🏆 Game of the Year 2024: The Best Games

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.

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

   Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero2024

   89 / 100Fighting
5. 5

   Halls of Torment2024

   89 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Indie
6. 6

   Balatro2024

   89 / 100StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Indie
7. 7

   Indiana Jones and the Great Circle2024

   89 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
8. 8

   Path of Exile 22024

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

   Black Myth: Wukong2024

   88 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
10. 10

    Neva2024

    88 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure
11. 11

    Nine Sols2024

    87 / 100PlatformHack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
12. 12

    Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown2024

    86 / 100PlatformAdventure