Shooter
Destiny 2

This sequel shooter feels a lot like its intense predecessor—only with a bit more polish … and maybe even more …

Action/Adventure
The Pillars of the Earth

This story-focused game openly talks about faith in a sometimes foul, dark and dangerous medieval world.

Arcade/Platform
Sonic Mania

The new Sonic is a lot like the old Sonic. Only more. And that’s a good thing.

Action/Adventure, Combat
Hellblade: Senua’s Sarifice

What would it take for a video game to depict psychotic madness? Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice answers that dark question.

Action/Adventure, Sim
Tacoma

This microgravity mystery has some involving gameplay, but it also floats off in unexpectedly intimate directions.

Sim, Strategy
Aven Colony

This engaging building simulation game transports some of the genre’s familiar facets into a tense-but-satisfying sci-fi setting.

Shooter, Strategy
Fortnite

This buzz-generating hybrid is one part Minecraft, one part shooter. That last aspect is the one parents will need to …

Sim, Strategy
Serial Cleaner

This game about a guy who cleans up murderers’ messes perhaps isn’t as messy as it could have been. But …

Horror/Suspense, Shooter
Get Even

Get Even is an ambitious, genre-blurring title that tries to offer a moral, but stains its intended message with M-rated …

Arcade/Platform, Combat
Tekken 7

A T-rated beat-’em-up with more demonic story weirdness than you may want to fight through.

Sim, Strategy
Star Trek: Bridge Crew

Terrific virtual fun awaits gamers in the digital final frontier. But some annoying Tribbles potentially lurk there, too.

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
RiME

This laid-back environmental puzzle game is as thoughtful as it is lovely to look at.

Action/Adventure
Injustice 2

The second Injustice title features good guys gone bad and scrappy supers going toe-to-toe with them—all wrapped in an arcade …

Horror/Suspense, Puzzle
Little Nightmares

This cartoonish horror game has people talking, but it’s the kind of story that could easily leave many a nightmare …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
Pinstripe

This compelling indie game blends appealing art and gaming mechanics into an unexpected cautionary abstraction.