The 12 Best Video Games Of 2017

We downloaded, we installed, we played. We nominated, we debated, we decided. Here, in alphabetical order, are Kotaku’s top 12 video games of 2017.

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Something video games have over their film counterparts when it comes to horror is the player’s agency. Sure, watching the slasher claim their next victim can get a jumpscare out of you, but you know what’s scarier? Knowing you had the power to stop it. Watching someone slowly open a door and enter a dark room is unnerving, but having to do it yourself will send shivers down your spine and paralyze you with fear.

The 12 Best Video Games Of 2017

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Horizon Zero Dawn

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nier: Automata

Night in the Woods

Nioh

Persona 5

Pyre

Super Mario Odyssey

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