Acclaimed Video Games

The top 1,000 most recommended games across 902 critic lists from 140 publications.

Updated: January 21, 2026

Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2024

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#1 Astro Bot (2024) (#141)

Team Asobi | PS5 | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~11h | 51 lists

#2 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024) (#229)

Square Enix Creative Business Unit I | PS5 | Action RPG | ~48h | 42 lists

#3 Helldivers 2 (2024) (#244)

Arrowhead Game Studios | WIN, PS5 | Third-Person Shooter | ~32h | 34 lists

#4 Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024) (#380)

Studio Zero | WIN, PS4, PS5, XBXS | Role-Playing | ~65h | 39 lists

#5 Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024) (#438)

Nintendo Cube | SW | Party | ~7h | 2 lists

#6 Balatro (2024) (#471)

LocalThunk | MAC, WIN, iOS, AND, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5, SW | Roguelike | ~7h | 44 lists

#7 UFO 50 (2024) (#577)

Eirik Suhrke, FourbitFriday, Jon Perry, Moppin, Mossmouth, phubans | WIN | ~53h | 19 lists

#8 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024) (#612)

MachineGames | WIN, XBXS | Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~16h | 28 lists

#9 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (2024) (#633)

Simogo | WIN, PS4, PS5, SW | Puzzle | ~17h | 21 lists

#10 Silent Hill 2 (2024) (#661)

Bloober Team | WIN, PS5 | Horror | ~16h | 25 lists

#11 Animal Well (2024) (#667)

Shared Memory | WIN, SW, PS5, XBXS | Puzzle / Metroidvania | ~7h | 25 lists

#12 1000xResist (2024) (#790)

sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | WIN, SW | Adventure | ~11h | 12 lists

#13 Dragon's Dogma 2 (2024) (#913)

Capcom | WIN, PS5, XBXS | Action RPG | ~31h | 19 lists

#14 Thank Goodness You're Here! (2024) (#914)

Coal Supper | MAC, WIN, PS4, PS5, SW | Adventure | ~2h | 15 lists

#15 The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024) (#919)

Grezzo, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3 | SW | Action-Adventure | ~21h | 26 lists

#16 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (2024) (#962)

Ubisoft Montpellier | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5, SW | Action-Adventure | ~17h | 20 lists

#141

Team Asobi

PS5

Action-Adventure / Platform

~11h

51 lists

Astro Bot 2024

#229

Square Enix Creative Business Unit I

PS5

Action RPG

~48h

42 lists

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 2024

#244

Arrowhead Game Studios

PS5, WIN

Third-Person Shooter

~32h

34 lists

Helldivers 2 2024

#380

Studio Zero

PS4, PS5, WIN, XBXS

Role-Playing

~65h

39 lists

Metaphor: ReFantazio 2024

#438

Nintendo Cube

Party

~7h

2 lists

Super Mario Party Jamboree 2024

#471

LocalThunk

AND, MAC, iOS, SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Roguelike

~7h

44 lists

Balatro 2024

#577

Eirik Suhrke, FourbitFriday, Jon Perry, Moppin, Mossmouth, phubans

WIN

~53h

19 lists

UFO 50 2024

#612

MachineGames

WIN, XBXS

Action-Adventure / Stealth

~16h

28 lists

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 2024

#633

Simogo

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN

Puzzle

~17h

21 lists

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes 2024

#10

#661

Bloober Team

PS5, WIN

Horror

~16h

25 lists

Silent Hill 2 2024

#11

#667

Shared Memory

SW, PS5, WIN, XBXS

Puzzle / Metroidvania

~7h

25 lists

Animal Well 2024

#12

#790

sunset visitor 斜陽過客

SW, WIN

Adventure

~11h

12 lists

1000xResist 2024

#13

#913

Capcom

PS5, WIN, XBXS

Action RPG

~31h

19 lists

Dragon's Dogma 2 2024

#14

#914

Coal Supper

MAC, SW, PS4, PS5, WIN

Adventure

~2h

15 lists

Thank Goodness You're Here! 2024

#15

#919

Grezzo, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3

Action-Adventure

~21h

26 lists

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom 2024

#16

#962

Ubisoft Montpellier

SW, PS4, PS5, WIN, XB1, XBXS

Action-Adventure

~17h

20 lists

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 2024

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