Hearthstone was a roguelike before Slay the Spire existed, starting with Dungeon Run and continuing through this year with the excellent Dalaran Heist and Tombs of Terror.
I thought this year was maybe the weakest we've seen for games this decade. Of course, that's partially because this decade has been amazing for games.
I put Hearthstone as my number 1 even though I know people probably wouldn't count it. I don't even like the "play" mode or battlegrounds that much. It's mostly that Dalaran Heist and Tombs of Terror were by far the best games I played this year and they don't have entries I can add. I put Apex at number 2, but nothing else I've played this year really deserves that much praise.
Tempted to add Slay the Spire but it was my number 1 last year. Considering the game was content complete over a year ago, I don't consider it a 2019 game even though it came out of early access this year.
I'm looking forward to getting Outer Wilds and Control at some point and I need to put more time into Fire Emblem which I only recently got.
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