzle game where you use different orbs to complete puzzles around lasers, turrets, and other hazards.
Thumper (-80%, $3.99) Best selling surreal rhythm game, best with a gamepad. I definitely recommend it if you are fine with the gamepad controls.
Vetrix (-20% $4.79) Tetris inspired. It has a two layer deep grid allowing for lots of 3D shapes that you can stick into place by hand in a twist on the usual formula. It has its own 8bit tunes, special blocks, multiple modes, and a bunch of color profiles based on the gameboy’s aesthetic.
Transpose (-75%, $4.99) A game where you solve puzzles with a recording of yourself. It’s one of the best and more creative puzzle games in VR.
Operation Warcade VR (-75%, $4.99) Old but the concepts work really well. It’s like a 3D light gun game that pulls you in for some moments
Echo Grotto (-50%, $3.99) Echo Grotto is a spelunking game with stylized graphics. You pick your gear and then use a throwing based teleportation system that leaves a trail behind you.
HATCHICK (-75%, $3.74) Like Xortex from the lab, a bullet hell inside a dome
Journey For Elysium (-50%, $4.99) Greek mythology adventure game, a black and white art style
Just In Time Incorporated (-75% $3.74) You appear in slow motion to save people who have Just In Time Insurance. Super basic graphics but the gameplay is fun and for this price it’s a good buy.
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin (-75%, $4.99)
Shooty Skies Overdrive (-50%, $4.99) It’s a bullet Hell with polish and a voxel style.
Portable Farm (-20%, $3.99) It’s a light farming game, but the hook is that this runs on top of other games like an overlay.
Balloonatics (-65%, $3.49) Single and multiplayer hot air balloon combat. A big update is coming.
Axegend VR (-50%, $4.99) Tower Defense mixed with some fantasy combat
Buzludzha VR (-60%, $4.79) If you like VR tourism then this is pretty good.
Carnival Games VR (-75%, $4.99) Party game style game. It crashes unless you turn off the game’s haptics in input bindings
Bandit Point (-50%, $4.99) Renaissance robot shooter where you possess different robots in combat
Downward Spiral: Horus Station (-70%, $5.99) Zero G space thriller
Flotilla 2 (-50%, $4.99) Turn based RTS in 3D between space battleships
VR Furballs - Demolition (-60%, $4.79) Angry birds style game
Townsmen VR (-50%, $4.99) This was barebone and felt like a demo, but it’s going to get a big update that scales it up into a game and should be free for anyone who owns this version.
Starblazer (-75%, $4.99) A 3D space RTS with multiplayer
Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl (-50%, $4.99) This is a classic VR RTS scaled down to a quick 1v1 RTS battle.
RuneSage (-60%, $3.99) Open world puzzle fantasy game
2945VR (-45%, $3.29) Space shoot em up

Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son (-33%, $10.04) Sequel to the movie with a similar idea where you relive the same day over and over and progress
HORIZON VANGUARD (-33%, $10.04) Sega Saturn Style arcade shooter on a hoverbike. Don’t let the graphics fool you, this is a really well made puzzle game in a Sega Saturn style
Fujii (-35%, $9.74) Gardening with a weird forest spirit
Garden of the Sea (-50%, $5.99) Animal Crossing looking zen farming game by the devs behind Budget Cuts 2, early access but steady updates are coming adding features and more mechanics..
GORN (-50%, $9.99) Cartoon melee colosseum game, VR classic that has killed a thousand controllers
Contractors (-50% $9.99) smallest player base of the big shooters but full of good ideas and strong gunplay. Now has mod support, including custom maps, weapons, and modes like world war II, ninja warrior, Halo, etc
1976 - Back to midway (-50%, $7.49) Just came out, it’s a good game, already on sale. This is a good deal. This is a 2.5D shoot em up that has “immersion zones” where you take direct control in first person. It really captures the idea of stepping inside an old arcade machine really well.
Creed (-75%, $7.49) This is a pretty good multiplayer boxing game that goes for a more arcade style, Graphics are good, it’s polished, and obviously it’s licensed from the movie
Bizarre Barber (-50%, $5.99) Arcade game about cutting aliens’ hair as they come by in passing subway cars. It goes for a more surrealist vibe.
Garry's Mod (-33%, $6.69) This needs a community hack to be VR, but it works and even lets you play HL2 in VR
Cubism (-20%, $7.99) A tetronomo style puzzle where you need to figure out how to make the finished shape out of the pieces you’re given, in 3D. Feels like it’s made by Apple.
Gravity Lab (-40%, $8.99) Rube goldberg puzzler where you build machines to get the ball from the start to the finish, sci fi settings.
Pierhead Arcade Bundle (-63%, $7.48) The first one is stronger and a great little VR boardwalk with multiplayer to show off to people with high quality minigames,and with an update this week they made it so if you own both, then the games carry over into 2, which has index support and a ton of its own games too.
Prison Boss (-60%, $7.99) The best crafting game in VR, you play a prisoner who makes and sells contraband, so it’s business sim as well since you buy equipment and supplies to make various products.
Tabletop Simulator (-50%, $9.99) (4-Pack for $29.99) (Most DLC -50%,) Look, the VR support here has issues but since it’s a board game simulation all you need to do is make sure you can sit down, move around, and grab things (just make your own bindings from the desktop SteamVR settings). Since it uses the Steam workshop it’s an insane value with endless excellent quality content. The matchmaking system means you can play all kinds of games at all hours with thousands of people.
Westworld Awakening (-80%, $5.99) If you love the show this is a must have, pretty well received as just a good game overall.
Superfly (-34%, $9.89) This is a super hero sim game in VR. You can have six different types of powers with their own movement and combat mechanics around a cartoon city
Ultrawings (-50%, $7.49) Super user friendly flight sim with VR controls. I definitely recommend it. You complete missions to get money to spend on new planes across several cartoonish islands that you fly between.
Shooty Fruity (-55%, $8.99) One of the best wave shooters in my opinion, but the controls are a little broken for the Index since it doesn’t use SteamVR input.
RUSH (-60%, $7.99) Wing suit skydiving game
Climbey (-31% $6.89) A classic VR climbing game with multiplayer and steam workshop support for courses
Space Pirate Trainer (-40%, $8.99) Everyone’s favorite wave shooter, one of the first wave of room scale VR games that came out with the Vive. There’s no progression but it handles the mechanics of dodging bullets and dealing with growing waves of enemies really well with a lot of modes for your weapons.
Spectro (-50%, $7.49) Ghost hunting game that feels a bit like it’s made for kids but it’s still a good roguelike.
The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets (-50% $7.49) Cutesy puzzler abou finding a bunch of stolen pets on little floating islands you interact with.
ViSP - Virtual Space Port (-50%, $7.49) You build these blocky space stations in third person trying to hold off attacks by aliens.
A Fishermans Tale (-35%, $9.74) A recursive puzzle game where you’re a fisherman in a box messing with a fisherman in a box who has a fisherman in a box…
I Expect You To Die (-60% $9.99) A james bond style escape room game with a ton of polish and a lot of content, one of the best of the genre.
Ultimate Fishing Simulator VR (-66%, $10.09) It’s realistic fishing, in VR.
The Forest (-50%, $9.99) Port, has good co op, suniverseurvival with crafting and base building in a forest full of mutants.
The Mage's Tale (-70%, $8.99) I haven’t been able to try this one, but it’s well reviewed and has a nice art style.
2MD: VR Football (-30% $9.09) This is basically quarterbacking in VR. You throw the ball but you don’t run around with it. Also you throw with the trigger by default, for safety reasons. It’s still fun, but it’s definitely not a full football experience.
Deism (-30%, $5.59) This a god game with a low poly art style, it’s in early access with a lot of updates.
Cave Digger (-50%, $9.99) Steampunk mining game with multiple endings
The Thrill of the Fight (-20% $7.99) This is the more realistic boxing game more like a simulation, and it's good as a workout.
Carly and the Reaperman (-50%, $9.99) Escape from the Underworld (-50%, $9.99) One of the best asymmetric games, this is a co op platformer adventure where the VR player helps the gamepad player. Works with Parsec/Remote Play Together
Grapple Tournament (-34%, $9.89) Grappling hook PvP arena
Gun Club VR (-60% $7.99) For a gun sim, get H3. The value in this game are the missions where you have to hit cardboard targets across different themes and weapon types like WWII, modern day, zombies, or carnival style targets.
Swords of Gurrah (-30%, $6.99) Multiplayer sword fighting with a little community.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (-75%, $7.49) Port of third person game, really high quality but gamepad controls.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad (-85%, $7.49) A HOTAS based WWII combat flight sim
Marble Land (-60%, $5.99) A physics base puzzle game about getting the marble to the goal
Combat Tested (-69%, $6.19) This is a mixed game, but it’s really creative with the gritty super powers you have while you try to escape from a lab full of people trying to stop you.
Blind (-75%, $6.24) You can only see by making noise (canes, throwing things, etc)
Adapt or Perish (-40%, $5.99) Evolutionary strategy game with a VR mode
Pinball FX2 VR (-60%, $5.99) Made for VR realistic pinball
Assetto Corsa (-90%, $7.93) Racing sim with optional VR
Seeking Dawn (-80%, $5.99) Not great, but super ambitious with story and alien enemies and crafting and base building and just generally more than I expected, and it actually kind of works.

