Each year, the task of narrowing down our favorite games to a list of just the 10 best is challenging, and 2024 is no exception. Whether it's brilliant expansions to existing games, the continued development of live-service games that have kept us hooked, innovative new twists on established genres, or masterful takes on what we thought was well-trod territory, 2024 has been filled with outstanding experiences.
We feel our list is best served by being composed of not just new, standalone releases, but also expansions and live-service games that continue to evolve. Our criteria for what's eligible here are simple: games and expansions that have been released since December of last year, when we decided on 2023's best, as well as live-service games.
We would be remiss not to also acknowledge that, as in 2023, 2024 was a rough one for developers--these are real human beings who are responsible for making the games we all love, and who have been subjected to waves of mass layoffs and general uncertainty about where the industry is headed.
With that in mind, let's celebrate these 10--what GameSpot feels are the best games of 2024. These are listed in alphabetical order; our Game of the Year will be revealed on Wednesday, December 11, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, so check back then to see what we felt was the best of the best.
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