20 Severely Underrated 90s Video Games You Forgot You Loved

10. BioForge - PC, 1996

This space-based adventure was both way ahead of its time when it was released, and distinctly a product of its time. Bioforge's vision of the future is heavily mechanised, dark and metallic, and will appeal to people who appreciate its 80s/90s charm. You control an anonymous cyborg, who gains an identity depending on the moral decisions you make throughout the game. Waking up after a disaster on a space station, it's up to you to work out what the hell happened, and survive the environment by solving puzzles, remote-controlling security robots, and... clubbing things to death with blue severed arms. Many people hail Resident Evil as the start of the 3D survival horror genre, but really BioForge - released a year earlier - deserves the credit. The game was filled with puzzles, awkward combat that was best avoided, and those claustraphobic fixed camera angles that went on to define the genre. As you pick up logs and memos around the forlorn ship, you learn about the shady cult running the show, and the descent into madness of the people onboard. BioForge is a true pioneer of techno- and survival-horror, introducing many mechanics that were credited to later, more famous games.