Sans short indies and games still in progress (or on hold).

TRUE LOVE NOW AND FOREVER!!

• 428: Shibuya Scramble
• Cupid Parasite
• Gnosia
• Hades
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Raging Loop
• TAISHO x ALICE
• honourable mention: Spiritfarer

tbh I'd put any of these in god tier of their respective genre, and almost all of them are among the best games AND narratives I've played, which is particularly a joy re: VNs, of which there are 5 in this list. HECK YEAH VISUAL NOVEL YEAR.

MOSTLY GREAT WITH SOME SIDE-EYEING

• FFVII Remake
• Trails in the Sky the 3rd

MOSTLY OK WITH (SOME TO) MASSIVE SIDE-EYEING

• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
• New Pokémon Snap
• Olympia Soirée
• The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
• Trails of Cold Steel II

SHITSHOWS WITH FEW TO NO REDEEMABLE PARTS

• Bad Apple Wars
• Bustafellows
• Persona 5 Strikers
• Xenoblade Chronicles