Due to my shitty computer, I've played like 2, maybe 3 games that were released this year. But at least two of them were straight bangers.
Darkest Dungeon is one of these games I just keep coming back to, even though I feel awful and totally connected to these poor bastards I send off to die. That being said, it easily makes for one of the best games I've played this year - The sonorous, ear-melting sound, hand-drawn art that looks amazing and helps set the tone like you have no idea, and the level of micromanagement needed to play this game - It's fantastic, and I would not have it any other way.
Dark Souls 3 - Man, do I love this series. Since I picked up Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition earlier this year, I fell in love with the series. Something about its playstyle appeals to me on a psychological level. And DS3 did a pretty good job of continuing this trend. Emphasis on "Pretty good".
Personally, I feel it's the easiest in the series yet - You can move while healing(which has been slowly introduced into the series since Dark Souls 2), which I find a bit frustrating, and the amount of bonfires(checkpoints) leaves me with a slightly bitter taste in my mouth. Additionally, unlike the other two games, there is no real sequence breaking - something I always enjoyed in the previous games. It helped you understand that this was your adventure, and yours to do as fit. I mean, sure, you can kill a certain person early and then attempt to defeat a mid-game boss that just about everyone hates to fight, but that's it, really.
I want to say I like DS3, but it's not a spot on the rest of the series. Thankfully FromSoft is still invested in it for now, so my grievances may change for the better.