Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server- https://discord.gg/kAqSBb6jH2 Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi- https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson All paid patrons can listen to a bonus episode about our favorite non-2025 games that we played this year! https://www.patreon.com/posts/our-favorite-non-146887020 It's that time! End of the year time! Games of the year time! This year I polled Discord and Patreon members on their favorites of the year, tallied them up, and here are the results! Then, I close out the show with my own top 10 and some other thoughts as we bring the 2025th year to a close. Please enjoy! TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Title Card and Introduction 4:50 Community Honorable Mentions 10:10 Community Top 10 28:31 Dave's Honorable Mentions 30:02 Dave's #10 32:14 Dave's #9 35:06 Dave's #8 38:21 Dave's #7 41:43 Dave's #6 46:05 Dave's #5 49:12 Dave's #4 54:18 Dave's #3 57:58 Dave's #2 1:04:27 Dave's #1 1:14:34 Closing Thoughts 1:21:50 Patron Thank-Yous Music used in the episode: Your Host for Tonight (Chipzel- Dicey Dungeons OST) Beginner's Luck (Chipzel- Dicey Dungeons OST) Polarity (Francisco Javier Pérez- Bionic Bay OST) Monoco (Lorien Testard- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST) Gestral Beach- Is It a Gestral or a Volleyball (Lorien Testard- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST) Lumiose City (Day) (Shota Kageyama, Carlos Eiene- Pokemon Legends Z-A OST) Story of All Manor (Trigg & Gusset- Blue Prince OST) Manor- Our Painted Home (Lorien Testard- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST) Lumiose City (Night) (Shota Kageyama, Carlos Eiene- Pokemon Legends Z-A OST) The Storm (Olivier Deriviere- South of Midnight OST) Mysterious Swamps (Olivier Deriviere- South of Midnight OST) Enter Sektori (Tommy Baynen- Sektori OST) The Beauty of Nature (Miwako Chinone- Monster Hunter Wilds OST) Many Nights a Whisper (fingerspit- Many Nights a Whisper OST) Ten Years Ago You Were Chosen (fingerspit- Many Nights a Whisper OST) Signalchaser (Amos Roddy- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector OST) Suncatchers (Amos Roddy- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector OST) Introduction (C418- Wanderstop OST) Simon's Theme (Trigg & Gusset- Blue Prince OST) Bilewater (Christopher Larkin- Hollow Knight: Silksong OST) Bellhart (Christopher Larkin- Hollow Knight: Silksong OST) Une vie à t'aimer (Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier, Victor Borba- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST) Gestral Beach- I'd Rather Play Petanque (Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier, Victor Borba- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST) Battle Theme No. 1 (Toma Otowa- Ghost of Yotei OST) Raise the Sails (Saori Yoshida- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii OST) Social Media: BlueSky- https://bsky.app/profile/tftblpod.bsky.social Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/ Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricaturesSupport Tales from the Backlog