HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Stardew Valley

‘Call me Granny’ Evelyn is a fixture in Pelican Town, a cookie-baking, sweetheart through and through, and she deserves all the tulips.

Sleeping Dogs

Like a proper gang matriarch, ruthless Mrs Chu isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty – or more accurately, her razor-sharp cleavers.

Don’t Starve

Bespectacled Wickerbottom is one resourceful old lady, using her book learnin’ to fend off starvation. A hero to librarians everywhere.