Tis the season to once again rank video games. 2024 has been a weird year for me personally, but for The Bonus World, it represented a pivot point and total reassessment of how this project fit into my life. It’s been transformative, honestly, allowing me to focus my energy on monthly updates via the Spotlight features rather than push content for the sake of content. Which in turn allowed me the freedom to let my thoughts marinate a bit more instead of worrying so much about arbitrary, self-imposed deadlines for everything.

Self reflection is great and all, but that’s not what we’re here for. We’re here to talk about how The Bonus World is handling Game of the Year in 2024. I’m going to be publishing superlative lists, (think best multiplayer, etc.) for a few days, ultimately leading up to a final top 10 list. I’ve always preferred this “all-in” format but found it hard to commit to because of how much more work it turns out to be, but that’s not an issue at the moment, so here we are!

This stuff is going to hit in the last week of December, so while you’re waiting for the end of the month to see how 2024 shook out, why not check out last year’s list? You can also get a taste of how this will go by checking out the multiple installments we did for 2020, including both my top 10 and bottom 5 lists. You can also peruse our new, monthly feature, The Spotlight, to maybe glean how 2024’s GOTY will shake out.