Review aggregate site Metacritic has revealed the best games of 2024, according to critic scores.
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Metacritic “curates a diverse group of highly respected critics and assigns scores to their reviews. The weighted average of those scores results in a single number, the metascore.” And with the end of the year rapidly approaching, the site has shared its list of the best reviewed games of 2024.
According to Metacritic, Astro Bot is 2024’s best game with a score of 94 out of 100. Just behind it are Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree and Metaphor: ReFantazio, which also both scored 94.
Astro Bot is a platform game that’s available exclusively on the PlayStation 5 and celebrates the console’s legacy with a number of easter eggs and cameos. Released in September, it was called “one of the finest platformers ever made” in early reviews.
Astroboy Credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, Slay The Princess: The Pristine Cut and UFO 50 also ranked highly on Metacritic’s end of year list. See the twenty best games of 2024 below:
Astro Bot
Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth
Slay The Princess: The Pristine Cut
UFO 50
Animal Well
Satisfactory
Balatro
The Last Of Us Part Two: Remastered
Thank Goodness You’re Here
Tekken 8
Destiny 2: The Final Shape
Tsukihime: A Piece Of Blue Glass Moon
Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Castlevania Dominus Collection
Lorelei And The Laser Eyes
Tactical Breach Wizards
Kill Knight
Big name releases like Dragon’s Dogma 2, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown are all absent from Metacritic’s list of 2024’s best games as are Palworld and Helldivers 2.
One late addition might be Indiana Jones And The Great Circle though. The game isn’t released until Monday (December 9) but a number of glowing reviews have already praised the “god tier” title.
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