This list excludes DLC and remasters/ports. Additionally, I kept out games in early access, they needed to have their full launch in 2021.
- Ghostwire: Tokyo
- Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins
- Horizon: Forbidden West
- Switch Sports
- God of War: Ragnorok
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare II (2023)
- TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
- Stray
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus
- Metal Hellsinger
Disappointments: The Quarry, Madison, Mothmen 1966, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga,
Honorable Mentions: Multiverses, Madden NFL 23, NBA 2k 23
Didn’t get to play: Elden Ring, The Callisto Protocol, Ixion, As Dusk Fall, The Callisto Protocol, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Rollerdrome, Gotham Knights
What I’m looking forward to in 2021: Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, The Chant, Forspoken, Starfield, Octopath Traveler II, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Resident Evil 4 (2023), Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, The Greyhill Incident
Horizon Forbidden West
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Switch Sports
Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins
Multiverses
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Stray
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Triangle Strategy
Metal Hellslinger
The Quarry
Mothmen 1966
Metal Hellsinger
Madison
God of War: Ragnorok
COD: MW II (2022; Multiplayer Only)
Pokemon Legends: Arceus