14 Awesome Summer 2017 Video Games You Probably Missed

Who said the summer was a gaming graveyard?

By Jack Pooley /

Boss Key Productions

It's the opinion of many that the summer is a time to head outside and do things away from games consoles, but the belief that the sunny months result in a "gaming drought" clearly hasn't been true for a long time.

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This past summer proved it as well as any recent year, with the high-profile likes of Persona 5, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Prey, Injustice 2, Tekken 7, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Splatoon 2, Sonic Mania and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy ensuring a steady stream of AAA titles coming down the pike.

But what about those typically smaller games released over the last four or five months that passed most gamers by?

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With 2017 being arguably one of the best years in the history of gaming, nobody can be blamed for sleeping on these well-reviewed cult classics in the making, if only because there are only so many hours in a day, and so much money to spend.

Still, with the right sale and the right amount of time freed up in your busy gaming schedule, these 14 criminally under-appreciated games from this past summer absolutely deserve your attention, especially before the AAA onslaught kicks off in October...

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