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#10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

This is my go-to for aimless 3d adventure game. I love just wandering in this world. I'm really worried that the new Zelda is going to be mechanics heavy or more traditional in its structure, or worse yet, that it'll be a mechanical improvement on Zelda but loses the magic of this beautiful game. I love the music and how fleeting it is, or how I can just happen upon the most enjoyable things.

I'm really looking forward to the next iteration but it's going to be kinda hard to meet my expectations, because my only hope is that it's still delightful to come around the corner and find something special. That's a really hard ask, to be surprised again.

#9. Banished

An absolutely lovely little village builder with survival elements. This game is all about trying to make it through the winter with limited resources. There's something organic and warm about this game that just resonates. It's such a happy experience for me, until my people die and I feel heartbroken about it.

I like this game's limited scope -- you're not just building endlessly -- and for when those limitations get a little boring, the community has built tons of mods to play it all sorts of ways. Banished is a palette through which you can do a ton.