If you like role-playing games, you usually place great value on a fascinating game world, extensive character development and an engaging story. There were plenty of them this year: as a humorous space opera in The Outer Worlds, a background fantasy epic in Greedfall, a squeaky ball pool in Kingdom Hearts III or a cleverly told indie surprise Disco Elysium. The role-playing games in 2019 were more multifaceted than in a long time. And then there was the new Pokémon …
10th place: Pokémon sword / shield
There may be fans who have conjured up the demise of the Pokémon universe with a sword and shield, after all, about a thousand features and at least as many Pokémon are missing. However, if you give your sword / shield a chance, you will be served a detoxed but successful Pokémon adventure that is a lot of fun.