#8
Neva sits at the more active end of this list. There is combat, and it has some weight to it. What keeps it here is the relationship between the protagonist and her wolf companion, which is handled with a quiet tenderness that carries the whole game. The art direction is extraordinary, the kind of thing where you pause mid-level just to look around. I would place it closer to GRIS than to Coral Island on the cozy spectrum, leaning on beauty and emotional warmth rather than low stakes, but it belongs on any list where atmosphere matters. Probably the most visually ambitious recent addition to the PS Plus catalog.