Best Games of 2024
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Silent Hill 2The remake nobody trusted, and it understood exactly which parts of the original were untouchable.Read the review
Final Fantasy VII RebirthThe middle chapter that opens the world, fixes the combat, and buries it all under minigames.
Like a Dragon: Infinite WealthTwo men in their fifties in Hawaii, one of them dying, in a turn based comedy that keeps turning into the saddest thing the series has made.
Black Myth: WukongSpectacular Chinese mythology rendered at enormous expense, wrapped around combat that never quite finds its footing.
Indiana Jones and the Great CircleMachineGames delivers the best Indiana Jones story in decades, a globetrotting first person adventure whose puzzles outshine its fights
Tekken 8The most aggressive Tekken ever built, which is thrilling for a hundred hours and exhausting after that.
Astro BotThe most joyful platformer in a decade, built by a team that understands a controller better than anyone alive.
Prince of Persia: The Lost CrownThe best feeling two dimensional action game in years, sold to almost nobody, made by a team that no longer exists.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomZelda finally leads her own adventure, and her power to copy almost anything makes this the most freely inventive top down Zelda in years
BalatroOne developer, a deck of cards, and the tightest reward loop released this decade.