I'm not sure I've actually played any games that explicitly came out this year.
No one
should buy games at launch at this point, everyone should wait at least a few months for patches to come out, updates and DLC to potentially change how the game plays, and to see actual reviews from actual players and not just fall for pre-order hype BS and shill critics. And it's not helped by the fact that I think the games industry as a whole is in a dismal state right now, which means I rarely see games that I want to play at all. I honestly can't think of a single game that came out this year that I care about.
(Though I'm tempted to buy this one, just for the meme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PO%27ed:_Definitive_Edition )
For games I bought or played for the first time this year... there weren't a whole lot of those, and the ones I enjoyed were more just mildly fun rather than phenomenally exciting or fantastic experiences. I probably had the most fun with the My Time in Portia/My Time in Sandrock games, though I've probably spent the most time playing Disney Dreamlight Valley. The game I've probably enjoyed playing the most overall this year is Baldur's Gate III, but I was playing it last year as well so I don't think I'd count it.
"Wall of Text'D!"
--- oldskoolplayr76
"POwned again."
--- blight family