Okay! We’ve named our system-specific winners for PlayStation, Switch, Xbox and PC, but it’s all been leading to this: our overall winner. What is the Siliconera Game of the Year 2024? Read on!
These awards represent the consensus of the Siliconera staff. For more of the year’s award selections, check out our Game of the Year 2024 archive.
Balatro
Balatro is one of those games that hooks you in an instant. The moment you encounter your first Jokers, the appeal of the game and its potential is abundantly clear, and continued play shows that solo developer LocalThunk knew exactly how to see those ideas through. Writers love to bandy about the idea of “setting a new standard for the genre,” but never has that been truer than with Balatro and roguelike deckbuilders: from now on, every new game has to be worth playing instead of another round of Balatro, and that’s a high bar to clear.
Mouthwashing
Mouthwashing is a relatively short experience, clocking in at just a couple of hours. Still, it packs so much psychological horror and body horror into that time to rival its passive-media equivalents. We won’t talk about the game’s twists to avoid spoilers, but you’ll certainly want to! And that’s the hallmark of a successful narrative. (For more on the game, check out Stephanie’s review.)
Winner: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Well, we called it. Rebirth revitalized our faith in Final Fantasy with a game that’s fantastic on its own and only enhanced by knowledge of the older releases. And though some titles took a serious run at it, nothing managed to topple Square Enix’s gem off the top of the Siliconera podium. Congratulations to our 2024 Game of the Year!
What is your overall Game of the Year 2024? Let us know in the comments!
Published: Dec 31, 2024 09:00 am