15 Best Hidden Gem Video Games Of The Decade

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Compressing ten years' worth of video games into a single list is never easy. With cutting edge events like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order seeing the decade out, it's easy to forget that groundbreaking titles such as Red Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 2 were there to usher it in.

What I mean by that is there have been a ridiculous amount of great titles released in that time, and the industry as a whole has shifted through so many revolutions (and arguably devolutions) over the past ten years that putting together the pieces and writing these lists is a daunting task.

With so many genre-defining projects dropping over that period being held up now it's coming to a close though, it shouldn't be forgotten that just as many great games slipped through the cracks.

These releases, for whatever reason, didn't get their time to shine and were largely ignored by audiences, and that is a total travesty. They're some of the best experiences the decade had to offer, and this is your last chance to rectify missing out on them.

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Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.