As the releases of the Xbox Series S and X and the Playstation 5 bring an era of gaming to a close, The Ringer looks back on the best of the previous generation. The following is a list of the best video games made in the past seven years. Only games released for either Xbox One or PS4, not including rereleases or remasters, were considered.

25. NBA 2K17

You can say what you want about the current iterations of NBA 2K, but there’s no denying that the 2K series was the best sports video game for nearly a decade. It was and is, to this day, the best basketball game ever made—and 2K17 was without a doubt the best one in the series. There was a run from 2K10 to 2K17 when the gameplay continued to improve each year, paving the way for an extremely realistic experience. What set 2K17 apart from the rest was the culmination of the MyCareer, undoubtedly the pinnacle of this game mode. For this short, sweet time, you were able to advance and improve your player in a comfortable manner without having to worry about VC spending to keep up with the rest of the community. Nowadays, the game—specifically MyCareer mode—has become a toxic environment that focuses less on actual gameplay and more on the online community leaderboard. Take me back to 2017 so that “Shan Yu” can drop a 60-point quadruple double in the playoffs. —Sean Yoo

24. Celeste

Platformers, and “difficult” games writ large, are oftentimes rituals of confidence. Mastering a difficult puzzle or trick of hand-eye coordination to defeat a boss or overcome a difficult stage requires a player to say to themselves “I can do this”—often after failing many times. Celeste understands this.

Celeste is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure game, in which you lead a pixelated heroine up a treacherous mountain, overcoming increasingly difficult and at-times masochistic levels. Celeste is also an effective examination of a woman battling depression, anxiety, self-doubt, and other challenges.

If it sounds to you like that kind of game would be difficult to pull off, or that it wouldn’t be fun, well I’d agree with you. But that’s what makes Celeste so special. Paralleling the brilliantly challenging levels and the progresses and setbacks of the protagonist’s quest for personal growth is clever, and it works better than you think. Celeste does not make this journey easy. The levels are fiendishly tricky and unforgiving, but never unfair: The game controls extremely well, and respawns (there will be many) are almost instant. It also features an absolute killer chiptune soundtrack—filled with catchy bangers that also weave the thread of Celeste’s story throughout. You can do this—and you’ll want to do this. —Mose Bergmann

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