Top 5 worst games of 2024

As video game fans gear up for a new year of games including Monster Hunter: Wilds, Death Stranding 2, the ambitious Crimson Desert, and many more, 2024 had quite the roster under its belt from Black Myth: Wukong to Astro Bot but not all titles were as good leaving many people disappointed. 

Today we’re going to mention the top 5 worst video games of 2024 in a non-chronological order from a failed hero shooter that cost Sony a hefty price to Ubisoft’s “AAAA” attempt to compete with Sea of Thieves.

Graphical fidelity on its own doesn’t make a good game…

Top 5 worst games of 2024

1) Concord (Sony’s answer to Overwatch that you can no longer play)

Sony and Firewalk Studios launched Concord in an attempt to make it big in the live service space by competing with hero shooters like Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 and Hi-rez Studio’s Paladins but failed after the game received a low player base, backlash from gamers due to boring gameplay and poor character designs, finally leading to its demise.

Launching with a $40 price tag while its competitors are free to play didn’t help its case either. Sony later announced shutting down Concord on Sep. 6, 2024.

Many gamers also strayed away from Concord due to claiming that it’s trying to spread “woke” propaganda through forced pronouns and “unattractive” characters in an attempt to appeal to a wider audience.

2) Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (Rocksteady’s attempt at live service games)

Best known for its excellent Batman Arkham franchise, Rocksteady Studios found itself in a pickle after trying to venture into the live service space with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. The game was deemed uninteresting by many people since they expected a gritty, story-based video game, but instead received a colorful live-service shooter in a saturated market.

What made the Arkham franchise so special was its satisfying combat, the gritty and detailed Gotham City, and its gripping story which according to fans were all missing in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

3) Skull and Bones (Ubisoft’s toned-down version of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag)

In an attempt to compete with Rare’s Sea of Thieves, Ubisoft launched Skull and Bones which is an open-world roleplaying game where you play as a pirate.

The game received backlash from players as they called it unfinished, filled with microtransactions despite paying for it, and a toned-down version of its previous game Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag.

One user wrote under the game’s Steam reviews, “Ubisoft only had to get the Black Flag system they did so well back then and expand it, update the graphics, add more ships to use, customization and upgrades, a few weapon choices, a map a little more alive than it was, maybe expand the boarding gameplay and create a fun storyline.”

Skull and Bones received further backlash when Ubisoft’s CEO took to social media and claimed that it was the first “AAAA” game resulting in a plethora of memes and jokes towards the studio.

4) Foamstars (Splatoon for Temu)

Yet another live-service game makes the list. Foamstars is a competitive shooter which according to TrueTrophies has lost 95 percent of its player base only two months after its release on the PlayStation Store.

It’s mostly compared to Nintendo’s Splatoon but instead of shooting paint, the characters produce foam from their bodies and try to cover the largest surface area in the map to rise as victor. Players described the game as an inferior product to Nintendo’s Splatoon and despite having some creative ideas, it fell flat in the swarm of live-service games like it.

5) Dustborn (A punk game funded by the government?)

Deemed the worst game of the year by many gamers, Dustborn was this year’s punching bag on the internet for its cringy dialogue, forced political propaganda, bad characters, buggy-rushed experience, and inconsistent storyline. While IGN gave the game a 7/10, it’s currently sitting at 4 percent on Google user reviews.

The game also tries to be punk despite being funded by the government as it was backed by the Norwegian Film Institute. This resulted in a swarm of social media posts judging the developer behind it, Red Thread Games. Many also accused the game of trying to “spread leftwing propaganda.”

One user wrote on YouTube comments, “The game is so inclusive, it excludes everyone…”

Gamers also made fun of the game because, despite being described as a hero, the main character’s dialogue options make her appear as a villain instead since she gaslights and brainwashes people.