Happy 2023!
Here is a big ol’ list of all the video games that I spent a significant amount of time playing in 2022. It’s not a comprehensive list, as I left off a few little indie games that were more “experiences”, games that I gave up on after a single session, and games that aren’t really games (like Rocksmith and Fitness Boxing). If you’d like to know how I felt about any of them, I included the month in which I started playing each one, so you can conveniently look up the appropriate Month End Round-Up post.
Of note is that of the 75 games listed below, 53 were eligible for my “Top X of 2022” list. I’ve narrowed it down to the ones I liked best, and I was left with fifteen finalists. Now I have the unenviable task of deciding if I want my GOTY list to just be 15 games, or if I want to try to figure out which five to cut to make it a nice, round Top Ten. Or, should I add seven more games to make it the Top 22 of ’22? Find out in… I don’t know, like a week or two, maybe? I’m going to try to get it done before February, anyway.
| Month | Title | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| January | Kathy Rain: The Director’s Cut | PC |
| January | Mega Man X | SNES |
| January | Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana | PS4 |
| January | Pokémon Shining Pearl | Swtich |
| January | Cyberpunk 2077 | PC |
| January | Pokémon Legends: Arceus | Switch |
| February | Vampire Survivors | PC |
| February | Banjo-Kazooie | N64 |
| February | Horror Adventure | PS4 |
| February | The Sinking City | PS4 |
| February | Donkey Kong Land 2 | GB |
| March | Hachiemon | GBA |
| March | Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished ~ Omen | PC |
| March | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | Switch |
| March | Ragnarock | Oculus |
| March | Triangle Strategy | Switch |
| March | Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin | PS5 |
| April | Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished ~ The Final Chapter | PC |
| April | Kyatto Ninden Teyandee | NES |
| April | Final Fantasy III | DS |
| April | Chasing Static | PC |
| April | Evil Tonight | Switch |
| May | Ys IX: Monstrum Nox | PS4 |
| May | New Super Mario World 2: Around the World | PC |
| May | Elden Ring | PS5 |
| June | TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge | Switch |
| June | Haunted Zombie School | Switch |
| June | LumbearJack | PC |
| July | Linelight | PC |
| July | Loot Hero DX | PC |
| July | Resident Evil Village | PS5 |
| July | Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak | Switch |
| July | Hitman II (2018) | PC |
| July | Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition | PC |
| July | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | Switch |
| August | Subnautica | PS5 |
| August | Whisperwind | PC |
| August | Cat Quest II | PS4 |
| August | Submersed | PS4 |
| September | TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan | GB |
| September | TMNT: Back From the Sewers | GB |
| September | TMNT: Radical Rescue | GB |
| September | The Silent House | PC |
| September | Subnautica: Below Zero | PS5 |
| September | Resident Evil Village | PS5 |
| September | Silver Chains | Switch |
| September | YumeNikki Dream Diary | Switch |
| September | Donkey Kong Land 3 | GB |
| September | Dear Esther: Landmark Edition | PS4 |
| September | Call of Cthulhu | PS4 |
| October | Shovel Knight Dig | Switch |
| October | Resident Evil 2 | PC |
| October | The Quarry | PS5 |
| October | Power Wash Simulator | PC |
| October | ActRaiser Renaissance | PS4 |
| October | Parasite Eve II | PS1 |
| November | Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow | GBA |
| November | Star Ocean: Till the End of Time | PS2 |
| November | The Vanishing Hitchhiker | Switch |
| November | Pokémon Scarlet | Switch |
| November | The Turing Test | PC |
| November | ElecHead | Switch |
| December | Mars Moose: Cosmic Quest: City Sights | PS1 |
| December | Trombone Champ | PC |
| December | Dino Crisis | PS1 |
| December | Choo-Choo Charles | PC |
| December | Crimson Snow | PC |
| December | Woody Woodpecker Racing | PS1 |
| December | Irony of Nightmare | PC |
| December | Vice: Project Doom | NES |
| December | Super Valis IV | SNES |
| December | Brain Age Express: Sudoku | DS |
| December | WarGames: Defcon 1 | PS1 |
| December | ICEY | PC |
| December | Picross S6 | Switch |