Six Games That Made Quarantine In 2020 Bearable

Danielle talks about the games that got her through lockdown.

- Danielle Winter

With everybody social distancing and housebound, and close contact with loved ones being restricted to endless zoom calls and DMs - so too has casual game nights had to adapt. Luckily for us, videogames have made this pandemic a little more tolerable, providing us a pivotal source of fun and social connection as to keep any semblance of sanity during the lockdown.

We’ll be taking a look at the positive experiences we’ve had during the outbreak (and not positive coronavirus test results, thank you) - specifically, six videogames that defined the best of 2020.

Ring Fit Adventure

While the world was only starting to deal with Covid in March, the brunt of the first wave was already creeping in China since December of 2019. In that same month, Nintendo finally had the go-ahead to officially release the Switch to Chinese consumers after years of China relaxing their laws over importing videogames and consoles.

As quarantine was becoming the norm for citizens in China, and heavy restrictions imposed on when and where folks could go outside; people sought alternative methods of exercise indoors. One such way was the Nintendo’s own spiritual successor to the Wii Fit series; the turn-based role-playing fitness game Ring Fit Adventure.