Pavlov VR (-40%, $14.99) Pavlov is basically a game that set out to be Counter Strike VR and became the Garry's Mod of VR and the most creative community outside VRChat. I’ve seen and played everything from roller skate racing, a remake of the entirety of Super Mario 64, TF2 Payload, over a hundred TTT maps, some of the best Battle Royale I’ve seen in VR, Slow-mo zero G modes, SCP, LifeMod and DarkRP, five completely different kinds of zombie modes, and a lot more. It’s been a fixture of SteamVR and pretty soon they’re releasing a World War II update with character models and new guns for the USSR, USA, Germany, and UK, new maps, and multi user tanks that you use in first person. It’s as much a must have as there can be, as long as you like multiplayer shooters.
Vertigo Remastered (-40%, $14.99) A 19 year old genius kid who worked at Valve and Cloudhead games made this on his own. It feels like a scaled down Alyx with nice physics, creative weapons and tools, and great personality across a campaign.
Paper Beast (-30%, $13.99) One of the standout PSVR games. You’re in a surreal papercraft desert with dynamic and lifelike paper animals. It has a story and then a smaller sandbox mode. It’s a surreal style experience that works well in VR.
Jet Island (-35%, $12.99) take on a huge open world with an island of enemies on your hoverboard
Falcon Age (-35%, $12.99) You play a young falconer who uses her whip and bird to fight off colonizing robots that are strip mining her planet. It’s a pretty high quality game and semi open world.
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency (-50%, $14.99) VR stealth with a portal style teleport gun and a bow. It’s well written and has a lot of polish. Sequel to one of the standout classics of early VR.
Superhot VR (-40% $14.99) This is the game that sold me on VR. It’s basically the Matrix, where time moves when you move. It’s actually not a port of the original superhot, which is why the sequel isn’t coming to VR. I think it’s slightly overrated, there isn’t a ton of content, it just seems more concise than the marketing conveys
Gadgeteer (-20% $11.99) Even more rube goldberg puzzler, but more of a dominos style of gameplay.
Ironwolf VR (-30%, $13.99) Submarine simulator, has destroyer mode now too with coop and some competitive multiplayer. I definitely recommend this as a co op experience.
Hotel RnR (-40% $11.99) You’re a dead rocker who makes a deal with the devil to destroy hotel rooms
Duck Season (-35%, $12.99) Make someone else play this without explaining it to them. Tell them it’s just Duck Hunt.
Down the Rabbit Hole (-40%, $11.99) Third person Alyx in Wonderland game with player choice
3dSen VR (-40%, $11.99) 3D NES emulator that makes them feel like a totally new experience.
The Wizards Bundle (-68%, $15.92) The first one is an okay wave shooter, the second is more of an adventure game with great graphics and more variety.
Thief Simulator VR (-27%, $14.59) A semi open world game where you go around stealing people’s phones, jewelry, and cars.
Vox Machinae (-45%, $13.74) If you like Mech games this is basically a must buy, you control it by hand with all the bits and bobs of the cockpit and the graphics look really good. VR and flatscreen with crossplay multiplayer.
Yupitergrad (-15% $12.74) A grappling hook adventure game set aboard a collapsing soviet space station
Windlands 2 (-60%, $11.99) This is a grappling hook style game with somewhat basic graphics but large worlds and big enemies. Some people have called it the best spiderman game in VR.
Hello Puppets (-30%, $13.99) Cartoon horror with weird humor, your hand is an evil puppet
Moss (-50% $14.99) A third person platformer adventure game about a little mouse
Skytropolis (-55%, $11.24) A vertical citybuilder, which is a rare genre in VR. It’s from 2017 and doesn’t get updates any more but it does work and it’s not a bad game in the genre.
Pixel Ripped 1995 (-30%, $13.99) A love letter to 16 bit gaming. You play video games inside the game and have to avoid getting caught playing in the middle of the night, etc.
ModBox (-25% $11.24) This is a sandbox game creator with steam workshop support. IT has a lot of potential and supports asymmetric play, VR multiplayer, and creation inside and outside of VR.
New Retro Arcade: Neon (-35%, $12.99) This is kind of buggy, and you need to use the unofficial arcade builder, but as a social VR experience for friends it can be pretty cool. Roms aren’t shared online unless the other people are on parsec or something, but a few activities like movies, the built in games, and bowling are actually multiplayer. The arcade is persistent for you and your friends even if you’re doing different things in different rooms.
Phasmophobia (-10%, $12.59) The big new co op horror multiplayer game, but this one also supports VR
Synth Rider (-40% $14.99) This is the closest Beat Saber style game to the original, with a smoother style of gameplay. But the maps feel unbalanced, like every difficulty or gameplay setting is the exact same map just being automatically tweaked. This can make it feel unfair or constricting.
Into the Radius (-30%, $20.99) Basically Stalker VR, kill enemies and complete missions for cash as you progress
Mini Motor Racing X (-50%, $19.99) Racing game that you control with your actual hands which is great but the tracks can be pretty small and with lots of tight turns since it’s a micro car game. Also has a rocket league mode which is fun.
Stride (-25%, $14.99) Basically mirror’s edge in VR. You run and jump and wall run across different environments, with some combat and stealth too. There are two modes out now and another one coming soon with a story.
BattleGroupVR (-30% $17.49) This is probably the most polished RTS in VR, made by one dev but it’s right up there with final assault and works better in singleplayer. Multiplayer is being tested right now. It’s a space real time RTS where you’re on the bridge of one of your ships and you can command the others in holograms, see the battle in third person, and the graphics are great. There’s a story and campaign too
Until You Fall (-20%, $19.99) This is basically Infinity Blade in VR. It does melee by having lines appear in the air and you need to line up your sword with them to block enemy attacks, with some later enemies requiring you to duck off to the side to dodge attacks. It’s a roguelike so you fight through as many enemies you can, small stage by stage, until you die and spend the money you earned on new weapons and abilities.
STAR WARS™: Squadrons (-40%, $23.99) As an experience, Squadrons is exactly what you expect. It’s really immersive and really feels like being in a star wars dogfight
The Talos Principle VR (-60%, $15.99) Croteam are the devs of the classic Serious Sam series, and when the Vive came out they went all in and converted all their games over to VR, including their puzzle game Talos Principle. It was one of the higher quality experiences back then and it still holds up.
Tales Of Glory (-40%, $17.99) First person medieval war RTS. It’s been in early access for a long time but the dev has put in a ton of work and made it a pretty unique experience with some of the best medieval combat outside Blade and Sorcery combined with strategy and base capture.
Universe Sandbox (-33%, $19.99) Just got an update redoing the entire VR UI side of the game.
Automata Break (-15%, $16.99) An asymmetric tower defense game you can play with a friend or alone.
Skyrim VR (-67%, $19.79) Good port, works better than Fallout4VR with a big modding scene. This price is a bit higher than it has been in the past.
Ragnarock (-15%, $16.99) Rhythm game where you beat the drums on a viking ship to metal and celtic rock. This seems like the best beat saber style game I’ve seen alongside Synth Riders, and the music is distinct.
Industrial Petting (-15% $16.99) You farm alien pets to sell them back on earth. It’s an industrial production kind of game, with multiplayer support and VFlatscreen modes
In Death (-50%, $14.99) Roguelike archery game set in Purgatory. Price feels a little steep when it stopped getting updates on PC in early 2019.
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs (-30%, $10.49) Basically Angry Birds in 3D. You can shoot in room scale and teleport to different spots to get a better angle. There's a fair amount of content too.
Arizona Sunshine (-63%, $14.79) The first big co op zombie game. It shows it's age but it's still popular and has some DLC. I would recommend this one only on sale and mostly if you're planning on playing co op.
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files (-50%, $14.99) I think the cases are taken from the original game, but it's LA Noire in VR. There's driving, shooting, interrogations, looking for clues, everything from the original game. Seven cases.

