PC gaming is in such a fascinating place in 2024. PC continues to be the most open environment for gaming, hosting titles from major console manufacturers, in addition to the occasional exclusive indie or early access experience. If you are looking for a gift for the Steam or PC players in your life, or just a new title to play this holiday season, these are the best PC 2024 games and gifts worth buying.
Note that every single one of these recommendations are using the base MSRP for the title. These games, despite releasing this year, could very well receive sales in the near future. Steam sales are quite often, so, hopefully, you’ll get a great deal on these games at the same time.
Best PC Games Anyone Would Enjoy as a 2024 Gift
If you are stumbling around without an idea of what to get someone, these are the games for you. These are the overall best all-around titles that don’t fall into a genre like visual novels or JRPGs. These are your blockbuster FPS titles, horror, indie games, and more. If you’re looking for some of the best PC games of the entire year of 2024 to pick up, these are the ones I highly recommend:
- Silent Hill 2: $69.99
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: $69.99
- TCG Card Shop Simulator: $12.99
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero: $69.99
- Balatro: $14.99
- Animal Well: $24.99
Best PC Adventure Games and Visual Novels for 2024 Gifts
The final quarter of every year is my visual novel season. Halloween, the holidays, and the colder weather just make it perfect to cozy up with some spooky reading and possible romance options. Adventure games and visual novels are perfect gifts this time of year if you like an air of mystery or multiple endings. Here are the PC visual novels released this year I highly recommend as gifts:
- No Case Should Remain Unsolved: $6.99
- Mouthwashing: $12.99
- Slay the Princess Pristine Cut: $17.99
- 1000xResist: $19.99
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes: $24.99
- Ace Attorney Investigations Collection: $39.99
Best PC RPGs and JRPGs for 2024 Gifts
RPGs and their Japanese counterparts in JRPGs are on fire this year. There are so many options to choose from, including remakes of beloved titles like Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven to new, long-awaited entries in dormant series like Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Though not all of them are perfect with their clear flaws, here are the RPGs and JRPGs I had a grand time with this year. All of these make prime gifts for a loved one or even yourself:
- Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail: $39.99
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak: $59.99
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard: $59.99
- Metaphor: ReFantazio: $69.99
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: $69.99
- Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance: $59.99
- Persona 3 Reload: $69.99
- Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven: $49.99
Published: Nov 1, 2024 05:45 pm