Personal Pick(Image credit: Future)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.As unfair as it may be, snap judgments serve a purpose in a gaming landscape where over 1,000 games (at least) launch on Steam every month. I know, ‘never judge a book by its cover’, but what about 10,000 books by their covers and a few screenshots?As ashamed as I am to admit it, there’s a good chance Goodnight Universe would have never gotten onto my radar if it wasn’t for the fact that I was familiar with Before Your Eyes, the game that came before it. I’m glad it did, because otherwise I would have missed out on one of the best games of the year.If I could attach that judgment to a single focal point, I’d say it’s Goodnight Universe’s use of your webcam. And, well, the fact that you play as a baby. Okay, there’s a lot going on.Before being allowed to actually play the game, you have to look into your webcam (assuming you have one), close your eyes a couple of times, then feign a smile, a frown, and a neutral expression. Other than using your mouse to look around and occasionally click, those are all the controls you are given.Playing as the 6-month-old Isaac,…