Half-Life: Alyx (-25%, $44.99) The best looking VR game and one of the best games of this generation.
Boneworks (20%, $23.99) This game is a must buy, but do not get it if you’re new. This is a game where pushing on a wall with your hand pushes the camera back. It will make you sick if you don’t have VR legs. The combat, melee, physics puzzles, are all extremely strong and it has an 11 hour campaign, along with arena, zombies, and sandbox modes. Another content update is also coming soon.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (-20%, $31.99) This is a great game. It’s less Left for Dead and more realistic in the sense that tension is very high and both humans and zombies are threats. There’s light crafting, upgrades, and collecting supplies, complete with physics and a faction systems and multiple paths to go down.
Vacation Simulator (-20% $23.99) The best minigame collection game with the games integrated into three worlds with a lot to do, across multiple settings with progression and a basic story. Super immersive.
No Man's Sky (-50%, $29.99) All new updates apply to VR too. Performance is spotty but the entire massive experience is carried over into VR, and there’s multiplayer too.
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, and Hand Grenades ($19.99) This game isn’t on sale but it’s getting an advent calender with daily updates until christmas. This is basically the ultimate “labor of love” game in VR. Detailed physics simulation of lots of guns, big recommendation for those with any interest in sandbox, has game modes like Take and Hold and Team Fortress, single player only.
Pistol Whip (-20%, $19.99) This doesn’t go on sale as often. I would say it’s the first rhythm game that can actually go toe to toe with Beat Saber. It doesn’t have custom maps, but it gets regular content updates and just got a set of five campaign levels.
Ultimate VR Stealth Bundle (-68%, $35.72) Budget Cuts 1, Budget Cuts 2, Unknightly, and Espire
VTOL VR (-15% $25.49) This is the most advanced made for VR flight sim with full VR controls, tons of customization, and a bunch of modern fighter planes. It’s a community favorite and it’s even getting multiplayer soon.
AGOS - A Game Of Space (-33%, $20.09) This got a super mixed reaction. It’s basically a third person satellite simulator. If you like the movement method you’ll like the game, otherwise you probably won’t. Watch some gameplay on youtube.
Sairento (-35%, $19.79) This is like a ninja version of Superhot. I didn't enjoy it too much but many people like it. It has a lot of different weapons and you can do things like bounce off walls up to an enemy and cutting their head off with a katana.
Gnomes & Goblins (-35%, $19.49) This got a mixed reaction. Basically it’s a game where you visit a community of gnomes and has two parts. In the first part you go on a little adventure meeting the gnomes and hanging out with them. But the rest of the game is doing activities and collecting artifacts around their town to fill your house.
Disassembly VR (-30%, $20.99) Destruction and deconstruction physics sandbox simulator, just added melee combat.

Also worth taking a look at, over at Fanatical they’re doing a “make your own bundle.” 2 games for $6.99, 3 games for $9.99, 5 games for $14.99

Cosmic Trip - A very polished VR base capture RTS in first person where you build and manage drones and mine for crystals on an alien planet.
Sprint Vector - Basically a footrace game you play by swinging your arms, set on an alien gameshow.
Polybius - A trippy tunnel shooter with surreal pixel graphics, based on the haunted arcade game.
Rainbow Reactor- Kind of like a sac toss arcade puzzle game.
Conductor - An escape room style adventure game with a physics gun.
Battlewake - This was a really hyped game that kind of flopped. Basically it looks really great graphically but the gameplay loop feels really repetitive and kind of shallow. For co op at this price it's a good buy.
Raw Data - Early polished VR wave shooter, but it shows its age. It has multiplayer but the index support is pretty bad.
Dungeons & Treasure VR - A small voxel fantasy roguelike with multiplayer support.

The games I played in 2020, with mini reviews!

