Imagine scrolling through job listings and stumbling across one seeking a hero to save the world. Naturally, you'd expect a long list of demanding qualifications: proficiency with weapons, tactical leadership, survival instinct🅺s, may🐷be even a legendary sword or a prophecy confirming your destiny. Surely, saving the world isn’t for just anyone?

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But in video games, the bar is often laughably low. Sometimes all it takes is waking up in the right village or being the first person to ꦡtalk to an old ma🦩n in a robe. No resume, no references, and no prior experience required. Just grab a wooden sword, say yes to a quest, and boom: you’re the world’s last hope.

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10 Buz🎃z Kerwan

Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Gibbous - A C𒆙thulhu Adventure
Adventure
Indie Games
Systems
Released
August 7, 2019

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
3.0/5

ESRB
E for Everyone ಌ 🌼
Developer(s)
♐ Stuck in Attic
Publisher(s)
✨ Stuck in Attic
Steam Deck Compatibility
Playable
PC Release Date
🥃 August 7, 2019 ꦑ
Nintendo Switch Release Date
ꩲ October 2💞8, 2020
OpenCritic Rating
Fair
How Long To Beat
9 Hours
How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)
10½ Hours

Buzz Kerwan is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a humble li𓂃🐷brarian at the Miskatonic Library in🐬 the eerie town of Darkham. He shares a one-bedroom apartment with his roommate and his cat, Kitteh. Buzz sleeps in the living room, surrounded by nerdy décor t♍hat walks the line between charming and deeply dorky. His life is quiet, predictable, and just the way he likes it: books by day, cat cuddles by night.

That all goes out the window when a private investigator is kidnapped right there in the library, and Kitteh suddenly starts talking꧋ thanks to a magical mishap. Now Buzz, who has only ever read about adventures in books, suddenly finds himself thrown headfirst into a supernatural adventure. Completely out of his depth, with no relevant skills or experience, he now needs to deal with ancient tomes, cults, and world-ending prophecies.

9 The Bard

Wandersong

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Wandersong
2D
Platformer
Adventure
Indie Games
Rhythm
Systems
Released
September 27, 2018

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

ESRB
e
Developer(s)
𝕴 Greg Lobanov 🍰
Publisher(s)
ಌ Greg Lobanov
Engine
gamemaker
Platform(s)
Switch, PC
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty

From the very start, The Bard is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:told they’re not the hero. They can’t fight, they’re not especially charming, and there’s an ancient prophecy that clearly states only a chosen hero can save the world from doom, and The Bard doesn’t tick a single box. Especially not with Audey Redheart around, a sword-swinging, explosion-loving warrior who definitely looks the part.

But, as it turns out, the pacifist Bard is exactly the kind of hero the world needs, and he must now go to spread joy and collect the🏅 scattered pieces of the Earthsong. All he has is kindness, music, and a refusal to give up on anyone. There's not a sword in sight as The Bard goes off on an adv🎐enture, hoping anything he encounters can be persuaded not to kill him.

8 Chocobo

Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!

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Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!
Systems
Released
March 20, 2019

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

ESRB
e
Publisher(s)
👍 Squ🌳are Enix
Platform(s)
PS4, Switch
OpenCritic Rating
Fair
Developer
🎀 Rocket 🏅Studio

Chocobo is, well… a chocobo. Big, fluffy, yellow, and usually happy just being 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Cid’s trusty travel buddy. That is, until the pair stumble into Lostime, a city that mysteriously vanished 50 years ago. The catch? Every time the ominous Bell of Oblivion rings, eಞveryone in town loses their memories.

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With Cid affected and the situation spiraling, it’s up to Chocobo, who can’t speak, but definitely understands the stakes, to 𝓡save the day. He mu🍒st outwit ancient magic, guide confused townsfolk, and unravel the mystery behind the city’s endless memory loss. All without a word. Kweh!

7 🐎 Bernard, Hoagie, And Lavern꧑e

Day Of The Tentacle Remastered

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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Top Critic Avg: 85/100 Critics Rec: 88%

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

OpenCritic Rating
Mighty

Bernard, Hoagie, and Laverne are just your average t💖eenagers who just so happen to be friends with a mad scientist named Dr. Fred Edison. Unfortunately, Dr. Fred has a bit of a tentacle problem🌼. One of his creations, Purple Tentacle, grew arms, got smart, and immediately set his sights on world domination.

Thanks to a classic time machine mishap (never trust untested chronometers), the trio is now scattered across history and must work together to stop a future ruled by super-intelligent tentacles. Time travel, evil mutants, aꦆnd historical hijinks await three completely unqualified teenagers, who have no clue how they'll fix things, but really hope they get extജra credit for it.

6 𒐪 Misfortune Ramirez Hernandez

Little Misfortune

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Little Misfortune
Adventure
Indie Games
Casual
Systems
Released
September 18, 2019

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

ESRB
e
Engine
unity
How Long To Beat
3 hours
Developer
𓆏 Killmonday Games 💫
Publisher
Killm🔯onday Games

Misfortune is an eight-yꦑear-old girl with a wild imagination and a heartbreaking home life. Living in an abusive household, she copes the only way she knows how: by literally throwing glitter at her problems and pretending they disappear. One day, she begins hearing a mysterious voice promising to guide her to Eternal Happiness. She names it Mr. Voice and, with innocent trust, follows his 🌄lead.

