Parts of the year that we used to consider dead zones for games—January and February, the doldrums of summer—are now just as likely to be hotspots, with companies releasing blockbuster games right when no one else is.

December, though, marks the last few weeks before Christmas, and has now become the home of Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards (ft. Hideo Kojima). As such, it still tends to be a pretty quiet month, with most of the big holiday releases hitting store shelves in the weeks prior.

As such, this list is shorter than usual, and features a mobile release of a previous live-service game plus a remaster of a 25-year-old action game. Even so, there’s reason to look forward to everything on this list.

Editor’s note: All of the games on this month’s list are traditional “Web2” video games with no known crypto or blockchain elements. But you might like ’em anyway.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete

Release Date: December 3
Platforms: Android, iOS

Released in 2017, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp was part of Nintendo’s relatively short-lived push into the mobile space alongside games like Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. Instead of managing a whole dang town, though, you’re just managing a small camp.

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Author: Eric Frederiksen