Welcome to my absurdly long post where I cover every game I played this year (save for a few I haven’t invested enough time in). I typically split my time equally with both retro and modern titles, but getting a PS4 for Christmas back in 2019 encouraged me to play “catch up” with titles I had previously missed, so I didn’t get around to as many retro titles as I normally would have liked.
Because the games I played represent vastly different eras of gaming, I thought it would be fun to list them in chronological order according to their year of release. Enjoy, and be warned that this is going to be stupidly long!
Eye of the Beholder (DOS 1991)
Status: finished
A simple yet fun 1st person dungeon crawler (or blobber) that’s been on my list for years and years. Movement is grid based with real time combat (think Legend of Grimrock). The only caveat is that it doesn’t come with an automap feature. Because I have zero experience with mapping, I decided to “cheat” a little bit and installed a mod called The All-Seeing Eye, which is a wonderful automapping utility. This ended up being the right call, since some of the later levels can be downright cruel with how confusing and convoluted they can be - even with an automap.
Wing Commander: Privateer (DOS 1993)
Status: dropped it after the first system
As a fan of the mainline Wing Commander games - and space sims in general- I was eagerly looking forward to playing this. This was a ground breaking title in ‘93, featuring a large “open world” in the form of multiple solar systems players can freely explore, taking on missions at their leisure, playing as either a mercenary, a bounty hunter, a pirate or merchant... in space! Yeah, it’s pretty much “Elite” set in the Wing Commander universe, but for me that’s where much of this game’s charm comes from... right up until I realized that the road to meaningful progress requires an excessive amount of grind. The game is fun, in small doses, but without much story tying it all together, repetition sets in fast. As far I understand it there is a story to be found deeper in the game, so I may one day return to see if I can actually find it.
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 (DOS 1996)
Status: on hold
I’m not normally into strategy games, but as a casual fan of the Might and Magic rpgs I was curious and couldn’t help myself. This game was a huge surprise in just how delightful it is to play. Simply gorgeous pixel art accompanied by an equally gorgeous soundtrack make the turn based combat all the more engaging. I may just have to return to it and finish the campaign just to see all this game has to offer.
Might and Magic VI (PC 1998)
Status: on hold
This classic CRPG is an excellent example of an open world dungeon crawler. Perhaps the least visually pleasing game I played this year, but that’s offset by the wonderful soundtrack and great dungeon design. Combat is first person, with the ability to switch between turn based and realtime on the fly (speaking of “fly”, you can do that too, via one of the games many awesome spells. Seriously, more open world RPGs need to give you the ability to fly across the map!). There isn’t much depth to the combat, but it’s fast paced and fun. In realtime mode it almost plays like a FPS. Character development is very satisfying and surprisingly accessible, and is the real reason to play this game. Lots of options, with some really fun spells. I usually don’t bother finishing large RPGs without a strong narrative, but I will make an exception for this one... eventually.
Wizardry 8 (PC 2001)
Status: on hold
Like Might and Magic, only far more intricate and demanding. Combat uses an excellent turn based system, and it really forces players to think strategically about their party members’ skills and their placement on the battlefield. Wiz 8 also has one of the greatest character creators I’ve ever seen, with seemingly limitless possibilities. To top it off the game makes excellent usage of voice acting, which really brings your team to life. The combat is excellent... but there’s entirely too much of it. Some battles can last an hour or more, and when coupled with the unforgiving difficulty, long sessions can lead to fatigue quickly if you don’t pace yourself (as a result the battle theme is now hard coded into my brain). That being said, I look forward to returning to this one... when I’m ready.
Morrowind (PC 2002)
Status: ongoing
Just a replay of the first open world game I ever played, only this time using the OpenMW source port, and playing as a stealthy archer; a class I had never tried before. I didn’t go too crazy with mods, but I did install Tamriel Rebuilt, which adds much of the mainland portion of Morrowind into the game. The mod is incredibly ambitious in size, adding a huge amount of content to an already huge game! The future of Morrowind modding is looking bright.
Neverwinter Nights 2 (PC 2006)
Status: ongoing
I’ve been playing the Official Campaign (OC) in preparation for the expansion, “Mask of the Betrayer”, which I’ve heard so many good things about. Aside from some bugs and a very temperamental camera, I’ve been having fun. Using D&D’s 3.5 edition ruleset, there’s a metric ton of depth to this game’s character creation and progression system. The OC itself can be a bit of a slog at times, but when it’s firing on all cylinders it’s a fun romp through the Forgotten Realms. The story is self consciously pulpy and full of tropes, so be warned if you’re lactose intolerant.
Dragon Age: Origins (PC 2009)
Status: finished base game along with every DLC besides The Darkspawn Chronicles and The Golems of Amgarrak
Another replay of one of my old favorites. I was impressed at how well many of its design features hold up, especially the combat, which may be my favorite implementation of “realtime with pause”. It was a nice way to refresh my memory and get reacquainted with the lore before later playing Dragon Age Inquisition for the first time.
Fallout: New Vegas (PC 2010)
Status: Finished main quest and DLCs Honest Hearts and Dead Money
Yet another replay, only this was my first time actually completing the campaign and playing some of the DLC. I have a... complicated history with New Vegas. I’ve always admired it for its ambitions, but was always left me wanting when it came to the actual execution. Well, it finally clicked. Mostly. The base game is a ton of fun, and I wholeheartedly recommend it for both new and old Fallout fans. The DLC however, I wasn’t too keen on. For one it really disrupts the flow of the base game, and Dead Money in particular added some rather rubbish mechanics, making it a slog to play through. Still, the base game gets an easy recommendation from me, even if it’s still not my favorite Fallout.
Dragon Age Inquisition (PC 2014)
Status: dropped it after 15 hours
I was ready to embrace this game, warts and all. I really liked the art direction, the graphics, and the character face customization was surprisingly robust... but the actual game just felt rather lifeless. The open world, for one, while very pretty and scenic at times, felt hollow after a while. It’s like you’re walking around an elaborate set, so immersion becomes difficult. The combat is also dull and lacks impact, not knowing whether it wants to be tactical or action based, and so compromises the strengths of both systems. I played as a mage and the entire time I felt like I was just watching spongey enemies’ health deplete while my character spun his staff around ridiculously, waiting for my cooldowns to reset. Not engaging at all. So I dropped it. Which is a shame, since I thought some of the characters were intriguing. At some later date I might give it another chance. We’ll see.
The Last of Us Remastered (PS4 2014)
Status: finished base game
I liked the story and found the character writing top notch. No surprise there, given the game’s accolades. It took me a while to warm up to the gameplay, but by the story’s end I was having fun watching zombies burn and trying not to get murdered. A nice pallet cleanser in between meatier games.
Bloodborne (PS4 2015)
Status: finished base game and DLC solo, ongoing replay with friends
This was the main reason I wanted a PS4, and yet despite some unreasonable expectations this game delivered. Big time. The combat, the aesthetics, the level and world design. And that music! Bloodborne is a phenomenal game and perhaps my favorite Souls game alongside the original Dark Souls.
Fallout 4 (PC 2015)
Status: finished main quest and the DLCs Automaton and Far Harbor
I liked FO4 much more than it probably deserves. Yeah, it’s writing is pretty shabby and yeah, the RPG elements are shallow... and then there’s the bugs... but damn it if it isn’t just fun to play. Far Harbor also improves on just about every aspect of the base game too, and was a nice way to finish my time with it.
Rocket League (PS4 2015)
Status: ongoing
Easily the most fun I’ve had with a multiplayer-only game in years. Deceptively simple yet demanding game mechanics. The game can be frustrating with how precise you need to be, but it’s rewarding and addicting when you’re performing well. If not for the obnoxious soundtrack it’d be near perfect.
System Shock: Enhanced Edition (PC 2015)
Status: dropped it after clearing first three levels
I’ve never played the original DOS version, but as I understand it plays a lot like Ultima Underworld, one of my favorite games from that era. Anyways, the Enhanced Version updates the UI and controls nicely, and this game oozes both charm and atmosphere. It can be a little repetitive, and I wasn’t a fan of the respawning enemies, but credit has to be given where is due, especially to a game this ambitious and innovative.
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4 2015)
Status: finished all three games
A replay of the first two games, only with shinier graphics and smoother performance. I wasn’t prepared for how frustrating the third game can be, but I still enjoyed it and am looking forward to Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy.
Broforce (PS4 2016)
Status: ongoing coop
Frustrating yet hilarious gameplay. As a fan of pretty much every movie this game pays homage to, it feels tailor made for me. Coop is chaotic but a ton of fun.
Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4 2017)
Status: finished base game and DLC
A post apocalyptic setting where robot dinosaurs roam the Earth? Yes, please! This gem lived up to my expectations, and has a lot of heart. Aloy is a great protagonist and using the bow is extremely satisfying. The DLC encapsulates everything great about the base game but fits it into a tighter package.
Mass Effect Andromeda (PC 2017)
Status: dropped it after 35 hours
I tried. I really did. At first I was enjoying myself, despite the obvious shortcomings in the script. But the game’s issues really started to compound on one another as time went on, and I lost all drive to continue. Not a “bad” game per se, but thoroughly mediocre.
Amid Evil (PC 2018)
Status: dropped it after the first three worlds
Amid Evil has a lot going for it. Beautiful art direction. Great level design. A soundtrack by Andrew Hulshult. But the weapons don’t feel all that impactful, despite their unique appearances. While fun, Amid Evil didn’t captivate me the same way DUSK and Ion Fury did.
God of War (PS4 2018)
Status: finished
Gorgeous, challenging, and visceral. Not quite the instant classic the originals were perhaps, but a great game nonetheless. It’s only major flaw is a rather lackluster finale. This may also be the most technically impressive game I’ve seen on the PS4.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (PS4 2019)
Status: finished campaign, tried multiplayer
This came with my PS4, so despite not being a fan of this series I thought I’d at least give it a try... and honestly it’s not terrible. Okay, so a few sections in the campaign are unintentionally hilarious. One level in particular puts you in the shoes of a child as her home is being raided by baddies. Because the perspective is lower to the ground, it reminded me of a Chucky movie where the camera shifts to his POV as he assaults his unsuspecting victims’ heels. Still, I can’t say I wasn’t entertained by it. It offers a good selection of weaponry, and the levels - while gimmicky - don’t wear out their welcome. Not great, but not bad either.
Red Dead Redemption 2 (PC 2019)
Status: finished main quest in single player
Probably the biggest disappointment for me this year. The game has a lot going for it, including perhaps the single best voice acting performance I’ve heard in a video game, courtesy of Roger Clark as Arthur. But it can be an absolute chore to play thanks to clunky movement and long animations. Still a worthwhile and absorbing experience for sure, especially as a fan of Westerns. But it could’ve been so much more, especially after the incredible first RDR.
Resident Evil 2 remake (PC 2019)
Status: on hold
A really impressive remake. The original Resident Evil 2 was both my first M rated game and my first survival horror game growing up, so seeing locations I distinctly remember recreated with modern tech was deeply nostalgic. The only reason I stopped playing was because I forgot how terrible I am at this genre and wasted a lot of ammo in the first third of the game trying to kill zombies with headshots. I’ll have to return to this down the road and play it “properly”.
Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order (PC 2019)
Status: finished
Easily the best Star Wars action game I’ve played since Jedi Outcast, and the best Star Wars game in general I’ve played since KOTOR 2. There were a few issues with performance on PC, and it lacks polish in certain areas - especially the controls, which aren’t as responsive as they could be - but I still had a lot of fun. The level design in particular is very impressive, with a sense of scale arguably not seen in a Star Wars game since Dark Forces 2.
DOOM Eternal (PC 2020)
Status: finished base game
DOOM 2016 was the best FPS I had played since Half Life 2. It was an unexpectedly amazing return to form for the genre after years of COD clone monotony. DOOM Eternal may yet take its place as my favorite AAA FPS in the modern era. On Ultra Violence, Eternal pushed my twitch skills to their limit. No other games outside of the Soulsborne bosses gave me this much of an adrenaline rush. Simply incredible.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (PC 2020)
Status: finished
Ori and the Blind Forest was an amazing game and is now the first title I think of when I think of “games as art”. I still haven’t decided if Ori and the Will of the Wisps is better or just more of the same amazing formula. Whatever the case may be, it’s a great sequel with just as many touching moments as its prequel, and an excellent Metroidvania all around. It may also be the most gorgeous 2D platformer I’ve ever played.
Awards: Only games I haven’t played before this year will be represented here. I mean, it wouldn’t be fair to give Morrowind GOTY every year I played it, now would it?
Retro Game of the Year:
Eye of the Beholder - Honestly this doesn’t feel well earned since it’s the only retro game I actually completed this year, but I have to give EotB props for its gorgeous pixel art and level design. Plus, one could argue that simply the fact that I finished a game nearing its 30th anniversary speaks to its lasting appeal. I’ve heard the sequel is even better, so I’m looking forward to importing my party into that one to see how they fair.
Honorable Mentions:
Wizardry 8 and Might and Magic VI - if I had actually finished these games, there’s no doubt in my mind that either one of them would have taken the Retro GOTY spot. Wizardry 8 for its depth and Might and Magic VI for its scope and accessibility. Perhaps next year these two titans will clash for the crown!
Modern Game of the Year:
Bloodborne - FromSoftware’s masterpiece easily took top honors this year. Bloodborne is a reminder that games can feel “open world” without actually being so, and that quest markers aren’t the only way to guide players along their journey. Special mention must be made for the aesthetics, which are metal as hell, especially the creature design. This is the only game I finished this year that I immediately wanted to play all over again.
Honorable Mentions:
DOOM Eternal - A phenomenal FPS with only a few issues, including some uninspired bosses. Still, the core gameplay loop is incredibly satisfying. DOOM Eternal is a game that’s not afraid of being just that - a game. A very fun and exciting one at that.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps - A beautiful title that every fan of platformers should play. The soundtrack is also among the best I’ve heard in recent memory. It’s incredibly moving and atmospheric, and is integral to the overall experience.
Buggiest Game Award:
Fallout 4 - I can’t remember the last time I had to use console commands to get quests to trigger properly. Even Morrowind never gave me this much trouble back in the day.
...And that’s a wrap! If you made it this far, thank you for reading! Feel free to ask me questions or tell me how wrong I am about ( )! Enjoy the holiday season and here’s to another year of patient gaming!

The /r/XboxOne Game Of The Year 2020 & And Game Of The Generation awards - RESULTS!

