The 12 Best Video Games Of 2020

Year In ReviewYear In ReviewWe look back at the highs, lows, surprises, and standouts in and around video games this year.

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2020 is over, which is great, even if it doesn’t mean everything terrible about this year is now in our collective rearview mirror. Video games played a bigger role in many of our lives than they have in years past, which made picking Kotaku’s top games pretty tricky. But, as always, here are our favorite 12 games of the year, in alphabetical order.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

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Crusader Kings III

Fall Guys

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Hades

Kentucky Route Zero

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Spiritfarer

Yakuza: Like A Dragon