But Mr. Voice is no guardian angel. He’s actually Morgo, a parasitic entity from The Beyond who feeds on children. Now timid, shy, tr൲usting, and completely out of her depth, Misfor💃tune must stop not just herself but also others from becoming victims of Morgo.

5 🐼 The Animorphs ꦿ

Animorphs: Know The Secret

  • Released: July 21, 2000
  • Platform: PC
  • Genre: Action-Adventure

Animorphs is a franchise spanning tv, books and video games and tackles shockingly intense themes like war, sacrifice, and identity, all disguised as a story about kids who can turn into animals. The adventure in this game begins when five teens take a shortcut through a construction site only to witness an alien spaceship crash. The dying pilot, an andalite named Elfangor, drops a bombshell: Earth is being invaded by parasitic aliens, and the only way to fight back is by 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:turning into animals. Naturally.

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Suddenly, these 🐲totally unqualified teens are given morphing abilities and find themselves on the frontline of a secret war, juggling homework, hiding their powers, and not turning into cockroaches for too long because, fun fact, if they stay morphed for over two hours they get stuck that way. Forever. No pressure.

4 Niko

OneShot

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OneShot
Adventure
Puzzle
Systems
Released
December 8, 2016

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

ESRB
e
Publisher(s)
Degica
Engine
🧸 rpg maker 2003, RGSS
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty
Developer
ꦐ ♎ Future Cat

Niko is a young, curious child from a quiet village nestled in golde🅷n wheat fields. They love pancakes, especially their mom’s, and snuggling up with their favorite plush animals. Just a regular kid, really. So, naturally, they're the one chosen to be the savior of an unfamiliar world on the brink of collapse… with a direct line to their god, no less.

Niko never asked for any of this. They’re small, overwhelmed, and way out of their depth, but that doesn’t stop them. With nothing but wide eyes and a brave heart, Niko is determined to see their mission through, save this strange world, and find a way home. What could possibly go wrong? (Besides, you know, everything.)

3 🉐The Trainer (Elio/ Selene)

Pokemon Ultra Sun And Ultra Moon

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Pokemon Ultr♌a Sun and Ultra Moon
RPG
Adventure
Systems
Released
November 17, 2017

WHERE TO PLAY

PHYSICAL

ESRB
E
Publisher(s)
Nintendo
Multiplayer
🦂 𒀰 Local Multiplayer
Franchise
Pokemon
OpenCritic Rating
Strong
How Long To Beat
33 Hours

In Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, you play as a young trainer who moves to the tropical Alola region with their mom, ready for sunshine, malasadas, and maybe a little adventure. Soon after arriving, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:you receive your first Pokémon and begin the Island Challenge, a local rite of passage where trainers travel across the islands, facing trials and collecti🌌ng Z-Crystals. Sounds simple enough, right?

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2 ꦍ Jude Mathis

Tales Of Xillia

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Tales of Xillia
Action RPG
Systems
Released
August 6, 2013

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

ESRB
ꦍ T For Teen due to Blood, Mild Language, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
Developer(s)
♛ 🎀 Namco Tales Studio
Publisher(s)
☂ 🌟 Namco Bandai
Engine
🌟 Unreal Engine 4 ꦏ
Franchise
Tales of
Platform(s)
PS3

Jude is a gifted med student wrapping up his degree in the bustling city of Fennmont. All he wants is to help people, keep his grades up, and maybe get some sleep between shifts. But one day, after chasing down a✨ professor for a signature, Jude a🤪ccidentally stumbles into a cosmic-level mess.

Instead of getting a pat on the back, he runs straight into Milla Maxwell, the literal Lord of Spirits, and is suddenly neck-deep in a conspiracy that spans two worlds. Now he's dodging soldiers, uncovering ancient secrets🍷, and trying to save humanity… all while wondering if any of this counts toward extra credit. He wanted to help people, but this wasn't what he had in mind. The medical textbooks don't cover saving the entire wo🦩rld.

1 ✤ ღ Jeremiah (Jerry) Hazelnut

The Night Of The Rabbit

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The Night of the Rabbit
Adventure
Indie
Systems
Released
May 28, 2013

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Developer(s)
Da♑edalic Entertainment ♔
Publisher(s)
Daedalic Entertainment 💞 🍰
Platform(s)
🐈 ꧅ Windows, macOS

Jerry is your average twe♏lve-year-old, spending his l🃏ast few precious days of summer break trying to become the next great magician. But everything changes when he receives a mysterious letter containing a bizarre poem titled “How He Made a Carrot Flame.”

Naturally, this leads to the appearance of a talking white rabbit 👍in a waistcoat (because, of course, it does). The rabbit, the ever-dramatic Marquis de Hoto, turns out to be a master magician who whisks Jerry off on a cosmic adventure across dimensions and the mysterious realm known as the In-Between. One minute, Jerry’s burning carrots in his backyard, trying to master some magic, the next he’s trying to save the entire universe.

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