GOTY 2021
A big theme this time seems to be games that were not on my radar but ended up being very memorable and I sunk a lot of time into them. There's really only a couple games on here that were known quantities that I was looking forward to.
The new Shin Megami Tensei game is not on here because I only played it for around 15 hours so far. I have been waiting for it for years and loved what I played though! It came out late in the year, and a couple other late contenders (see Undernauts and Dungeon Encounters below) ended up monopolizing a bunch of my time.
It is definitely at the top of my list to get back to in 2022 though!