Polygon's top 50 games of 2021, in seven words or less.
Immortals Fenyx Rising.
Zelda but make it Hades.
Final Fantasy VII: Remake Intergrade.
Reno screenshots with PS5 graphics.
Mundaun. The Devil Rides a funicular. Perfect game.
How about we don't investigate Grandpa's death?
Back 4 Blood.
Back 4... another run at this level.
2021's second-best deck builder.
Tender: Creature Comforts.
Now even monsters are ghosting me.
Jenna: Like the app? Tinder like the app?
Simone: Tinder like the app. The app Tender.
The app we all know and love.
Cookie Run Kingdom
Gingerbread Man Tactics Advance.
The Artful Escape
Somehow doesn't involve any drugs.
No More Heroes 3.
Takashi Miike Fancast, with free game.
Persona 5 Strikers
Getting some real Shin Megami Tensei vibes.
Boyfriend Dungeon
Fewer chains than expected. Still fun.
The Talwar broke my heart.
Simone: You can just say sword
Jenna: He wasn't a sword. He was so much more.
He was a Talwar, and a vampire.
And he never wore a shirt,
AND I LOVED HIM! (weeping)
Simone: Is a Talwar not a sword?
Dorfromantik
As fun to say as it is to play. DORFROMANTIQUE!
Board game by yourself, but not sad.
(Pat wheezing, laughing off-screen)
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition.
My favorite mass effect on the Citadel.
Eastward.
A surprising amount of Western travel.
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Himbo steampunk, Sherlock Holmes, Herlock Sholmes.
No hit Herlock.
I hope you like tutorials.
Nier Replicant
The Fishing Game of the Year!
Moonglow Bay
The fishing game of the year!
Toem
What's black and white and heartwarming allover.
Allover is one word.
We looked it up. It's just one.
Returnal
Only got FOUR HOURS for a run?
Genshin Impact 2.0
Sexy Tyrant Lady. I can fix her.
Super Mario 3D World plus Bowser's Fury.
100% Pratt Free!
Guilty Gear Strive
Child's deadly dolphin projectile claims countless lives.
Yes, his name really is Sol Badguy.
Loop Hero
Metaphor for the pandemic, but with Draculas!
Sable
Dune, but make it cute.
Moebius. Mo' problems.
The Forgotten City.
What if you could shoot philosophy?
AVE. AVE. AVE. AVE. AVE. AVE. AVE.
Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0
Villagers shit in your house now.
Pokémon Unite
Getting toxic in the children's section.
Shin Megami Tensei Five
Getting some real persona vibes.
Age of Empires 4.
History buffs meet buff history.
They nerfed the French.
HOHOHO
Valheim.
Build a house!
Jenna: Then kill some gods!
I'm back, from that other one!
(Simone SHRIEKS with laughter)
Chivalry 2.
Press C to yell.
(cacophony of yelling)
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.
A game about second animal-mendment rights.
Animal men- animalmendment!
The joke works if you think about it for a long enough.
Deathloop.
An anagram of "Hated Loop." Deep, right?
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
100% Pratt Free!
Tales of Arise
Tales of All Right to Review Scores.
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
2021 The Year I cared about League.
Overboard!
I didn't kill my husband...
very effectively.
Monster Hunter Rise
Attack and dethrone a penis.
Fashion simulator... with monster hunting elements.
Dog drift, dog drift, DOGGG DRIFFFT!
Unpacking.
Put the diploma WHERE?
Forza Horizon Five
Your amazing superstar!
Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
DLC for the game of the decade.
Unsighted
All my friends... are gonna die?
I'm, I'm gonna die too? really?
Everyone's gonna die...
Psychonauts 2
my psychic tween son goes to therapy.
He's just a little guy!
Child therapist, but not that kind
Wildermyth
Become crow person.
Death's Door
Become CROW PERSON.
Say hello to my little friends.
He's just a little guy!
Slap a frog's butt with an umbrella
Hitman 3.
I hit WAY MORE than three men.
Resident Evil Village
Sexy Tyrant Lady... I can fix her.
Sexy tyrant lady... she can break me.
Horny on main detectar.
Scariest game of the year. Hands down.
Halo Infinite.
Like a refreshing glass of game fuel.
Loooove Craig's glow up
(chef's kiss!)
Chicory: A Colorful Tale.
DeviantArt prepared me for this.
For grabs: Wielder's Paintbrush. Never used.
He's just a little guy!
Inscryption
This time the table flips you.
Ode to card games and teeth extraction.
Do NOT use the pliers!
Great value, five games in one!
You want FMV. We got FMV.
You want card games. We got card games.
Escape room? Puzzles? What do you want? We got it!
Come on down to Polygon's game emporium!
Time loop, but make it sci fi.
Time loop, but make it ancient Rome
Time loop, but make it 1960s.
Time loop, but make it 1930s.
We got all the time loops you need.
Come on down to Polygon Time Loop Emporium!
(laughing)