Tunic
Few games on the planet trust you as much as Tunic does. The twee isometric adventure game, which casts you as a baby fox, barely explains a thing. You soon find a stick, then a sword, then a shield, then a magic staff, and use that gear to beat up Zelda-inspired foes. Along the way, you piece together an in-game instruction manual, deliciously styled like an old-school booklet, although even that doesn’t help clarify anything, as it’s written in a purposefully abstruse runic language. Tunic is confusing. It’s tough (bosses in particular). You always feel like it’s one step ahead of you. But it’s also the sort of game that unspools at a carefully plotted pace, that slowly unveils its secrets, every one more deliciously mind-bending than the last.
Playable On: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Rough Average Playtime: 15 hours