Season's greetings /XboxOne & Welcome to the Game of the Year & Game of the Generation awards!
As always - The votes have been counted correctly, altered based on my own personal bias and edited to reflect the juicy bribes I received in PC review codes, PS5 Pre-orders and Cyberpunk hotfix patches.
Each winner has been given a prestigious and totally not imaginary /XboxOne exclusive "award", and are celebrated below.
As a heads up - By their very nature, these awards will contain mild spoilers. You have been warned
BEST SHOOTER

DOOM ETERNAL

"None could stand before the CoD but the Doom Slayer.
Despair spread before him like a plague, striking fear into the corner campers, driving them into deeper and darker public matches. But from the depths of the abyss rose The Great One, a champion mightier than all who had come before. The Warzone, a BR of immeasurable power and ferocity. He strode upon the skill-based matchmaking and faced the Doom Slayer, and a mighty battle was fought on the desolate plains.
The Warzone fought with the fury of the countless shooters that had fallen at the Doom Slayer's hand, but there fell the Warzone, and in his defeat, the CoD players were routed."
BEST RPG

Cyberpunk 2077

Sup chooms? The launch of this game may have been far from preem, but you'd have to be a total gonk to deny that the world-building, storytelling, characters and RPG systems in Cyberpunk 2077 are anything short of nova. If you haven't yet, make sure you give the game a chance once the CDPR netrunners work the daemons out of the system.
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

The Assassins Creed games have the act of both adventuring and actioning down to a science, so it is no big shock that the addition of Vikings, beards and church burning was all the seasoning their recipe needed for its success once more.
BEST SOUNDTRACK

DOOM ETERNAL

[HEAVY METAL INTENSIFIES] Mick Gordon, the god of gaming metal, returns once more to soothe and caress our eardrums with slamming riffs, distorted synths, pounding blast beats and even a heavy metal choir. Nothing more zen and relaxing to listen to while tearing demons in half with your bare hands. Wimps and posers leave the hall.
BEST NARRATIVE

Cyberpunk 2077

Panam best girl.
BEST SINGLE PLAYER EXPERIENCE

DOOM ETERNAL

Rip and tear, until it is displayed on your trophy case. This was seemingly the mantra of ID and Bethesda this year. Despite hosting a fun multiplayer mode, the real reason people flocked to DOOM ETERNAL was to test themselves against the demons of hell, alone.
BEST MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE

Call of Duty: Warzone

TFW the closest competition for Call of Duty is the other Call of Duty (Someone post the pointing Spiderman meme). A fantastic F2P battle royale game in the CoD universe exploded onto the scene and allowed everyone to play, compete and make baseless assumptions about their mothers together at a time when we are mostly stuck inside. Other than CoD: Cold War, no other game came close.
BEST SPORTS GAME

Golf With Your Friends

THE KING HAS FALLEN! For the first time in 7 years, FIFA has NOT been voted sports game of the year. The greatest turnaround possible for the end of a generation! And what did it take to dethrone the mightiest of kings? Blacklight Interactive - A 3 person indie studio from Brisbane, Australia, with a silly game about golf. Somewhere, a monkey paw just curled a finger...
BEST DRIVING/RACING GAME

Dirt 5

Forza really doing the rest of the racing game industry a solid these last 2 years by not releasing a game. Jokes aside, Dirt 5 is a well crafted and gorgeous looking sequel to a well-established franchise and their award was cleaned up with a very large majority vote. Well done!
BEST PLATFORMER

Ori and the will of the wisps

Ori is a feels filled, hauntingly beautiful, and mechanically tight Metroidvania type platformer that is both punishingly difficult and satisfyingly rewarding. Sporting beautiful music and arguably the best 2D artwork ever seen in a game, Ori swings, shoots and dash jumps into the lead by a country mile. Also, he is just an adorable little glowy boi.
BEST HORROR GAME

Resident Evil 3

Capcom, here's another GOTY award. It might come in handy if you, the master of remastering, take it with you... Again...
THE "SHOULD HAVE BEEN DELAYED" AWARD

Cyberpunk 2077

A choom walks into a bar.
The bartender is t-posing 4 feet in the air to assert dominance over his patrons. The choom walks over to the bartender to talk, but the conversation box won't appear. He turns to leave and the act of spinning around tanks the frame-rate to 11fps. He panics and attempts to run. He clips through the floor, falls into the basement aggroing half the map. The screen goes black and loads for some time. Loading finishes and he finds himself free-falling hundreds of meters up like a skydiver. He screams - But the audio doesn't play. Landing perfectly in the middle of the street, like nothing happened, the cars around him start flipping over, mounting one another and exploding. The game crashes to the desktop and his save file is corrupted. Preem.
BEST GRAPHICS

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Sprawling vistas, intricate beards, detailed architecture, jaw-dropping weather effects, lovingly rendered viscera and gore. All of this and more awaits you on what is surely among the best current visual benchmarks for your XSX.
BEST SOUND DESIGN

DOOM ETERNAL

Boom - Click Click. - DOOM's Sound design is second to none. From the boom of a shotgun to the "pop" of a Cacodemon's eye, everything here has been lovingly designed to make you feel like an unstoppable killing machine. Crushing a demon's spine with your bare fists never sounded so crisp.
BEST FREE GAME WITH GOLD

Tom Clancy's: The Division

A fun 3rd person co-op shooter that has had the benefit of years of support, patches and additional content. If there ever was a game that deserved a second chance (particularly for the low low price of free) this was it.
MOST BANG-ABLE CHARACTER

The "Subscribe Button" - Game Pass

Do it. Just do it. You know you want to...
Many entrants this year in the "Other" category included the ever-popular votes for our 4 biggest stars of the category; Phill Spencer, Major Nelson, Lego Batman and My mother - However, some other notable entries included:
Base Xbox One Keanu Reeves, The pool cue from Pool Nation FX, Panam and Judy, The bow from Assassins Creed: Valhalla, Dunkey, Tifa Lockheart, Every moderator on the sub except me and many many more :D
MOST HATED CHARACTER

2020

It is very clear that Sony was not making any friends among Avengers fans this year and CDPR's publicly abusive relationship with release dates didn't make anyone happy either - However, the most extreme and unrelenting hatred this year is reserved for 2020. The final boss of years and widely agreed to be an all-around dick. 2020 was not fun for everyone and is so not invited to the Discord server.
BEST ONGOING GAME

Forza Horizon 4

This year Forza managed to shift up a gear and blast past its age-old rivals of, Monster Hunter World, Sea of Thieves and Destiny 2. No Man's Sky appeared in their read view mirror briefly in the final lap, but it wasn't enough to stop them taking the checkered flag.
BUYERS REMORSE AWARD

Cyberpunk 2077

Friends don't let friends play Cyberpunk 2077 on a base Xbox.
Marvel's Avengers, CoD: Cold War and the Xbox One X tried to square up against Cyberpunk, but it teleported behind them, and before unleashing their ultimate attack, whispered in their ear; "Expanded personal refund policy, kid..."
BEST ID@XBOX GAME

Streets Of Rage 4

Nostalgia: Check
Banger soundtrack: Check
Tight fighting mechanics refined over 30 years: Check
Some of the best 2D graphics ever: Check
Everything seems to be in order here.
Shoutout to Carrion who slithered into second place with a difference of only 4 votes! Clearly, it didn't lose; It is biding its time...
BEST XBOX MEME OF THE GENERATION

You're Breathtaking!

Keanu Reeves: Exists
Gamers: OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG (♥ω♥*)
Coming in second place was everyone's favourite monke; Craig. Third went to the glory that is the Xbox Fridge and "WORLD PREMIERE" debuted a distant fourth. Proving yet again the scientifically accepted fact that Redditors memory's do not extend further than 2 years.
GAME OF THE GENERATION 2013-2020

Pool Nation FX

Objectively, subjectively, factually, historically, scientifically and spiritually the greatest game ever made and in no way whatsoever a forced meme. So good that we got it for free in GWG several months in a row, so many years ago - When life was simpler. Gamers were gamers, pool cues were sticks and we were allowed to go outside. Truly a time to be alive.
RUNNER UP GAME OF THE GENERATION 2013-2020

Red Dead Redemption 2

A marvel of both artistry and technical innovation. A game that can awe you with its striking vistas, make you cry with its powerful narrative and impress you with its dynamic horse testicles. RDR2 is without question the greatest cowboy game ever made and one of the best games ever made, period. (Although as of 2019 only 22% of people who have played it, have finished it - So get on it, cowpoke!)
Second place was The Witcher 3, very close behind, but not quite enough to take the win.
Third place was actually Pool Nation FX. Bless every single one of you who voted for this.
OVERALL BEST GAME OF THE YEAR 2020

DOOM ETERNAL

"You can't just shoot a hole into the hearts of /XboxOne..."
Part Djent album, Part platformer, Part Quake 3 Arena, Part serious, Part Parody, Part Warhammer 40K Fanfic, Part colourful Saturday morning cartoon, Part Junji Ito illustration - All game. DOOM ETERNAL is a pure and self-aware embodiment of everything that makes video games great, and we love it for it. Except for the Marauder... Screw that guy...
Here is what the overall results looked like: https://i.imgur.com/kG3Uc1d.png
A big thanks to everyone who voted once again! See you all in 2021! - Love Cheese.

