Joshua's Top 20 Video Games (with honorable mentions)

When bandits try to kidnap the princess, they discover that it's the princess who wants to be kidnapped. But they are chased by an evil queen and an even more powerful entity.

Sora and friends face mysterious new enemies as they continue their journey to save all worlds, and find Riku and King Mickey.

Assume the role of an unseen summoner and battle against a team of other players or computer-controlled champions in the immensely popular multiplayer online battle arena League of Legends.

A former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.

In 1964, a U.S. government operative codenamed "Snake" must infiltrate mountainous Soviet territory to rescue a scientist building a weapon of terrible power.

A crack government anti-terrorist squad takes over an obscure Alaskan nuclear disposal facility. Solid Snake is up for the task to infiltrate the facility, rescue the two hostages and thwart the terrorists' plans.

In a world devastated by the undead, a convicted criminal is given a second chance at life when he comes across a little girl named Clementine.

Return to Faerun in a tale of fellowship and betrayal, and the lure of absolute power. Mysterious abilities are awakening inside you. Resist, and turn darkness against itself, or, embrace corruption, and become ultimate evil.

In a hostile, post-pandemic world, Joel and Ellie, brought together by desperate circumstances, must rely on each other to survive a brutal journey across what remains of the United States.

A celebrated young athlete is drawn from his futuristic hometown and convenient lifestyle to a harsh and techno-phobic land by a mysterious force only known as Sin.

After being revived from death and having to join a pro-human organization without a choice, Commander Shepard must assemble a team, battle a new threat, and make tough choices in order to save the galaxy from total annihilation once more.

A republic soldier, training to become a Jedi Knight, is given the task of halting the conquest of Darth Malak by discovering the location of a weapon known as the Star Forge.

Three years after the Gate Rune War, the 108 Stars of Destiny once again gather to protect the City-State of Jowston from the invading Kingdom of Highland, led by the demonic Luca Blight.

In this sequel to Champions of Norrath, the fate of Norrath is once again in your hands. Dark forces are trying to resurrect Innoruuk, the God of Hatred, and the choice is yours either to stop them or to turn to the dark side and aid in his resurrection. Once again, choose from either a wood elf ranger, a high elf cleric, a dark elf shadowknight, a barbarian warrior, or an erudite wizard, or from the new Vah Shir Berserker and Iksar Shaman classes. Create a new character or import your character from the first game, then begin a solo campaign or play with up to three friends.

A new group of adventurers arrives on the frontier planet Pandora. Handsome Jack, an egotistical tyrant attempts to assassinate them but fails. With the help of a deranged talking robot, they seek loot and revenge.

The clashing couple Cody and May are turned into dolls by a magic book. Together, trapped in a fantastical world where the unpredictable hides around every corner, they are reluctantly challenged with saving their fractured relationship.

Kratos and his son Atreus face the oncoming Norse apocalypse, Ragnarok.

Hades is a rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion and Transistor, in which you defy the god of death as you hack and slash your way out of the Underworld of Greek myth.

Pyre is a party-based RPG in which you lead a band of exiles to freedom through ancient competitions spread across a vast, mystical purgatory. Who shall return to glory, and who shall remain in exile to the end of their days?

Years after the fall of the Orcish Horde to the human Alliance of Lordaeron, the remaining humans and orcs find themselves facing a common enemy: the demons of the Burning Legion and their armies of undead monsters.

Loosely based on the classic Chinese novel 'Journey to the West', players are cast as Monkey; a strong, brutish loner who is forced to partner with the tech-savvy yet physically weak Trip on a journey to freedom.

Edith Finch travels back to the Finch family home in Washington to explore her ancestral history after recent family events drive her to learn more about herself and the Finches.

Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world.

A young prince with expert fighting skills acquires the Dagger of Time, and unknowingly releases the powerful Sands of Time with it. Now he is trapped in a palace with sand creatures and must undo the unfortunate deed he has done.

On the small island civilization of Hillys, the DomZ creatures are a ruthless alien race which have invaded the Hillyan people. The government has set up the Alpha Section, which is a society "devoted to the safety of Hillys".