A stunning, eerie shooter that forges an atmosphere all of its own in a futuristic yet oddly vintage underwater world Photograph: PR
A family-friendly, beautifully designed fairy tale series, but modern and witty with it Photograph: Lionhead Studios/AP
PC adventure with cartoonish graphics that mocked itself and you, playing as a hapless pirate called Guybrush Threepwood Photograph: PR
Truly challenging puzzle game with a brilliantly wry sensibility Photograph: PR
Great for gaming beginners or families, these adventure games are sumptuously designed, well written and huge fun Photograph: PR
Before the Sims there was this monster of a game where you acted as mayor of a growing city. Addictive and comforting Photograph: PR
The original Resistance shooter combines great storytelling and washed-out imagery of wartime Britain to marvellous effect Photograph: PR
This puzzle game redefined games in the 90s with its protagonist wandering around an empty world trying to make things happen Photograph: PR
Cowboy open-world game that captures its era with forensic detail. Glorious score, too Photograph: PR
Because sometimes you just don’t need a story Photograph: Public Domain
