*Your* GOTY 2024?

We've heard the Oxboxtra crew's GOTYs, what are yours? For the sake of the occasion, let's say out of games released in 2024 only (i.e. not from all games you played in the past year)

As far as 2024-released games go, I only played indies - edit: almost - exclusively I just realised. I'm a big metroidvania enjoyer, and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Animal Well, Crypt Custodian, Minishoot Adventures are all excellent - also played and completed Nine Sols which is very well received but that didn't hit with me.

Platformers - Slash Jump, Sheepy: A Short Adventure (both free on Steam!), Leap Year, and Neva are amazing! Must play if you love this genre.

And so out of all this, I think Animal Well has impressed me the most and is my personal GOTY. It had kickstarted my love for really dense puzzle games and prompted me to finally play legendary 2013 game, Fez. I did not get to play Lorelai and the Laser Eyes (another 2024 puzzle game) before the year ends, but I suspect I'd have ranked that one highly too!

Now let's hear your GOTYs, and happy new year folks!