Modern

1:47 a.m. A high-school classmate forwards you his father's obituary: “There's something I should have given back to you a long time ago.” Then his phone goes dark. By morning, another name heads the obituary. Before the funeral procession, trace all 86 people in his family from your computer.

A tank sim with a full interactive cockpit, real armor and ballistics, infantry, gunships, mud and a tactical map. Total freedom over your 69-ton war machine: pick the shells, the armor package, the secondary guns, or undress it: side skirts, storage boxes, mudguards, gone. VR and flat screen.

Best with friends. A 1–4 player online co-op physics comedy about taking trees down without wrecking what's under them. Climb it, top it, rope the limbs down piece by piece, or notch it and yell TIMBER. Every job ends on an itemized invoice with a name next to each piece of damage.

Japan, 2016. In your sixth year at Ikeda Valve Co., Ltd., work in sales and guide newcomer Miura through a year at a mid-sized manufacturer with just under 300 employees. Four endings.

Run the control center of a public transport operator in Bremen, Germany: real timetable, real lines, real stops. Take incoming reports, dispatch units, set up diversions — alone or with a friend via Steam. German only.