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Our GOTY episode is here! Two top 10 lists of the best games released in 2021, with almost no crossover between the selections. Enjoy.

This week’s music is from the Bowser’s Fury soundtrack by Daisuke Matsuoka and James Phillipsen, the Rhythm Doctor soundtrack by fizzd, Winston Lee and foxiand, and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles soundtrack by Yasumasa Kitagawa and Hiromitsu Maeba.

Samuel

  1. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
  2. Exo One
  3. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
  4. Resident Evil Village
  5. Inscryption
  6. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
  7. Halo Infinite
  8. Deathloop
  9. Age of Empires 4
  10. Hitman 3

Honourable mentions

  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Riders Republic

Pile of Shame

  • Wildermyth
  • Chivalry 2
  • Chicory: A Colorful Tale
  • No More Heroes 3
  • The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures
  • Death’s Door
  • Overboard
  • The Forgotten City
  • Mundaun

2022

  • Elden Ring

Matthew

  1. Lost Judgment
  2. Rhythm Doctor
  3. OPUS: Echo of Starsong
  4. No More Heroes 3
  5. Hitman 3
  6. Forza Horizon 5
  7. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
  8. Pyschonauts 2
  9. The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eve
  10. Metroid Dread

Honourable mentions

  • The Forgotten City
  • It Takes Two
  • Overboard
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

Pile of Shame

  • Returnal
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • Shin Megami Tensei V

2022

  • Untitled The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel