Due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), many Americans are stuck at home in quarantine. Most schools have closed, and students are finishing the school year in remote learning. When boredom strikes, and you need something to do, one option may be playing video games. The top 10 video games to play during quarantine, according to a Vulture article titled, “The Best Video Games of the Year (So Far),” by contributor Joshua Rivera, include:

1. “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”

This game was released on March 20, and is rated “Everyone.” It’s available on Nintendo Switch, and costs $59.99. In the game, players portray the role of a customizable character who purchases a package from Tom Nook, a tanuki character who operates the village store. Once players receive the package, they move to a deserted island, and begin exploring. They can gather and craft items, catch insects and fish and develop the island into a community of anthropomorphic animals.

2. “Final Fantasy VII Remake”

This game was released on April 10, and is rated “Teen.” It’s available on PlayStation 4, and costs $59.99. The game takes place in the Midgar, a dystopian cyberpunk capital city, where players control mercenary Cloud Strife while he and AVALANCHE, an eco-terrorist group, try to prevent Shinra, a powerful megacorporation, from using the planet’s life essence as an energy source.

3. “Nioh 2”

This game was released on March 13, and is rated “Mature 17+.” It’s available on PlayStation 4, and costs $59.99. In the game, players create their own spirit character — a half-human, half-supernatural yōkai (supernatural monters, spirits and demons in Japanese folklore) warrior. They are equipped with a variety of weapons, including ōdachis (Japanese swords) and kusarigamas (Japanese weapons), and earn new skills as they advance in the game. The enemies in the game are known as hostile yōkai, and when they are defeated by players, some of them may drop a “Soul Core,” which allows players to use yōkai abilities and transform into a yōkai after being deposited into a shrine. In the game, there are locations called “Benevolent Graves,” where players can summon other players, controlled by artificial intelligence, to help them fight.

4. “Dreams”

This game was released on Feb. 14, and is rated “Teen.” It’s available on PlayStation 4, and costs $39.99. In the game, players create, customize and control an “Imp” — a cursor with an expressive face — which is used to interact with the game’s world. The Imp can possess characters that are featured in a dream, allowing players to take direct control of the characters. There are four main modes of the game, which include: Dream Surfing (traditional play section), Dream Shaping (create section), Homespace Editor (central hub) and Community Jam (themed contest). This game basically allows you to create whatever you want. From art, to games, to movies, the options are limitless. If you don’t want to create anything, no problem! You’ll never run out of community-made games to play.

5. “Kentucky Route Zero” (Act V)

This game was released on Jan. 28, and is rated “Teen.” It’s available on MacOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and costs $24.99. The main focus of the game is storytelling and atmosphere. In the game, players control Conway, a truck driver and delivery man for Lysette’s Antiques. Players can guide Conway to new locations, or interact with other characters and objects. The player also has the option to control Conway’s dialogue, and occasionally the dialogue of other characters, during in-game conversations.

6. “Murder by Numbers”

This game was released on March 5, and is rated “Teen.” It’s available on Nintendo Switch and PC, and costs $14.99. The game follows Honor Mizrahi, a TV actress who stars on a hit TV detective show. But when her boss ends up dead just minutes after he fired her, she finds herself starring in her own murder mystery. She and her robot companion, SCOUT, become involved in several murder cases. Players are tasked with questioning witnesses and suspects, and investigating and searching areas for clues. When players investigate, they come across nonogram puzzles, which have to be solved in order to obtain pieces of evidence.

7. “Streets of Rage 4”

This game was released on April 30, and is rated “Teen.” It’s available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and costs $24.99. This is a beat-em-up game where up to four players locally, or two players online, use disposable weapons and item pick-ups to fight against surges of enemies. Each character in the game has a special set of attacks that can be performed, but it will cost them some health. Health can be restored by performing consecutive follow-up attacks without getting hit. Also, each character has a unique “Star Move,” which requires relatively rare stars that can be obtained in each level.

8. “Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE”

This game was released on Jan. 17, and is rated “Teen.” It’s available on Nintendo Switch, and costs $59.99. The game takes place in modern-day Tokyo, and features real-life locations, like Shibuya and Harajuku. It follows members of a talent agency, Fortuna Entertainment, during their conflict with hostile beings (Mirages) from another world who seek to harvest energy (Performa) from humans, and are responsible for many disappearances. The members of Fortuna Entertainment include a group and teenagers and friendly Mirages, who allied together to become “Mirage Masters.” The Mirage Masters fight to protect innocent people from the Mirages, and find out who is behind the attacks. Players control the main protagonist, Itsuki, as he explores both worlds and interacts with others.

9. “Ori and the Will of the Wisps” 

This game was released on March 11, and is rated “Everyone.” It’s available on Xbox One and PC, and costs $29.99. In the game, players control Ori, a white guardian spirit. Players must jump, climb, glide and swim between various platforms to solve complex puzzles. New abilities and upgrades allow players to unlock previously inaccessible areas of the map. To collect rewards, players can defeat waves of enemies in timed trials.

10. “Good Job!”

This game was released on March 26, and is rated “Everyone.” It’s available on Nintendo Switch, and costs $19.99. In the game, players control a CEO’s son, and complete office tasks through unique means, such as using slingshots to crash objects through walls, or carrying people from place to place with forklifts. Players are graded on each task upon completion time and how much damage is done. The game is broken up into levels. The higher the level, the higher your corporate position.