Metacritic has summarized the interim results for 2024. It published a list of the most critically acclaimed games released in the first half of the year.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
The ranking only took into account titles that have at least seven ratings from specialized press. It did not include mobile games, expansions, collections, ports of recent releases, and Definitive/GOTY editions of games.
Top 20 most highly rated games of the first half of 2024:
1. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (92/100);
2. Animal Well (91/100);
3. Balatro (90/100);
4. Tekken 8 (90/100);
5. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (89/100);
6. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (88/100);
7. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (88/100);
8. Persona 3 Reload (87/100);
9. Riven (87/100);
10. Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (87/100);
11. qomp2 (87/100);
12. Minishoot’ Adventures (87/100);
13. Mullet MadJack (86/100);
14. Unicorn Overlord (86/100);
15. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (86/100);
16. Sons of the Forest (86/100);
17. Dragon’s Dogma 2 (86/100);
18. 1000xRESIST (85/100);
19. Solium Infernum (85/100);
20. Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (84/100).