10 Worst Video Games Of 2024
Lots of duds, but which is the worst of the worst?
With 2024 drawing to a close, it's nice to look back on all the great games released over the last 12 months, including Black Myth: Wukong, Final Fantasy XVI, Tekken 8, and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (which nobody bought).
However, the only true way to appreciate how good we've had it is to compare the very best with the very worst. This year has seen plenty of disappointments, including Star Wars Outlaws, MultiVersus and South Park: Snow Day! Despite drawing their fair share of criticism, these titles aren't "bottom of the barrel" awful.
However, there's no better way to describe these ten entries. This list highlights how modern gaming studios and developers keep cutting corners, rushing deadlines, and pushing for micro-transactions, which leads to products that are underwhelming, broken, or incomplete.
On the other hand, some games were in the works for almost a decade, which makes it more bewildering to see how pitiful they turned out. These dire titles have led to millions in losses, massive lay-offs, bankruptcy, and in one case, being erased from existence.
There's no doubt 2024 had some truly marvellous games, but this list proves it was anything but perfect.
10. Alone In The Dark
After 2015's Alone In The Dark: Illumination received atrocious reviews across the board, the franchise was in desperate need of a hard reset.
So, when Pieces Interactive announced a reimagining, it looked like the creepy saga could get back on track. To be fair, 2024's Alone in the Dark seemed promising, with its photorealistic graphics and its talented leads, David Harbour and Jodie Comer, who portray Detective Edward Carnby and Emily Hartwood respectfully.
Since you can play as either Edward or Emily, you should navigate your way through the main campaign as both characters to experience it fully. However, the differences between the two are so slight, a second playthrough adds little to the overall experience, to the point where you wonder why the developers added it in. (Resident Evil did it better back in 1996.)
There's a tense atmosphere, but it's too mild to be considered scary, making the "survival horror" label redundant. There's also a disappointing lack of strategy when it comes to combat. Though there's a diverse range of weapons and enemies, nearly every baddie can be defeated the same way.
By no means the worst entry, the Alone in the Dark reboot is arguably the most disappointing, since it had real potential at reviving the series.