With another big year of arcade and this year about ready to wrap up here is a list of XBLA games that you may have missed this year.  I put the metacritic beside each game to help you out.  There is other games like Deadlight, skullgirls, awesomenauts, shank 2,  I am Alive, Gotham City Imposters, and the list goes on and on.  However here has been the biggest of the year.

1. The Walking Dead Episode 1-5

2. Mark of the Ninja - 90 Console Exclusive

3.  Trials Evolution - 90 Exclusive Coming soon to PC

4.  FEZ - 89 Exclusive

5. Spelunky - 87 Exclusive

6. Guardians of Middle-Earth - 85 

7. Sine Mora - 83 

8. Dust: An Elysian Tail - 83 Exclusive

9. Minecraft - 82 - Console exclusive

10. Vitrua 5 Fighter - 81

O.o Exclusive.

I wish Deadlight had faired better by the critics. Before it came out I thought it would be the next Limbo or Shadow Complex. Oh well, there's still plenty of xbla games I need to play, just waiting for a sale.

Shadow Complex was way better than Deadlight for me.

Still need to pick up a few.

Really had high hopes for Deadlight, it looked sweet on the previews. 

Fez has been my favourite digital game this year, then probably The Walking Dead.

While Deadlight still seems underrated to me, but at the same time it's really not at the same level as Shadow Complex.

It's too short and mostly trial and error. Still well worth the purchase IMO.

Me too.  I'm still debating on getting it though to be honest.  

I wouldnt pay 1200MSP for Deadlight.