GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson’s favorite games of 2018

I played more games than I can remember in 2018. I didn’t finish as many as I would’ve liked, but it seemed like something new and cool hit the stores (and often, these are digital) every week: Celeste, Dead Cells, Return of the Obra Dinn, and man, many more. And then we’ve got those “live service” ongoing games like Path of Exile, Hearthstone, and good ol’ online RPGs such as World of Warcraft.

As I look back at 2018 and the games that stuck with me, I find a mix of new and old, of genres I don’t touch often and those I’ve been playing since the beginning. I see new characters and new worlds and realms that are almost as old as I am.  These are my favorite games of 2018, in no set order. My criteria for 2018 isn’t just games that debuted this year but ongoing works that I play often.