The 50 most anticipated new games of 2024
2023 was, you could say, an interesting year for video games. It unleashed a metric ton of genre-defining, record-breaking new classics, including The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur’s Gate 3, but was also one of the most devastating layoff periods for gaming companies in recent history. There’s no telling what precise delights or horrors lay waiting in lovely 2024, but we can, at least, prepare ourselves for a bunch of exciting video game releases.
It might feel difficult to get truly jazzed about 2024 games while still navigating the industry’s various chokepoints, from a contentious Game Awards ceremony to workers placing appropriate pressure on stony-hearted studios. But, remember, we turn to video games for release. And 2024 already seems packed with several major titles, like the bold Hyper Light Breaker and Princess Peach: Showtime!, which promise to take us to far and entertaining lands.
As was the case in 2023 (and the year before that, and the year before that, and…), you’ll recognize titles from Polygon’s most anticipated games lists from previous years reappear on this one, such as the perpetually delayed Skull and Bones and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. This reflects another truth about the current state of gaming: You never know what will happen, or when.
That said, there are plenty of 2024 games that already have release windows or exact dates. You’ll find many of them in our list of 50 games, all of which suggest another monumental year for gaming.
Release date: Jan. 19
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Nintendo is bringing developer Cing’s 2005 point-and-click adventure Trace Memory to a new audience, as well as its sequel, Another Code: R, which will become accessible in North America for the
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