🏆 Game of the Year 2024: The Best Games

Published 26 August 2026 · updated 1 September 2026 · list data as of 7 October 2026

A quieter year at the top of the charts, and a very strong one just below it. These are 2024's highest-rated games by combined critic and player scores — including a few that never made the big awards shortlists.

This list is ranked by combined critic and player scores. Who actually collected the most Game of the Year awards in 2024 is a different question — Meta Awards counted them across thousands of outlets, and Astro Bot came out on top.

1. 1

   Animal Company2024

   97 / 100Adventure
2. 2

   Astro Bot2024

   92 / 100PlatformAdventure
3. 3

   Metaphor: ReFantazio2024

   90 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure
4. 4

   Halls of Torment2024

   89 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Indie
5. 5

   Balatro2024

   89 / 100StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Indie
6. 6

   Indiana Jones and the Great Circle2024

   89 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
7. 7

   Black Myth: Wukong2024

   88 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
8. 8

   Path of Exile 22024

   88 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
9. 9

   Neva2024

   88 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure
10. 10

    Nine Sols2024

    87 / 100PlatformHack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
11. 11

    Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero2024

    87 / 100Fighting
12. 12

    Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown2024

    86 / 100PlatformAdventure

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