The RPS Selection Box: James' bonus games of the year 2025

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: RPS Advent Calendar voting remains an esoteric and mercurial process, even to those of us who practice in it.

If two games get the same amount of votes, which goes higher in the list? Did Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor technically release in 2025 or 2024? (wild, right?)

These are questions most of us dare not ask, and those that do often vanish mysteriously overnight.

The Details

Until January 3rd or so, when they come back from holiday. One thing s for sure: I had a bunch of games that no-one else voted for.

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Why This Matters

27, 2025 Follow It Has My Face RPS Advent Calendar voting remains an esoteric and mercurial process, even to those of us who practice in it. It Has My Face Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Behaviour Interactive Inc. Developer: NightByte Games Publisher: Behaviour Interactive Inc.

The gaming community has been watching developments like this closely.

The Bottom Line

This relative power balance makes for some deliciously tense rounds of hardcore hide-and-seek, as does the effectiveness with which It Has My Face cranks up the paranoia. Crowds are often thick enough to obscure a rushing target, and your only means of identifying them in the open is to pull out a mirror and check your own reflection (they have your face, y see).

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