Last day of the Steam Winter Sale! Here's my recommendations list.

This has been an absolutely miserable year but finally it’s coming to an end, and even looking up now that Facebook and Google are being sued by Federal and State governments. If you played Cyberpunk I’m sure you’ll also have your fingers crossed that both companies get the sledgehammer into little pieces, with Amazon and the App Store soon to follow. Next year is up in the air right now; it could be the year XR is completely strangled by those soulless corpo’s at Facebook, or it could be the year that OpenXR, anti trust action, and consumer apathy towards VR cut their legs out from under them. Things look completely up in the air at this point. So take the holidays and enjoy VR while you still can, next year we might just be playing Valve’s Citadel while the ship goes down.
Steam’s Winter Sale is here and it’s a great time to pick up a lot of great games, hidden gems, and so on. This is my list of games to pick up. Some of them are the best prices these games have ever had. I categorized them by price tier, and I put a few standouts in bold either because they’re a great game or a great deal, or both.
Merry Christmas
[I also made a hardware guide for headsets and PC components, a guide to using steamVR, a guide about how to use the Index for AR, and a master acab list of great VR games, demos, and software]
The Sale ends on January 5th at 10AM PT

Bargain Price Tier

Game	Price	Discount	Description
PAYDAY 2	$0.99	-90%	Has a full VR mode that makes the whole game VR and lets you play with flatscreen players. It’s a lot more impressive than you would expect, especially at this price (free with the base game). It has two handed guns and crossplay with non VR players, etc
Half-Life 1	$1.99	-80%	Use the community mod to play this in VR
Half-Life 2	$1.99	-80%	You need to use Garry's Mod to run this in VR but the whole game works.
Naked Sun	$0.59	-90%	Two hand wave shooter style game where you’re being moved through a robot city and fighting off enemies with guns and a shield.
Scanner Sombre	$1.49	-75%	Spelunking through echolocation and a great art style. At this price and with this concept I’d say it’s definitely something to experience in VR.
Steady	$2.49	-50%	Like the lockpicking puzzle from Alyx or those boardwalk games where you move a ring over wire without touching them together. 50 levels.
Windlands	$1.99	-90%	The first windlands game, it’s a grappling hook style adventure exploration game.
Evolution VR	$0.49	-51%	This is like that first phase of Spore, where you’re an amoeba eating larger ones and evolving with new limbs. I consider it a steal at this price, although it’s going to become free soon according to the devs.
PROZE: Enlightenment	$2.99	-85%	Puzzle adventure game set in the tundra
Evil Robot Traffic Jam HD	$0.99	-80%	Tower Defense
Interkosmos	$3.34	-33%	A space survival game where you’re sitting in a tiny broken space capsule and have to make it back to earth.
Neonwall	$0.99	-90%	Guide a ball through neon obstacle puzzles
Spuds Unearthed	$2.99	-75%	RTS TD type thing. I found its balance super frustrating when I tried it but it has a lot of polish and this price is great.
Squishies	$2.49	-75%	Puzzle game with nice art that looks polished
Zooma VR	$2.03	-66%	Look at the steam page, it’s basically an adaptation of that arcade game where you shoot colored balls at other colored balls to match them up and pop them.
Obstruction : VR	$3.19	-68%	Surreal motion puzzle boxes
Fingers: Mini Games	$1.94	-35%	Screw around with finger physics mini games with your index controllers.
Chroma Lab	$2.99	-40%	Particle simulator that’s kind of trippy
Drone Hero	$0.99	-90%	Drone obstacle course game
Defendion	$2.19	-80%	Laned fantasy strategy game
Bonfire	$2.49	-50%	A little story where you’re crash landed on an alien planet with Ali Wong and meet cartoon aliens
Cliffstone Manor	$1.99	-75%	Difficult escape room style game
Moonshot Galaxy	$1.74	-65%	Space mini golf game
Protagon VR	$1.99	-80%	Combination minigolf pinball game with neon crazy graphics
Power Tools VR	$0.99	-50%	Chip away at a stone block with power tools
Race The Sun	$1.99	-80%	Endless forward obstacle racer with options VR support
SpellPunk VR	$2.96	-73%	Competitive spell casting game
Strings	$0.99	-90%	It’s a smaller, more basic game, basically a shooter with different items you use to fight enemies as you teleport around stages.
SweeperVR	$1.99	-50%	Minesweeper in 3 Dimensions
PolyCube	$2.49	-50%	Complex 3D tetris
UNTITLED	$2.49	-50%	3D surreal puzzle game
Intruders: Hide and Seek	$1.99	-90%	Gamepad horror game

Budget Price Tier Games

Game	Price	Discount	Description
Apex Construct	$4.99	-75%	This is where the energy battery puzzles come from. It's early VR but really strong on story, progression, and interactions, the combat is mostly archery
FORM	$4.44	-70%	“A surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories”
NIGHTSTAR: Alliance	$3.99	-60%	Bullet Hell in space, but with a story and customization
Blasters of the Universe	$3.74	-75%	Bullet Hell with a lot of polish and progression and you unlike new weapon parts
FREEDIVER: Triton Down	$4.49	-50%	Drowning simulator, shorter but high quality
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes	$4.49	-70%	This is one of the best VR party games, easy to play remotely or in the same room with other plays holding a printed out or mobile browser manual helping the VR player disarm a bomb.
Out of Ammo Fun Bundle	$4.48	-78%	A bit rough but still getting updates and still low poly fun. First one has multiplayer. They’re both FPS/RTS but the first one is war themed, while the second one is a zombie game.
Orb Labs	$4.49	-50%	A stealth puzzle game where you use different orbs to complete puzzles around lasers, turrets, and other hazards.
Thumper	$3.99	-80%	Best selling surreal rhythm game, best with a gamepad. I definitely recommend it if you are fine with the gamepad controls.
Vetrix	$4.79	-20%	Tetris inspired. It has a two layer deep grid allowing for lots of 3D shapes that you can stick into place by hand in a twist on the usual formula. It has its own 8bit tunes, special blocks, multiple modes, and a bunch of color profiles based on the gameboy’s aesthetic.
Transpose	$4.99	-75%	A game where you solve puzzles with a recording of yourself. It’s one of the best and more creative puzzle games in VR.
Operation Warcade VR	$4.99	-75%	Old but the concepts work really well. It’s like a 3D light gun game that pulls you in for some moments
Echo Grotto	$3.99	-50%	A spelunking game with stylized graphics. You pick your gear and then use a throwing based teleportation system that leaves a trail behind you.
HATCHICK	$3.74	-75%	Like Xortex from the lab, a bullet hell inside a dome
Journey For Elysium	$4.99	-50%	Greek mythology adventure game, a black and white art style
Just In Time Incorporated	$3.74	-75%	You appear in slow motion to save people who have Just In Time Insurance. Super basic graphics but the gameplay is fun and for this price it’s a good buy.
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin	$4.99	-75%	Point and click humor in the world of the cult classic game
Shooty Skies Overdrive	$4.99	-50%	It’s a bullet Hell with polish and a voxel style.
Portable Farm	$3.99	-20%	It’s a light farming game, but the hook is that this runs on top of other games like an overlay
Balloonatics	$3.49	-65%	Single and multiplayer hot air balloon combat. A big update is coming.
Axegend VR	$4.99	-50%	Tower Defense mixed with some fantasy combat
Buzludzha VR	$4.79	-60%	If you like VR tourism then this is pretty good.
Carnival Games VR	$4.99	-75%	Big minigame collection. It crashes unless you turn off the game’s haptics in input bindings
Bandit Point	$4.99	-50%	Renaissance robot shooter where you possess different robots in combat
Downward Spiral: Horus Station	$5.99	-70%	Zero G space thriller
Flotilla 2	$4.99	-50%	Turn based sin 3D between space battleships
VR Furballs - Demolition	$4.79	-60%	Angry birds style game
Townsmen VR	$4.99	-50%	This was barebone and felt like a demo, but it’s going to get a big update that scales it up into a game and should be free for anyone who owns this version.
Starblazer	$4.99	-75%	A 3D space RTS with multiplayer
Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl	$4.99	-50%	This is a classic VR RTS scaled down to a quick 1v1 RTS battle.
RuneSage	$3.99	-60%	Open world puzzle fantasy game
2945VR	$3.29	-45%	Space shoot em up

