Five video games to try this holiday season, from a puzzle collection to a murder mystery in 16th-century Bavaria

A Little to the Left, a puzzle game by Max Inferno and Secret Mode (Sumo Group, part of Tencent), tasks players with organizing objects by color, shape, and size, offering multiple solutions but ultimately imposing universal order. Among Us VR, developed by InnerSloth, Schell Games, and Robot Teddy, brings the social deduction hit to virtual reality with first-person perspective, voice chat, and minigames, available on Meta Quest 2 and PC VR. Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, by Digital Eclipse and Atari, is an interactive museum and documentary game featuring over 100 restored titles from Atari's history, including arcade, console, and computer games, plus modern homages like VCTR-SCTR, available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4/5, Xbox One/Series S/X. Goat Simulator 3, by Coffee Stain North and Coffee Stain Publishing (Embracer Group), expands the original sandbox with online and local co-op, open-world exploration, and absurd objectives, mocking simulation conventions while embracing bugs and glitches, available on PC (Epic Games Store), PS5, and Xbox Series S/X. Pentiment, by Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft), is a historical murder mystery set in early 16th-century Bavaria, where a miniaturist investigates over 25 years; Josh Sawyer stated the game would not have been viable without Xbox Game Pass, which enabled its niche appeal, available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X, also on Game Pass.