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30. Castle Crashers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JcmxKOC4R0

Not all of these games are deep, dramatic stories about grief! Castle Crashers is probably about as not-deep as they come, but it's also probably my pick for the best 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up I've played. The comedy is off-the-wall types of goofy, throwing every sort of scifi and fantasy and nonsense it can come up with and throwing them into a blender to pour into its vaguely medieval setting. I played through all of Castle Crashers in one sitting while visiting my (at the time) best friend, spending the entire day on couch co-op from start to finish, and it's probably one of my most fond gaming memories.

29. The entire Worms series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05SbgPklysM

Closing out this tier is one that's extremely difficult to rank, in part because I really didn't feel like breaking them all up individually because there are so many of them. Also, breaking them up would break my 21st century only rule, because technically the Worms games go back into the 90s. I wouldn't feel right not including the pre-2000s ones either, because Worms Armageddon (from 1999) was my favorite in the series. In fact, for a long time I would've included Worms Armageddon in my top 5 games of all time. Another favorite gaming memory, as a teen I would legitimately pull all-nighters, pigging out on pizzas and playing battle after battle after battle of worms trying to kill each other with silly weapons. The games just hold so much distinct personality. More games should have the option to unlock voice packs for the characters or to assign silly names to every individual fighter you use. Many of the games follow similar gameplay structures, only with slightly new mechanics or themes or features. While Armageddon got by far the most gametime from me, I also want to shout out Worms Forts: Under Siege which took on a 3D tower-defense structure and is the most underrated game in the series imo.