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48 and 47. Overcooked! & Overcooked 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-FR-apUaX0

I was very torn how I wanted to rank the Overcooked games. There have been some slots where multiple games share the same entry, and others where they're separate because of gaps in their rankings. Both Overcooked games are an absolute blast, and I think Overcooked 2 is definitely better than the first (almost entirely just because of having the ability to throw shit across the kitchen, which is of course the true kitchen experience). Initially I had a little more gap between these two, but then ultimately moved them together because I couldn't really justify a big jump the same way I could with Little Nightmares 1 and 2 for example. Fun fact: I played through the Overcooked games with a friend who I had met working in kitchen together, and I swear trying to play this gave me flashbacks in a way that is equal parts stressful and extremely fun.

46. Stacking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEJtypcyL5I

Another Tim Schafer! If you like Double Fine's other games and haven't played Stacking (which isn't unlikely, as Stacking unfortunately flew way under the radar) I highly recommend you check it out. It's such a unique mechanic, essentially a puzzle adventure game where you have to proceed using the abilities of various silly characters. But you can only use those characters that are exactly one matryoshka doll size above you (so sometimes you have to capture others to capture that one) and only if you can trick them into facing away from you. It's filled with the classic style of Double Fine humor and is throughoughly enjoyable to play. They didn't cut corners on putting flavor into it either, putting everything into a sort of parody of the industrial revolution with the goal of saving your siblings from an oil baron.

45. Kena: Bridge of Spirits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWh5388AEHw

Fun fact: I've recently been talking with a friend who made fun of me for quitting Nioh 2 for it being too hard (don't come at me, it is, I've played basically every Soulslike, but fuck that game in particular). He's recently been going through Kena: Bridge of Spirits and OH HO HO HO LOOK WHO'S STRUGGLING NOW. Kena is deceptive, because what looks like a normal indie adventure with silly little animal sidekicks is actually one of the most brutally and uncompromisingly difficult action adventures this side of Sekiro. Legitimately, you'll probably watch the trailer thinking "oh that doesn't look too bad" because I did the exact same thing, and then three hours into fighting the fucking Corrupt Woodsmith you'll just be sitting there wondering, "Is it me? Am I bad at video games now?" I mean why is the "collect silly hats for your teenie little blog friends" game this hard? Kena is a visual wonder, with a 3D world that looks much better than most games with 10x its budget manage to.