The 20 best games of the past 20 years (that never get into top 20 lists)

As you might have noticed, this week marks 20 years since Eurogamer first sprung forth from boss-man Rupert Loman's loins (or something like that, I wasn't paying attention), and to mark it we're running a short series of celebratory features. We would present our own picks for the best games of the last two decades, but honestly where's the fun in that? So here's a collection of the Eurogamer team's personally-cherished gems that might have gone unsung, or might have escaped your attention.

An altogether darker vision of Lewis Carroll's adventures, Alice: Madness Returns is delightfully macabre in all the right ways, blending Carroll's Wonderland with American McGee's fine eye for horror and metaphor.

Whilst the platforming and combat can, admittedly, feel a touch unpolished at times, it's the striking design and unsettling story that'll keep you pressing onwards, even when you begin to doubt there's a fairytale ending awaiting poor Alice.

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