15 Best Hidden Gem Video Games Of The Decade

2. Control

Control is the most recent game on this list, and it absolutely sucks that it's already well and truly cemented itself as a 'hidden gem', and not the genuine smash hit it could have been.

Whether it was the marketing or a general disinterest from the audience is yet to be seen, but Remedy's latest shooter hasn't broken out of its little niche corner of the industry, which is a travesty considering it has some of the slickest combat mechanics of the entire generation.

Once you nab all the powers in Control, fighting enemies feels almost godly. Hovering around areas, telekinetically picking up chunks of the environment and launching them into a huddle of goons while picking the remainder off with an alien, shape-shifting gun makes for one of those gameplay loops that should get old after eight hours, but never stops feeling so damn satisfying.

That's only one part of the (overall excellent) puzzle though. It's the setting that really shines, as the mysteries of The Oldest House pose fascinating questions, and that signature Remedy charm runs throughout the veins of this creepy building.

Games in 2019 had a major personality problem, and Control stuck two fingers up to that and embraced the weirdness.