2024 draws to a close, and after many difficulties for the Video Game industry, I go through my list of favourites from the year that was.

Remedy return for new frights and brutalist delights in Alan Wake 2's final expansion.

Zelda's finally a star in a player-freedom focused adventure that doesn't quite resonate.

I returned to Hyrule this year to see if my childhood memories of adventure still hold up some 20 years later.

An endlessly creative and delightful platformer, Astrobot is flooded with playstation mascots but manages to stand out amongst the crowd.

An adorable, small scale open world adventure that really manages to dig its claws in.

Cloud returns in an exciting and extensive retelling of a classic that suffers from some bloated, open world design.

An inviting souls-like that, while more beginner friendly, doesn't pull any punches.

A masterclass in sandbox stealth gameplay that suffers greatly from strange narrative decisions and development woes.