Mid Price Tier

Game	Price	Discount	Description
Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son	$10.04	-33%	Sequel to the movie with a similar idea where you relive the same day over and over and progress
HORIZON VANGUARD	$10.04	-33%	Sega Saturn Style arcade shooter on a hoverbike. Don’t let the graphics fool you, this is a really well made puzzle game in a Sega Saturn style
Fujii	$9.74	-35%	Gardening with a weird forest spirit
Garden of the Sea	$5.99	-50%	Animal Crossing looking zen farming game by the devs behind Budget Cuts 2, early access but steady updates are coming adding features and more mechanics.
GORN	$9.99	-50%	Cartoon melee colosseum game, VR classic that has killed a thousand controllers
Contractors	$9.99	-50%	Smallest player base of the big shooters but full of good ideas and strong gunplay. Now has mod support, including custom maps, weapons, and modes like world war II, ninja warrior, Halo, etc
1976 - Back to midway	$7.49	-50%	Just came out, it’s a good game, already on sale. This is a good deal. This is a 2.5D shoot em up that has “immersion zones” where you take direct control in first person. It really captures the idea of stepping inside an old arcade machine really well.
Creed	$7.49	-75%	This is a pretty good multiplayer boxing game that goes for a more arcade style. Graphics are good, it’s polished.
Bizarre Barber	$5.99	-50%	Arcade game about cutting aliens’ hair as they come by in passing subway cars. It goes for a more surrealist vibe.
Pierhead Arcade Bundle	$7.48	-63%	The first one is stronger and a great little VR boardwalk with multiplayer to show off to people with high quality minigames,and with an update this week they made it so if you own both, then the games carry over into 2, which has index support and a ton of its own games too.
Prison Boss	$7.99	-60%	The best crafting game in VR, you play a prisoner who makes and sells contraband, so it’s business sim as well since you buy equipment and supplies to make various products.
Tabletop Simulator	$9.99 (Most DLC -50%)	-50%	Look, the VR support here has issues but since it’s a board game simulation all you need to do is make sure you can sit down, move around, and grab things just make your own bindings from the desktop SteamVR settings . Since it uses the Steam workshop it’s an insane value with endless excellent quality content. The matchmaking system means you can play all kinds of games at all hours with thousands of people.
Cubism	$7.99	-20%	A tetromino style puzzle where you need to figure out how to make the finished shape out of the pieces you’re given, in 3D. Feels like it’s made by Apple
Gravity Lab	$8.99	-40%	Rube goldberg puzzler where you build machines to get the ball from the start to the finish, sci fi settings.
Westworld Awakening	$5.99	-80%	If you love the show this is a must have, pretty well received as just a good game overall.
Garry's Mod	$6.69	-33%	This needs a community hack to be VR, but it works and even lets you play HL2 in VR
Superfly	$9.89	-34%	This is a super hero sim game in VR. You can have six different types of powers with their own movement and combat mechanics around a cartoon city
Ultrawings	$7.49	-50%	Super user friendly flight sim with VR controls. I definitely recommend it. You complete missions to get money to spend on new planes across several cartoonish islands that you fly between.
Shooty Fruity	$8.99	-55%	One of the best wave shooters in my opinion, but the controls are a little broken for the Index since it doesn’t use SteamVR input.
RUSH	$7.99	-60%	Wingsuit skydiving game
Climbey	$6.89	-31%	A classic VR climbing game with multiplayer and steam workshop support for courses
Space Pirate Trainer	$8.99	-40%	Everyone’s favorite wave shooter, one of the first wave of room scale VR games that came out with the Vive. There’s no progression but it handles the mechanics of dodging bullets and dealing with growing waves of enemies really well with a lot of modes for your weapons.
Spectro	$7.49	-50%	Ghost hunting game that feels a bit like it’s made for kids but it’s still a good roguelike.
The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets	$7.49	-50%	Cutesy puzzler about finding a bunch of stolen pets on little floating islands you interact with.
ViSP - Virtual Space Port	$7.49	-50%	You build these blocky space stations in third person trying to hold off attacks by aliens.
A Fisherman's Tale	$9.74	-35%	A recursive puzzle game where you’re a fisherman in a box messing with a fisherman in a box who has a fisherman in a box...
I Expect You To Die	$9.99	-60%	A james bond style escape room game with a ton of polish and a lot of content, one of the best of the genre.
Ultimate Fishing Simulator VR	$10.09	-66%	It’s realistic fishing, in VR.
The Forest	$9.99	-50%	Port, has good co op, survival with crafting and base building in a forest full of mutants
The Mage's Tale	$8.99	-70%	I haven’t been able to try this one, but it’s well reviewed and has a nice art style.
2MD: VR Football	$9.09	-30%	This is basically quarterbacking in VR. You throw the ball but you don’t run around with it. Also you throw with the trigger by default, for safety reasons. It’s still fun, but it’s definitely not a full football experience.
Deism	$5.59	-30%	This is a god game with a low poly art style, it’s in early access with a lot of updates.
Cave Digger	$9.99	-50%	Steampunk mining game with multiple endings
The Thrill of the Fight	$7.99	-20%	This is the more realistic boxing game more like a simulation, and it's good as a workout.
Carly and the Reaperman	$9.99	-50%	One of the best asymmetric games, this is a co-op platformer adventure where the VR player helps the gamepad player. Works with Parsec/Remote Play Together
Grapple Tournament	$9.89	-34%	Grappling hook PvP arena
Gun Club VR	$7.99	-60%	For a gun sim, get H3. The value in this game are the missions where you have to hit cardboard targets across different themes and weapon types like WWII, modern day, zombies, or carnival style targets.
Swords of Gurrah	$6.99	-30%	Multiplayer sword fighting with a little community.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	$7.49	-75%	Port of third person game, really high quality but gamepad controls.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad	$7.49	-85%	A HOTAS based WWII combat flight sim
Marble Land	$5.99	-60%	A physics based puzzle game about getting the marble to the goal
Combat Tested	$6.19	-69%	This is a mixed game, but it’s really creative with the gritty super powers you have while you try to escape from a lab full of people trying to stop you.
Blind	$6.24	-75%	You can only see by making noise canes, throwing things, etc
Adapt or Perish	$5.99	-40%	Evolutionary strategy game with a VR mode
Pinball FX2 VR	$5.99	-60%	Made for VR realistic pinball
Assetto Corsa	$7.93	-90%	Racing sim with optional VR
Seeking Dawn	$5.99	-80%	Not great, but super ambitious with story and alien enemies and crafting and base building and just generally more than I expected, and it actually kind of works.

