‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’ 

Who doesn’t want to play the part of one of cinema’s great action heroes? And who doesn’t want to run around punching Nazis? In Bethesda’s addictive action-adventure you get to do both, controlling the titular archaeologist as he scraps and sneaks his way through a range of beautifully rendered real-world locations, solving puzzles on his way, all to thwart the bad guys.

‘Split Fiction’ 

The latest two-player action-adventure from co-op specialists Hazelight Studios is their best yet, earning well-deserved plaudits from critics and gamers alike. You and your partner play as authors Mio Hudson and Zoe Foster, who’ve been connected — against their will — to a machine that steals creative ideas and have become stuck in a world of their own stories.

‘Mario Kart World’

No way Nintendo could’ve launched the Switch 2 without a Mario game. And what a game it was, taking all the fun of previous “Mario Kart” editions, but introducing open-world options, off-roading skills, and an elimination mode. Oh, and the ability for up to 24 players to race at once. More than 30 years on from its launch, “Mario Kart” is still the gold standard in fun.

‘Clair Obscur:Expedition 33’ 

It has its flaws, but this bleakly moving RPG from French studio Sandfall Interactive is so ambitious in its storytelling and execution that most of them can be forgiven. You control the party known as Expedition 33 on a suicide mission to defeat the Paintress, a mysterious being who — for 67 years —  has determined the age at which people will die in the peaceful town of Lumière.