The 15 best video games of 2020

Dive into caves, get slightly further than you did last time, and die hilariously: that's the Spelunky loop, and it's compelling. With its rideable turkeys, spilling lava and omnipresent hazards, Derek Yu's subterranean world is entropic but thrillingly conquerable. It might not do much that the first Spelunky didn't, 10 years ago – but the original is a perfect game, and it is so good to have it back. What we said: "Every new thing is useful, perilous, versatile. Exploring these possibilities is the new game. The bits that didn't need fixing are left untouched."