Best Games of 2024

This is a list of the greatest and most interesting video game releases of 2024.

It features all titles, which left a really good impression based on the walkthrough footage provided and I’m looking forward to play soon.

Once I was able to test a game more thoroughly the impression rating will be exchanged with a regular star rating.

★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Good (Minor Flawed Elements)
★★★ – Interesting (Flawed Elements)
★★½ – Major Flaws but Worthy
★★ – Disappointing

Major Narrative Experiences

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Impression: ★★★★½
Action Role-Playing
Square Enix (Japan)
PlayStation 5

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Impression: ★★★★
Action-Adventure
MachineGames (Sweden)

Stellar Blade
Impression: ★★★★
Action-Adventure
Shift Up (South Korea)
PlayStation 5

Black Myth: Wukong
Impression: ★★★★
Action Role-Playing
Game Science (China)

Dragon’s Dogma 2
Impression: ★★★★
Action Role-Playing
Capcom (Japan)

Tekken 8
Impression: ★★★★
Fighting
Bandai Namco Studios / Akira (Japan)

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Impression: ★★★½
Action-Adventure
Ninja Theory (UK)

Silent Hill 2
Impression: ★★★½
Survival Horror
Bloober Team / Konami (Poland / Japan)

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Impression: ★★★½
Third-Person Shooter
Saber St. Petersburg (Russia)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Серце Чорнобиля
(S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl)
Impression: ★★★
First-Person Survival Horror Shooter
GSC Game World (Ukraine)

Batman: Arkham Shadow
Impression: ★★★
VR First-Person Action-Adventure
Camouflaj (USA)
Meta Quest 3

Indie Narrative Experiences

Indika
Impression: ★★★★
Third-Person Narrative / Puzzle
Odd Meter (Russia / Poland)

Threshold
Impression: ★★★½
Survival
Julien Eveillé (France)

Among Ashes
Impression: ★★★½
First-Person Horror
Rat Cliff Games (Spain)

Apartment Story
Impression: ★★★
Narrative, Simulation
Blue Rider Interactive (Scotland)

Minds Beneath Us
Impression: ★★★
Narrative
BearBone Studio (Taiwan)

Major Progressive Experiences

Astro Bot
Impression: ★★★★½
3D-Platformer
Team Asobi (Japan)
PlayStation 5

Empire of the Ants
Impression: ★★★★
Third-Person Real-Time Strategy
Microids (France)

Major Progressive Experience Expansions

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Impression: ★★★★½
Action Role-Playing
FromSoftware (Japan)

Indie Progressive Experiences

Animal Well
Impression: ★★★★
Metroidvania
Shared Memory (USA)

Conscript
Impression: ★★★½
Top-Down Survival Horror
Catchweight Studio (Australia)

Indie Endless Format Games

Balatro
Impression: ★★★★½
Poker-Themed Roguelike Deck-Building
LocalThunk (Canada)

Manor Lords
Impression: ★★★★
Medieval Strategy
Slavic Magic (Poland)
Early Access

Toward Pianist
★★★★
Piano Music Rhythm
woong

Summerhouse
Impression: ★★★½
Sandbox City-Building
Friedemann Allmenröder (Germany)

Dystopika
Impression: ★★★½
Meditative City-Sculpting
Voids Within. (Canada)

Indie Experimental Experiences

POOLS
Impression: ★★★
Horror Walking Simulator
Tensori (Finland)

Major Fighting Experiences

Tekken 8
Impression: ★★★★
Fighting
Bandai Namco Studios / Akira (Japan)

Major Team Sports Experiences

EA Sports FC 25
Impression: ★★★★
Soccer Simulation
EA Sports Vancouver/Romania (Canada/Romania)

PC-Releases of Recent Console Exclusives

God of War: Ragnarök
Impression: ★★★½
Action Adventure
Santa Monica Studio (USA)
Originally released in 2022

Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
Impression: ★★★½
Action Adventure
Sucker Punch Productions (USA)
Originally released in 2020

Until Dawn
Impression: ★★★½
Interactive Horror Story
Super Massive Games (UK)
Originally released in 2015

PC-Releases of Classic Console Exclusives

Red Dead Redemption
★★★★½
Action Adventure
Rockstar San Diego (USA)
Originally released in 2010

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Impression: ★★★
Action-Adventure
Aspyr (USA)
Originally released in 2002

Major Narrative Experience Remasters

The Last of Us Part II Remastered
Impression: ★★★½
Action-Adventure
Naughty Dog (USA)
Originally released in 2020
PlayStation 5

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