

In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2025, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We'll post new personal picks each day throughout the rest of the month. You can find them all here.
When I was 11 years old, I got lost in the woods. I was on a school trip, part of which involved splitting us into groups, handing us a map and a compass and, for whatever reason, sending us off unsupervised for an orienteering adventure. We were the only group who did not make it back. After what felt like an eternity we were scooped up by an adult and returned to lodgings. I still consider it one of the biggest failures of my life.