There are a ton of great games journalists out there, but easily the most prolific of us all is GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi. I’ve seen him at pretty much every event in the industry for the last decade (since I got my internship at OXM in 2011) and I can say with absolute certainty that Dean doesn’t miss a beat. (Dum tiss.)

Recently Dean posted his list of his favorite games of the last 13 years, so I thought I’d follow suit.

What makes 2010 the perfect year to start this list? I mean, I’ve playing games for much, much longer than that. However, 2010 is the year that I actually started tracking the number of games I’ve completed, which means all of these games are ones I’ve played all the way through. I’ve beaten 206 games since I’ve started this list, but these are the ones that stand out over a decade later.

• Mass Effect 2 (2010)
• God of War 3 (2010)
• Batman: Arkham City (2011)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
• SoulCalibur V (2012)
• FTL: Faster Than Light (2012)
• The Last of Us (2013)
• Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014)
• Forza Horizon 2 (2014)
• Ori and the Blind Forest (2015)
• Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
• Stardew Valley (2016)
• Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
• Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)
• Beat Saber (2019)
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake (2020)
• Psychonauts 2 (2021)
• Hades (2021)
• Vampire Survivors (2022)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)