Last year was almost 14h.

Also the Ichiban and his party are a S-tier cast ever.

Looking foward to Infinite Wealth, once I have a better PC or SEGA releases a Switch 2 Version, whichever comes first lol.

🥇Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon

This one goes to my personal favorites of all time.

This is a game the fires all the cylinders on all aspects: story, pacing, humor, emotion, themes, gameplay loop and progress, you name it.

I want to mention that I loved the Ichiban Holdings Minigame lol.

🥈 2. Hades II

While I prefer the personal stakes on Hades 1 story, Hades II surpasses in terms on combat and gameplay loop.

I loved how the spell-focused moves and builds are more diverse and engaging opposed to the melee-based combat of the first game.

Best game I've played released in 2025

🥉 3. Unicorn Overlord

Vanillaware delivers again. As I mentioned before, story is ok at best. However The gameplay foundation is so strong and me me almost 100% on my first run (even if some mission objectives may be repetitive).

5. Half Life (1998).

Needed to do a second run to really click with it. Love the gun-play and the constant tension and escalation during the campaign.

4. Kingdoms of the Dump (2025)

Loved the tile system combat, and world-building, albeit I ended relying on the same team a the end of the game.

Here are my candidates:
-Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon
-Unicorn Overlord
-Hades 2
-Kingdoms of the Dump
-Half Life
-Wario Land 3

Honorable Mentions:
-Pokemon Z-A
-Mario Kart World

Pending:
Metroid Prime 4