If anyone’s curious, and doesn’t want to do the legwork themselves, here is the complete list of the sixty-nine (ha!) video games that I beat in 2017, sorted by categories of when they were cut for the Top 7 list.
The Replays – Games that didn’t qualify because I don’t allow replays. Obvi.
- Day of the Tentacle Remastered (PS4)
- Shovel Knight (3DS/Switch)
- Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (Game Boy)
- Destroy All Humans! (PS2)
- Life is Strange (PS4)
- Chrono Trigger (SNES)
- Super Mario 64 (N64)
- Resident Evil HD (PS4)
- Super Mario World (SNES)
- Illusion of Gaia (SNES)
- No More Heroes (Wii)
- Kirby Super Star (SNES)
- Star Fox (SNES)
- Silent Hill: Downpour (X360)
- Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
- Mega Man X (SNES)
The Non-Competitors – Games that weren’t even considered for my favourites of the year.
- Witch and Hero II (3DS)
- Ape Escape 2 (PS2)
- Citadale (WiiU)
- The Perplexing Orb (WiiU)
- Dragon Quest VII (3DS)
- Parappa the Rapper Remastered (PS4)
- The Unfinished Swan (PS4)
- Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap (Switch)
- Pic-A-Pix Color (WiiU)
- KAMIKO (Switch)
- ABZU (PS4)
- Blazing Star (NEO-GEO)
- Dark Witch Music Episode: Rudymical (Switch)
- Zoo Rampage (PC)
- Spooky Cats (PC)
- Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (3DS)
- Anna: Extended Edition (PS3)
- Vaccine War (PC)
- Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES)
- Citadale: Curse of Darkness (WiiU)
- BioShock Infinite (X360)
- Azure Striker Gunvolt (3DS)
- VOI (PC)
- Piczle Lines DX (Switch)
- PAN-PAN (Switch)
- Magikarp Jump! (mobile)
- Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers (Wii)
- Picross S (Switch)
- Yono and the Celestial Elephants (Switch)
- Deep Space Waifu (PC)
- Doki Doki Literature Club (PC)
The Harder Cuts – Games that I found memorable, but lacked a certain je ne sais quoi.
- Layers of Fear (PS4)
- Bye-Bye, BoxBoy! (3DS)
- Snipperclips (Switch)
- Until Dawn (PS4)
- Ever Oasis (3DS)
- Chicken Wiggle (3DS)
- Fire Emblem Warriors (Switch)
The Runners-Up – Games that I struggled to justify cutting because they really clicked for me.
- Drakengard 3 (PS3)
- Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment (Switch)
- Blaster Master Zero (Switch)
- Stardew Valley (PC)
- ArcaniA (PS4)
- Tales from the Borderlands (PS4)
- Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS)
- Hollow Knight (PC)
Top 7 of 2017 – The crème de la crème
- Death Road to Canada (PC)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
- Resident Evil 7 (PS4)
- Mighty Gunvolt Burst (Switch)
- DOOM (PS4)
- NieR: Automata (PS4)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)