Hades
This roguelike’s secret sauce isn’t its airtight combat or impressive arsenal of creative powers. It’s in the supporting cast, all drawn from Greek myth, who you come to know over the course of repeated escape attempts from the afterlife. Every run, you further the bonds between these characters and the player avatar, Zagreus. You reunite estranged lovers. You learn about the muted rage of a quiet man. You fall in love with death personified and die, ad infinitum, to the love of your life. Hades might run you through a gauntlet, but it tells you a fireside story every step of the way—win or lose. – Ari Notis
