Set Side B’s Favorite Games as of October 2026

We think a lot about games here in the neon pixel halls of Set Side B. You probably already know that three of my personal faves are Rampart, Party House, Balatro and Kirby Air Ride City Trial so I’ll set them aside for this. What else? For me this isn’t a complete list by any means, but there are some games that come to mind, that stick out in my memory. All screenshots from MobyGames. Nethack, of course, because it’s Nethack, and Rogue for similar self-referential reasons. A lot of classic roguelikes would get a place on my personal list: ADOM, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, Brogue and the more recent Caves of Qud. But these would also go into the obvious list except that I haven’t talked about them here so much lately (except maybe Qud). Cadash, a terrific early 90s multiplayer platformer RPG from Taito, is a whole class on game design in itself. It’s also a game that is almost unplayable in its original form, because none of its emulations, either open or commercial, support its…

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