Mid-er Price Tier

Game	Price	Discount	Description
Pavlov VR	$14.99	-40%	Pavlov is basically a game that set out to be Counter Strike VR and became the Garry's Mod of VR and the most creative community outside VRChat. I’ve seen and played everything from roller skate racing, a remake of the entirety of Super Mario 64, TF2 Payload, over a hundred TTT maps, some of the best Battle Royale I’ve seen in VR, Slow-mo zero G modes, SCP, LifeMod and DarkRP, five completely different kinds of zombie modes, and a lot more. It’s been a fixture of SteamVR and pretty soon they’re releasing a World War II update with character models and new guns for four nations, new maps, and multi user tanks that you use in first person. It’s as much a must-have as there can be, as long as you like multiplayer shooters.
Vertigo Remastered	$14.99	-40%	A 19 year old genius kid who worked at Valve and Cloudhead games made this on his own. It feels like a scaled down Alyx with nice physics, creative weapons and tools, and great personality across a campaign.
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency	$14.99	-50%	VR stealth with a portal style teleport gun and a bow. It’s well written and has a lot of polish. Sequel to one of the standout classics of early VR.
Superhot VR	$14.99	-40%	This is the game that sold me on VR. It’s basically the Matrix, where time moves when you move. It’s actually not a port of the original superhot, which is why the sequel isn’t coming to VR. I think it’s slightly overrated, there isn’t a ton of content, it just seems more concise than the marketing conveys
Into the Radius	$20.99	-30%	Basically Stalker VR, kill enemies and complete missions for cash as you progress
Mini Motor Racing X	$19.99	-50%	Racing game that you control with your actual hands which is great but the tracks can be pretty small and with lots of tight turns since it’s a micro car game. Also has a rocket league mode which is fun.
Stride	$14.99	-25%	Basically mirror’s edge in VR. You run and jump and wall run across different environments, with some combat and stealth too. There are two modes out now and another one coming soon with a story.
BattleGroupVR	$17.49	-30%	This is probably the most polished RTS in VR, made by one dev but it’s right up there with final assault and works better in single player. Multiplayer is being tested right now. It’s a space real time RTS where you’re on the bridge of one of your ships and you can command the others in holograms, see the battle in third person, and the graphics are great. There’s a story and campaign too
Until You Fall	$19.99	-20%	This is basically Infinity Blade in VR. It does melee by having lines appear in the air and you need to line up your sword with them to block enemy attacks, with some later enemies requiring you to duck off to the side to dodge attacks. It’s a roguelike so you fight through as many enemies you can, small stage by stage, until you die and spend the money you earned on new weapons and abilities.
STAR WARS™: Squadrons	$23.99	-40%	As an experience, Squadrons is exactly what you expect. It’s really immersive and really feels like being in a star wars dogfight
Yupitergrad	$12.74	-15%	A grappling hook adventure game set aboard a collapsing soviet space station
Jet Island	$12.99	-35%	Hidden gem where you take on a huge open world with an island of enemies on your hoverboard
Paper Beast	$13.99	-30%	One of the standout PSVR games. You’re in a surreal papercraft desert with dynamic and lifelike paper animals. It has a story and then a smaller sandbox mode. It’s a surreal style experience that works well in VR.
Falcon Age	$12.99	-35%	You play a young falconer who uses her whip and bird to fight off colonizing robots that are strip mining her planet. It’s a pretty high quality game and semi open world.
Gadgeteer	$11.99	-20%	Even more rube goldberg puzzler, but more of a dominos style of gameplay.
Ironwolf VR	$13.99	-30%	Submarine simulator, has a Destroyer mode now too with coop and some competitive multiplayer. I definitely recommend this as a co-op experience.
Hotel RnR	$11.99	-40%	You’re a dead rocker who makes a deal with the devil to destroy hotel rooms
Duck Season	$12.99	-35%	Make someone else play this without explaining it to them. Tell them it’s just Duck Hunt.
Down the Rabbit Hole	$11.99	-40%	Third person Alyx in Wonderland game with player choice
The Wizards Bundle	$15.92	-68%	The first one is an okay wave shooter, the second is more of an adventure game with great graphics and more variety.
3dSen VR	$11.99	-40%	3D NES emulator that makes them feel like a totally new experience.
Thief Simulator VR	$14.59	-27%	A semi open world game where you go around stealing people’s phones, jewelry, and cars.
Vox Machinae	$13.74	-45%	If you like Mech games this is basically a must buy, you control it by hand with all the bits and bobs of the cockpit and the graphics look really good. VR and flatscreen with crossplay multiplayer.
Windlands 2	$11.99	-60%	This is a grappling hook style game with somewhat basic graphics but large worlds and big enemies. Some people have called it the best spiderman game in VR.
Hello Puppets	$13.99	-30%	Cartoon horror with weird humor, your hand is an evil puppet
Moss	$14.99	-50%	A third person platformer adventure game about a little mouse
Skytropolis	$11.24	-55%	A vertical city builder, which is a rare genre in VR. It’s from 2017 and doesn’t get updates any more but it does work and it’s not a bad game in the genre.
Pixel Ripped 1995	$13.99	-30%	A love letter to 16 bit gaming. You play video games inside the game and have to avoid getting caught playing in the middle of the night, etc.
ModBox	$11.24	-25%	This is a sandbox game creator with steam workshop support. IT has a lot of potential and supports asymmetric play, VR multiplayer, and creation inside and outside of VR.
New Retro Arcade: Neon	$12.99	-35%	This is kind of buggy, and you need to use the unofficial arcade builder, but as a social VR experience for friends it can be pretty cool. Roms aren’t shared online unless the other people are on parsec or something, but a few activities like movies, the built in games, and bowling are actually multiplayer. The arcade is persistent for you and your friends even if you’re doing different things in different rooms
Phasmophobia	$12.59	-10%	The big new co op horror multiplayer game, but this one also supports VR
Synth Rider	$14.99	-40%	This is the closest Beat Saber style game to the original, with a smoother style of gameplay. But the maps feel unbalanced, like every difficulty or gameplay setting is the exact same map just being automatically tweaked. This can make it feel unfair or constricting.

Higher Price Tier

Game	Price	Discount	Description
Tales Of Glory	$17.99	-40%	First person medieval war RTS. It’s been in early access for a long time but the dev has put in a ton of work and made it a pretty unique experience with some of the best medieval combat outside Blade and Sorcery combined with strategy and base capture.
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files	$14.99	-50%	I think the cases are taken from the original game, but it's LA Noire in VR. There's driving, shooting, interrogations, looking for clues, everything from the original game. Seven cases.
Universe Sandbox	$19.99	-33%	Just got an update redoing the entire VR UI side of the game.
The Talos Principle VR	$15.99	-60%	Croteam are the devs of the classic Serious Sam series, and when the Vive came out they went all in and converted all their games over to VR, including their puzzle game Talos Principle. It was one of the higher quality experiences back then and it still holds up.
Skyrim VR	$19.79	-67%	Good port, works better than Fallout 4 VR with a big modding scene. This price is a bit higher than it has been in the past.
Ragnarock	$16.99	-15%	Rhythm game where you beat the drums on a viking ship to metal and celtic rock. This seems like the best beat saber style game I’ve seen alongside Synth Riders, and the music is distinct.
Industrial Petting	$16.99	-15%	You farm alien pets to sell them back on earth. It’s an industrial production kind of game, with multiplayer support and VFlatscreen modes
In Death	$14.99	-50%	Roguelike archery game set in Purgatory. Price feels steep when it stopped getting updates on PC in early 2019.
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs	$10.49	-30%	Basically Angry Birds in 3D. You can shoot in room scale and teleport to different spots to get a better angle. There's a fair amount of content too.
Arizona Sunshine	$14.79	-63%	The first big co-op zombie game. It shows its age but it's still popular and has some DLC. I would recommend this one only on sale for co op.
Automata Break	$16.99	-15%	An asymmetric tower defense game you can play with a friend or alone.

Top Price Tier

Half-Life: Alyx	$44.99	-25%	The best looking VR game and one of the best games of this generation.
Boneworks	$23.99	-20%	This game is a must buy, but do not get it if you’re new. This is a game where pushing on a wall with your hand pushes the camera back. It will make you sick if you don’t have VR legs. The combat, melee, physics puzzles, are all extremely strong and it has an 11 hour campaign, along with arena, zombies, and sandbox modes. Another content update is also coming soon.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners	$31.99	-20%	This is a great game. It’s less Left for Dead and more realistic in the sense that tension is very high and both humans and zombies are threats. There’s light crafting, upgrades, and collecting supplies, complete with physics and a faction system and multiple paths to go down.
Vacation Simulator	$23.99	-20%	The best minigame collection game with the games integrated into three worlds with a lot to do, across multiple settings with progression and a basic story. Super immersive.
No Man's Sky	$29.99	-50%	All new updates apply to VR too. Performance is spotty but the entire massive experience is carried over into VR, and there’s multiplayer too.
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, and Hand Grenades	$19.99		This game isn’t on sale but it’s getting an advent calendar with daily updates until christmas. This is basically the ultimate “labor of love” game in VR. Detailed physics simulation of lots of guns, big recommendation for those with any interest in sandbox, has game modes like Take and Hold and Team Fortress, single player only.
Pistol Whip	$19.99	-20%	This doesn’t go on sale as often. I would say it’s the first rhythm game that can actually go toe to toe with Beat Saber. No custom maps, but it gets regular content updates and just got a set of five campaign levels.
VTOL VR	$25.49	-15%	This is the most advanced made for VR flight sim with full VR controls, tons of customization, and a bunch of modern fighter planes. It’s a community favorite and it’s even getting multiplayer soon.
AGOS - A Game Of Space	$20.09	-33%	This got a super mixed reaction. It’s basically a third person satellite simulator. If you like the movement method you’ll like the game, otherwise you probably won’t. Watch some gameplay on youtube.
Sairento	$19.79	-35%	This is like a ninja version of Superhot. I didn't enjoy it too much but many people like it. It has a lot of different weapons and you can do things like bounce off walls up to an enemy and cutting their head off with a katana.
Gnomes & Goblins	$19.49	-35%	This got a mixed reaction. Basically it’s a game where you visit a community of gnomes and has two parts. In the first part you go on a little adventure meeting the gnomes and hanging out with them. But the rest of the game is "life sim" and collecting artifacts
Disassembly VR	$20.99	-30%	Destruction and deconstruction physics sandbox simulator, just added melee combat.

Also worth taking a look at, over at Fanatical they’re doing a “make your own bundle.” 2 games for $6.99, 3 games for $9.99, 5 games for $14.99

Cosmic Trip	A very polished VR base capture RTS in first person where you build and manage drones and mine for crystals on an alien planet. It's worth it for this alone.
Sprint Vector	Basically a footrace game you play by swinging your arms, set on an alien gameshow.
Polybius	A trippy tunnel shooter with surreal pixel graphics, based on the haunted arcade game.
Battlewake	This was a really hyped game that kind of flopped. Basically it looks really great graphically but the gameplay loop feels really repetitive and kind of shallow. For co op at this price it's a good buy.
Dungeons & Treasure VR	A small voxel fantasy roguelike with multiplayer support.

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