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5. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
It's tough for games released at the very start of the year to sustain momentum for the inevitable Game of the Year discussions, but Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is one of the strongest gaming sequels in recent memory.
This standalone follow-up to the brilliant, equally not-loved-enough 2022 RPG Citizen Sleeper doesn't tinker too much with the tight dice-based mechanics of the original, though opts for a more expansive story and a few neat gameplay wrinkles.
Players once again take control of a human android (aka "sleeper") who must fight to survive against pursuing forces, and as with the first game the easy highlight is the perceptiveness of the writing, which feels novelesque in ways that very video games truly do.
While larger than its predecessor, Citizen Sleeper 2 stills runs in at a modest 10-or-so hours - which is plenty time to tell a compelling story and make you fall in love with a host of new characters.