Beghost

If you loved Undertale, Deltarune, games like those, this game is for you, for the price especially, I would pay a million bucks for this game. GOTY 10/10

This one was a surprise for me. I went in with no expectations and was blown away. This is a short and somewhat basic Zelda-like but also has clear undertale and Daniel Mullins inspirations. The very basic premise is that you are exploring a dungeon and find a ghost trapped in an amulet. I don't want to give anything more since this is a very spoilable game. They make it work fantastically by making the Navi-like companion helper character the focal point of the story, and a deeply interesting character. I could see the complaint that this character is a bit unrealistic in some ways I won't spoil, but the characterization is done well enough that I fully bought it and was invested to the end. I don't want to give too many details because a very spoilable game, but Bee is legitimately one of my favorite companion characters in gaming. That said, it does have a few flaws. The final boss is so cool and so well built up, but then the actual fight itself is significantly more frustrating than fun. It switches to a really cool and different style of play, but it also doesn't really tell you how this new gameplay works. There is one point in particular, where you switch to phase 2 of the boss fight with a short cinematic where the boss knocks the sword out of your hand, Bee parries in response. The boss then proceeds to do that same attack, knock the sword out of your hand.... and you can't parry the strike. I lost so many times thinking I was mistiming it before realizing that the thing it showed me to start this boss phase just straight up does not work outside the cinematic. I also feel like giving the player character a more developed character would have made some of the choices harder to make. Some sections of the game are also slightly repetitive but those don't last long so it's not a big issue. All in all, this is a really good experience you can experience in a short amount of time, and while it's not perfect, its strengths far outweigh its flaws.