2024 GOTY Contenders
Released games are ordered by how likely they are to win and/or get nominated for GOTY, unreleased games are ordered by release date.
22 Games
Scores:
Critic Score: 93/100
Critics Recommend: 99%
User Score: 90/100
Backloggd Score: 4.5/5
Why?
- Final Fantasy VII Remake was nominated for GOTY in 2020
- Currently the highest-rated game of the year
Critic Score: 93/100
Critics Recommend: 99%
User Score: 90/100
Backloggd Score: 4.5/5
Why?
- Final Fantasy VII Remake was nominated for GOTY in 2020
- Currently the highest-rated game of the year
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Scores:
Critic Score: 92/100
Critics Recommend: 100%
User Score: 88/100
Backloggd Score: 4.2/5
Why?
- 2nd highest-rated game of the year
- Highest-rated indie game of the year
- Sold 1 million within a month
Critic Score: 92/100
Critics Recommend: 100%
User Score: 88/100
Backloggd Score: 4.2/5
Why?
- 2nd highest-rated game of the year
- Highest-rated indie game of the year
- Sold 1 million within a month
2
Scores:
Critic Score: 87/100
Critics Recommend: 94%
User Score: 63/100
Backloggd Score: 3.8/5
Why?
- Sold 2.5 million copies in less than 2 weeks
- All time peak of 229K on Steam
- Controversy at launch lowers it chances significantly
Critic Score: 87/100
Critics Recommend: 94%
User Score: 63/100
Backloggd Score: 3.8/5
Why?
- Sold 2.5 million copies in less than 2 weeks
- All time peak of 229K on Steam
- Controversy at launch lowers it chances significantly
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Scores:
Critic Score: 83/100
Critics Recommend: 91%
User Score: 82/100
Backloggd Score: 4.1/5
Why?
- Has been in conversation for 2+ months since launch due to consistent quality updates
- Gained a loyal supportive playerbase
- Has sold 8 million copies
- Reached an all-time peak concurrent player count of 460K on Steam and has kept a player-base of 150-300K players ever since
Critic Score: 83/100
Critics Recommend: 91%
User Score: 82/100
Backloggd Score: 4.1/5
Why?
- Has been in conversation for 2+ months since launch due to consistent quality updates
- Gained a loyal supportive playerbase
- Has sold 8 million copies
- Reached an all-time peak concurrent player count of 460K on Steam and has kept a player-base of 150-300K players ever since
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Scores:
Critic Score: 88/100
Critics Recommend: 96%
User Score: 85/100
Backloggd Score: 4.5/5
Why?
- Fastest selling Atlus game in history with 1 million solid in the first week
- Persona is at peak popularity in the west
- Persona 5 was nominated for GOTY in 2017
- It being a remake lowers it's chances at winning GOTY
- Competing with Metaphor: ReFantazio
Critic Score: 88/100
Critics Recommend: 96%
User Score: 85/100
Backloggd Score: 4.5/5
Why?
- Fastest selling Atlus game in history with 1 million solid in the first week
- Persona is at peak popularity in the west
- Persona 5 was nominated for GOTY in 2017
- It being a remake lowers it's chances at winning GOTY
- Competing with Metaphor: ReFantazio
5
Scores:
Critic Score: 90/100
Critics Recommend: 97%
User Score: 86/100
Backloggd Score: 4.5/5
Why?
- Highest-rated in the series
- Sold 1 million within a week of release
- LaD is at it's most popular in the west right now
Critic Score: 90/100
Critics Recommend: 97%
User Score: 86/100
Backloggd Score: 4.5/5
Why?
- Highest-rated in the series
- Sold 1 million within a week of release
- LaD is at it's most popular in the west right now
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Scores:
Critic Score: 90/100
Critics Recommend: 99%
User Score: 77/100
Backloggd Score: 4.3/5
Why?
- Sold 2 million copies in a month
- Outside of Smash, fighting games don't get nominated for GOTY, so it's chances are unlikely
Critic Score: 90/100
Critics Recommend: 99%
User Score: 77/100
Backloggd Score: 4.3/5
Why?
- Sold 2 million copies in a month
- Outside of Smash, fighting games don't get nominated for GOTY, so it's chances are unlikely
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Scores:
Critic Score: 87/100
Critics Recommend: 96%
User Score: 86/100
Backloggd Score: 4.0/5
Critic Score: 87/100
Critics Recommend: 96%
User Score: 86/100
Backloggd Score: 4.0/5
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Scores:
Critic Score: 88/100
Critics Recommend: 99%
User Score: 83/100
Backloggd Score: 3.9/5
Critic Score: 88/100
Critics Recommend: 99%
User Score: 83/100
Backloggd Score: 3.9/5
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