Happy 2020, y’all! With the start of a whole new year with lots of twos and zeroes, it seems more than appropriate to bridge this moment between the end of Listmas and the beginning of a new year in gaming with a festive not-Listmas list post. And that list, the one that is right here, features my top five favorite games that I played and finished, or finally finished, or are still working through, in 2019. So they aren’t all games that were released this year. Rather, they are the new, new-ish, and new-to-me games that proved to be my gaming highlights of last year. It feels weird saying that, what with the “old year” only a day behind us, but onward with all the listing!

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

Image (© Nintendo) taken by author during gameplay on the Nintendo Switch.

Of the 2019 games I completed…