The most wonderful games of the year

This column celebrates its 23rd birthday this week and as we reach the end of level 2025, we're taking time to reflect on our favourite titles of the year.

- PAUL DRURY and JAMIE SALMON

We hope your gaming year has been a happy one.PAUL'S PICKS

Urban Myth Dissolution Center (multi) Sick of internet trolls, conspiracy theorists and paranormal nonsense? This cute and clever Japanese title lets you bust through the BS by careful examination of the scene, cross-examining witnesses and a little clairvoyance of your own.

I, Robot (multi) British coder Jeff Minter has been ploughing his own fluffy furrow at Llamasoft for over 40 years and still manages to produce wildly inventive and entertaining takes on old arcade games, like this one, based on an obscure Atari release from 1984.