Prey is quite literally the successor, not just the spiritual successor to System Shock and System Shock 2. You’re stranded on a space station where everything on it quite literally wants to kill you and your only hope of surviving is solving puzzles in an attempt to escape.

Rage 2 - The original Rage was a competent shooter but a pretty boring game with a bland color scheme. Rage 2 takes the solid gunplay and driving mechanics of the original, makes them better and gives you a reason to go back into the wasteland.

The Evil Within - Shinji Mikami created survival horror with Resident Evil and he reinvented it with The Evil Within. A terrifying blend of action and horror leads to some of the most tense gameplay of the last decade.

Dishonored took Assassin’s Creed’s social stealth gameplay mechanics and turned them up to 11 with its special blend of assassination, stealth and all-around carnage.

Dishonored 2 took everything D1 did and amplified it. New powers, new locations, new abilities and some mind-bending puzzles that put your skills as an assassin to the test.

New Vegas is the Fallout game fans had been waiting for since the Black Isle team had to stop production on the original Fallout 3. Great exploration, sharp and snappy dialogue come together with great character moments and interaction to make a visit to the Mojave Desert in New Vegas unforgettable.

In Fallout 4 you’re the last survivor of Vault 111 and after a long cryo sleep you wake up to find out your wife is dead, your son is missing and the world has been bathed in nuclear fire. You set out across the wasteland to try and rebuild what’s left of your family.

Fallout 76 was fucking broken at launch, we know. The game still has some issues today, but Bethesda stuck with it, fixed a bunch of the problems, added new story, added NPCs and now it’s actually worth playing.

The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind Morrowind brought The Elder Scrolls into 3D. As an adventurer in the land of Tribunal, you set off on an adventure to reach Morrowind and meet its God kings.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - Oblivion sees you meet Patrick Stewart on an epic adventure where you’re fighting to save the land of Cyrodiil and quite literally close the gates of hell.

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Learn the Dovahkiin language, slay evil dragons, become the emperor of a Frozen wonderland and uncover the ancient history of the world of Cyrodiil.

The Elder Scrolls Online ESO takes place thousands of years before any of the main TES games and gives hardcore lore nerds a chance to see the worlds they’ve spent hundreds or thousands of hours inhabiting long before the stories that they know and love came to pass.

Doom - Doom was revolutionary for shooters back in the day. Speed running levels, slaying demons and chasing high scores made staying at home on a Saturday night cool long before COVID came around.

Doom 2 The demons are back and the Doom Slayer has to rip and tear until it’s done. Doom 2 is the sequel to the original and it reinvented shooters just like the original did. New guns, new enemies, new environments, same frantic action. Doom 64

Doom 64 Doom 64 ended up being the sequel to Doom 2 that was originally only released on Nintendo 64. Because it was limited to the N64 most people skipped over it but they missed out on the chance to play a fantastic shooter that’s finally on modern consoles.

Doom 3 Doom 3 is pretty unappreciated by most Doom fans, it went away from the typical action roots of Doom and went the survival horror route. If you want some scares with your demon slaying, this is the game for you.

Doom Eternal Kill. Everything. And do it in style. Doom Eternal is a throwback to the frantic action of classic 90s shooters, no tight corridors. Eternal gives you large, wide-open sandboxes to shoot, stab, dismember and set your enemies on fire. It’s tough as hell to get through but one of the most rewarding experiences since Dark Souls.

Wolfenstein: The New Order - Wolfenstein came back with a vengeance when The New Order released. Tight, fast paced gunplay mixed with a down-to-earth story about a man that’s trying to find his place in a nazi occupied world makes The New Order a shooter you can’t miss.

Wolfenstein The Old Blood - The Old Blood is just more Wolfenstein Nazi slaying action that quickly turns into a zombie survival adventure.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood - Wolfenstein Youngblood is a sequel of sorts to The New Colossus. Set decades after TNC, BJ has gone missing and his two daughters are looking for him while trying to liberate a still Nazi-occupied Paris.