Doki Doki Literature Club
A game that dominated the Steam top sellers list, Doki Doki Literature Club has been making a name for itself with its colourful art-style, great storytelling, and the way it manages to stick with you even after you’ve finished playing. It’s a visual novel that is unlike so many others, and managed to chip its way into my cold and callous heart. Doki Doki is one of those games where its best to dive into without reading into it too much. The first hour or so may be slow, but it picks up very quickly. For more reasons to check out Doki Doki Literature Club, have a look at out our 5 reasons why you should play it.
Battlerite
Now I didn’t want to fill the list with lots of free-to-play MOBAs, but I think two can be the limit. Battlerite is the new MOBA released by Stunlock Studios and has left quite an impression already. Instead of buying items, pushing lanes, and last-hitting minions, Battlerite is an arena styled fight-to-the-death in teams up of to three. Like Brawlhalla, you can buy a pack which gives you all present and future champions, and it may take you a while to grind up the gold to buy all of them, but the weekly rotations should keep you more than occupied. Full of unique and interesting characters to play with, Battlerite has been a game I’ve recommended to all my friends, and still play to this day.
Path of Exile
In my opinion, Path of Exile is the undisputed champion of free-to-play. It tried its hand back in 2013 at the dungeon crawling genre that Diablo had dominated for so long and knocked it out of the park. You can play solo, or with a group of friends, and enjoy PoE’s fantastic story, the intricate skill trees, and explore a game that never seems to run out of replayability. There are a few microtransactions that’ll make the game less of a hassle with regards to selling items and increasing storage space, but you can easily make do without these features and simply enjoy the game.
Look out for: Quake Champions
For a little bonus game, Quake Champions might not be free-to-play yet, but is still planned to go free when it leaves early access. Champions takes Quake back to its roots of arena shooters and reminds people that iD are still a company that still has the arena shooter genre on lockdown. For a more detailed look at Quake, check out our review.
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