20 Recent Incredible Video Games That Came Out Of NOWHERE
6. 1000xResist
1000xResist released with little fuss in 2024, but quickly gained widespread recognition. Set in a society of clones 1,000 years after an extraterrestrial disease wiped out human life on earth, players assume the role of a Watcher. Your job is to enter and interpret the memories of the ALLMOTHER, who was the only one immune to the sickness aliens brought to the planet a millennium ago.
1000xResist made its mark on players through its inventive storytelling, which is done through a combination of camera perspectives as you jump forwards and backwards through time. One minute, you’re in third person wandering around the hub area with your clone sisters, the next, you’re in first person experiencing a pivotal memory of the ALLMOTHER hundreds of years in the past.
It’s not just the way this story is told that makes it special, though. Critics have praised 1000xResist for the way it draws inspiration from the Coronavirus pandemic and how it tackles themes of diaspora and intergenerational trauma, and it received multiple award nominations for its narrative prowess.
Made by just a four person team, 1000xResist is a great example of developers with a strong vision that managed to execute it flawlessly.