Red Dead Redemption 2

Rockstar spent eight years and reportedly $540 million making a game where you slowly watch a good man die while trying to save people who don't deserve saving. Arthur Morgan's arc from loyal enforcer to dying idealist is structured like a Cormac McCarthy novel, and the final ride back to camp — with "That's the Way It Is" playing — is the single most devastating moment in gaming. No film western since Unforgiven has come close.