The best video games of 2024
The top 3 according to 31 votes from people: Astro Bot · Metaphor: ReFantazio · Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. (Updated Sep 4, 2025.)
2024's games with the best critic scores on Metacritic and the Game of the Year nominees at The Game Awards. No DLC or remasters; remakes count.
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Top 15
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Astro Bot
Metascore 94. Team Asobi's platformer that won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024.
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Metaphor: ReFantazio
Metascore 94. Atlus' RPG about an election for the throne; Best RPG at The Game Awards 2024.
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Metascore 92. The second part of the remake, with Cloud's party now outside Midgar.
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UFO 50
Metascore 91. Fifty new games with an 8-bit look, from the team behind Spelunky.
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Satisfactory
Metascore 91. First-person factory building on an alien planet, after years in early access.
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Animal Well
Metascore 90. A puzzle metroidvania made single-handedly by Billy Basso.
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Thank Goodness You're Here!
Metascore 89. Absurd slapstick comedy set in a northern English town.
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Metascore 89. Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu, from Yokohama to Hawaii.
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Mullet MadJack
Metascore 88. A frantic 90s-anime-style shooter where you must kill every 10 seconds to stay alive.
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Kill Knight
Metascore 88. A fast isometric twin-stick shooter.
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Shogun Showdown
Metascore 88. A one-lane turn-based tactical roguelike set in feudal Japan.
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Caves of Qud
Metascore 91. A science-fiction roguelike with a huge generated world, after 17 years in development.
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Balatro
Metascore 90. LocalThunk's poker roguelike, made by a single person; it won three awards at The Game Awards 2024.
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14
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Metascore 88. Puzzles in a mysterious hotel, from the makers of Sayonara Wild Hearts.
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Tekken 8
Metascore 90. Bandai Namco's fighting series, with its aggressive Heat system.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 15… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Metascore 88. The Switch remake of the 2004 GameCube RPG.
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The Crimson Diamond
Metascore 88. A mystery adventure with 16-colour EGA graphics set in Canada.
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Black Myth: Wukong
The Chinese action game based on Journey to the West; nominated for Game of the Year and won Best Action at The Game Awards 2024.
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Comments (6)
Rejugando Astro Bot con mi hijo y sigue siendo una maravilla.
Black Myth: Wukong el último? Pero si es precioso
Balatro me ha robado más horas que cualquier juego de 100 euros. Una locura.
A mí me pasó igual, «una partida más» y son las 3 de la mañana 😂
Metaphor es el mejor JRPG que he jugado en años, los de Atlus no fallan.
Astro Bot primero me parece justísimo, es pura alegría jugarlo.