Top 10 Best Video Games of 2024

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2024 offered players some truly outstanding video games. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down the best games to release this year!

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the greatest games to make

00:10their debut across 2024.

00:12This includes original titles, remakes, and even DLC if they're substantial enough.

00:2410.

00:25Silent Hill 2

00:33There was a lot of concern about Bloober Team's long-anticipated remake of this beloved horror

00:37icon, not only due to their checkered history of quality, but also the weight of taking

00:41a pinnacle of the genre and doing it justice.

00:44All fears were soon laid to rest when gamers got a gander at James Sunderland venturing

00:48into a visceral nightmare as he hunted for his thought-dead wife, all rendered in gorgeous

00:52detail.

00:53The performances, the psychological twists, Pyramid Head in all his foul glory, this reimagining

00:58nails every beat.

01:039.

01:07Like A Dragon – Infinite Wealth

01:19Bringing together the leads from this beloved franchise's strongest installments was bound

01:23to happen eventually, we just didn't expect Kiryu and Ichiban's bromance to be arguably

01:27the greatest outing the series had ever seen.

01:30Taking the Yakuza out of the city and onto the sun-swept shores of Hawaii, the sheer

01:33volume of content Infinite Wealth offers is borderline unparalleled.

01:37Combat, story, side gigs, job classes, character writing, it's all so abundant it borders

01:42on the insane.

01:43Thankfully, it's handled with such earnestness that none of it feels like a chore, ensuring

01:48that your stay is a wholly entertaining one.

01:568.

01:58The Legend of Zelda – Echoes of Wisdom

02:05Excuse you Link, but kindly move over, the princess is here and her debut title is utterly

02:10enchanting.

02:11Swapping out the Master Sword for a rod capable of copying and summoning whatever players

02:15wish, Echoes of Wisdom is a delightful puzzler that very much shares the building blocks

02:19of what's made past Zelda games such a joy to play, all the while carving out a unique

02:23identity for itself that we're hoping becomes a mainstay.

02:26It's certainly more Link's awakening than Tears of the Kingdom in terms of presentation

02:30and scope, but thanks to a charming visual palette and multiple ways to approach every

02:33obstacle, it still delivers an experience worthy of being counted among the franchise's

02:42best.

02:447.

02:45Tekken 8

02:54The fighting game genre has been eating good recently, and the return of the King of Iron

02:58Fist tournament might just be the sweetest of desserts.

03:01Its fluid mechanics are newcomer-friendly, yet are brimming with potential for franchise

03:04veterans to take to the next level.

03:06The tweaks, changes, and polishing to be found here, along with a meaty roster, sent Tekken

03:118 soaring to the top of its genre, while accumulating a legion of fresh fans daring

03:15them to try their luck.

03:16As for the story mode, it's a globe-trotting smackdown featuring everyone's favorite

03:20fighters.

03:21What more could you want?

03:246.

03:26Bellatro

03:28There's no shortage of spectacular talent in the indie scene this year, though leading

03:36the pack with its sheer addictiveness is the unorthodox, yet wholly investing take

03:40on poker.

03:41Even if you don't consider yourself a card shark, by incorporating a roguelike element

03:45and an unfathomable amount of customization in terms of deck-building, Bellatro plants

03:49the seed in your psyche from the first hand.

03:51Before long, you'll be frothing at the mouth as you aim to score big thanks to a combination

03:55of tarot, jester, and other upgradable decks at your disposal.

03:59One game will never be enough.

04:045.

04:06Black Myth Wukong

04:08Adapting the monsters and mythological beings from Chinese folklore into a combat-heavy

04:21RPG would be a tall order for most developers to tackle, but what game science have accomplished

04:26with this outing cannot be understated in its brilliance.

04:29Something of a pseudo-sequel to the legendary tale that is Journey to the West, players

04:33take on the mantle of the Destined One as they trace Wukong's steps, encountering

04:36all manner of godly entities along the way, all in need of a simian smackdown.

04:41The biomes are lush, the combat has shocking depth, and the abundance of armor and weaponry

04:46will keep you coming back again and again until you're demolishing deities with ease.

04:534.

05:02Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

05:08What people liked about Remake exploded into sheer adoration for Rebirth.

05:12Taking Cloud and company out of Midgar and into a wider world, both the story and side

05:16content were amped up in ways none were expecting.

05:19If you weren't relishing the beautiful mesh of hack and slash and strategic combat, you

05:22were getting lost in the myriad of varying activities that dotted every area.

05:26All the while, the expanded narrative gave us just as many larger-than-life set pieces

05:30as there were intimate character moments.

05:32Look, we got the option to see Cloud and Tifa become an item.

05:35That alone warrants an inclusion.

05:433.

05:46Metaphor Re-Fantasio

05:55Atlas must feel like they're on top of the world right now.

05:58After all, we thought we were getting a treat with the excellent remake of Persona 3, but

06:02as it turned out, that was just the opening act.

06:04Metaphor may not have a school setting or romance options, but what it does have is

06:08immense quality in practically every other aspect.

06:11Its world is stunning to behold, and while the overarching themes of inequality set in

06:14a fantasy world might appear generic on paper, thanks to its astounding characters, you'll

06:19be gripped from the get-go.

06:20Also, that battle system.

06:22Holy shit.

06:23This is not only the best combat has felt in an Atlas title, but among turn-based games

06:27in general.

06:28It's a saga unto itself that demands to be played.

06:342.

06:36Elden Ring – Shadow of the Archery

06:38It's the DLC that puts most other AAA games to shame.

06:48Heading from the Lands Between to the Realm of Shadow and taking control of our tarnished

06:51was a delight in itself, but then we were presented with a vast world stuffed with detail

06:56and challenge around every darkened corner.

06:58Weapons and armor galore, some of the best bosses to ever grace a Souls game, enough

07:02lore and challenge to keep diehard fans satisfied for years to come, this bloody excursion in

07:07a bid to stop Mikula's rise to true godliness was magnificent from start to finish.

07:19Even if its final boss trounced us countless times until our spirits were shattered.

07:24Before we unveil our number one pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

07:271.

07:28Prince of Persia – The Lost Crown

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07:38Animal Well

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07:47Warhammer 40k – Space Marine 2

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08:18Astro Bot

08:19A cute little robot jumping around and interacting with PlayStation icons?

08:31Sure, why not?

08:32Sounds like a fun little gimmick.

08:33It's not like it's going to be a true game changer.

08:35Oh, how wrong we were.

08:38Astro Bot is an absolute masterclass in joy.

08:40The intricacy of its levels paired with the simplicity of its platforming, along with the

08:44best use of haptic feedback to date, it all coalesced into an engaging odyssey that continued

08:49to blow us away with every new level we visited.

08:51The reverence it paid to franchises of the past, the freshness of its controls, it's

08:55the perfect marriage of nostalgia and quality.

08:58Astro is truly a mascot in the making.

09:07What's your game of the year?

09:08Let us know down in the comments.

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