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The best games of 2024.

108 games compete in this selection. Balatro tops it with 1,883 points: the ranking comes from player votes alone, and moves with every duel settled.

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In detail

The best games of 2024, what this ranking says

Balatro leads this selection with 1,883 ELO points, ahead of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Helldivers 2. The 108 games competing in it have played 12,744 duels.

This selection in figures
Games competing in this selection	108
Duels played by those games	12,744
Game in the lead	Balatro (2024)
Score of the leading game, in ELO points	1,883
Point gap between 1st and 10th	281
Best represented genre	Action RPG
Last reading	November 3, 2026

The best game of every genre in 2024

A selection is not read in one block: here is what leads each of its brackets.

The best game of every genre in 2024
Genre	Games competing	In the lead	ELO score	Duels played
Action RPG	31	Final Fantasy VII Rebirth	1,836	190
FPS	6	Helldivers 2	1,823	248
Horror	15	Silent Hill 2	1,739	217
Action-adventure	5	The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom	1,647	95
TPS	5	The Last of Us Part II Remastered	1,591	201
Platformer	7	Astro Bot	1,533	187
Fighting	6	Tekken 8	1,531	110

What moved this week

The ranking changes with every duel settled. Over the past seven days, the score of 99 games in this selection moved.

What moved this week
Game	Points gained in 7 days	ELO score
Thronefall	+68	1,462
Where Winds Meet	+57	1,523
Open Roads	+57	1,473

How this ranking is established

No jury, no press score, no sales figures: two games face off, players vote, and every vote updates an ELO score. This page is a view of the world ranking, never a standing kept apart.

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FAQ

What players ask

What is the best game of 2024?

According to community votes, the best game of 2024 is Balatro, with 1,883 ELO points in the world ranking. It stands ahead of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Helldivers 2, and its place is replayed with every duel.

How many games of 2024 are ranked?

108 games of this selection take part in the duels, and they have played 12,744 of them so far. The full site catalogue is much wider: only games kept for their fame enter the running.

Which game of 2024 is climbing right now?

Thronefall is the strongest climb in this selection over the past seven days, with 68 ELO points gained. Over the same period, the score of 99 games in the selection moved.