Invisible Inc never seems to rest on its laurels, and is a highly rewarding game to play. The end result is that the game can constantly advance its ideals, and regularly ask players to do more with their newfound skill set. It is not simply a game where you toss points at characters to advance their skills, the simple act of playing the game makes the player themselves better. It slowly introduces its ideals, teaching players as they go, slyly making them better without them even realising.

In clever Klei fashion, which is now becoming a trademark of the developer, the game does not overload players with information right from the get go. Whilst Invisible Inc does have underlying narrative it offers much deeper gameplay than the above named trio, with layers of intricacies presented to players. Many of the other games I adored this year were highly narrative based – Tales from the Borderlands, Until Dawn, and Life is Strange to name a few.

Maybe it’s simply the fact Invisible Inc is just an extremely well made game? I tried many times to write one, but struggled to pinpoint why I enjoyed the game so much.

I liked it…I really liked it! You may notice no review of the game was published on this site, but that was not due to lack of effort. I do enjoy the genre, and I’ve lost a bunch of hours to both those games, but come the end of the year when asked to put them on a list such as this I would likely end up referencing other games I enjoyed more. Over the years I’ve never really fell in love with the likes of X-Com or Fire Emblem to any great extent. Thomas: My adoration for the cyberpunk thrills of Invisible Inc is a bit strange.

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