Absolutely love when the video is put into chapters that don't just say a number for the game and instead has the name of the game. So much better to go back through and see which ones you were interested in.
Anomaly Agent is best game i have ever played this year. Animations and character designs, attacks are soo soft. You can actually feel you are control character. Bravo cherryson!
Same here. My wife and I co-op 6 nights a week, and maybe once or twice a month does an AAA game get mentioned (and it's ALWAYS ❣🧡Tiny Tina's💟 💕Wonderlands 💞❤🔥(we LOVE that game)!!!)
I don't understand how people keep complaining about there not being good games releasing when there's always amazing games like these and more coming out left and right. Gaming never really went downhill, you just gotta get your head out of the AAA space.
I absolutely loved Harold Halibut. It has a unique beautiful art style and a story that, while a bit slow to get into, really draws you in. Interesting and inventive and the ending was just wonderful.
Great list, thanks! I am very happy to see Anomaly Agent getting more international recognition. It’s the passion project of a guy whose job has been reviewing games for many years and it was made by only 3 people. Thanks for bringing these smaller-budget games in front of wider crowds!
Every time you make videos about smaller games, I will always thank you guys for it. Representing the peeps who don't have as much game time as we used to.
I am playing Banishers right now, though flawed, it is a lot of fun! Too bad most AAA games are unsatisfying when compared to some of the AA and indie games coming out
I literally just started playing manor lords a couple days ago and I'm in love. The fact that I recognized the thumbnail and knew right away, made me smile
Maybe it's just me, but I really wish lists like this wouldn't include early access games. Highlight those on a separate list, but they aren't finished games, so I'd really prefer they get rated and called the best when you can actually play through the whole game. But I also just may be an old fogey on this, so feel free to ignore this comment as you want.
@@Wildstrider It's THEIR list, tell them what they should and should not include on THEIR list based upon your feelings. Let's see how well that one goes over!
Enshrouded probably deserves at least an honourable mention, no? It's still early access, but it's something that blew up a bit when it first came out in January. It got overshadowed a bit by the short-term juggernaut that was Palworld which released only a week before. Enshrouded is yet another open world survival game, but it's one of the better ones, I think. I think they've been actively developing it this past year as well.
I completely agree with your position. Enshrouded and Nightingale were on our (wife's and mine) wish lists, we got both, and after ~50 hours, dropped Nightingale like a hot potato. Enshrouded, however, we've put ~250 hours in (each), and we're still having fun- it's just a basically great game, no B.S., no silliness, it's just solid and fun. 👍👍👍
7th game Anomaly Agent has unique fighting mechanic that everybody must try. Dodges does not interrupt your combo, it feels kinda fluid, with good sense of humor even you don't finish it you need to try.
Dark and Darker is F2P for a 'limited' version of the game. The F2P model is meant to bring in new players who want to try the game without purchasing the full game while it's still in Early Access. You are limited to one character slot and have trade limitations(implemented to mitigate RMT in the in-game item auction house). If you want to have additional classes/characters you will need to purchase the game for $30 USD. Otherwise, I believe the F2P accounts aren't restricted from any of the gameplay modes or matchmaking.
sledders is an early access game on steam that will most likely be released on console by the end of the year. it is a snowmobile game with multiplayer but it does not have proximity chat or chat yet. the developers are working on the backcountry/mountain riding deep snow physics and will probably make fun updates in the future. The game is immediately fun if you ride snowmobiles in real life, but some people don't like how it isn't a racing game. it is a snowmobile game with freeride multiplayer with a handful of maps and focuses on deep snow mostly. there isn't that many snowmobiles (sleds) to choose from but the ones that are there look pretty realistic. the developers are working with GGB exhaust to make a more realistic sound for the sleds. i hope they add more sleds from freestyle/snocross racing in a future update.
Please keep the title of the games in the chapters, Always! We're going to watch the entire video everytime no matter what, even if we know what's coming.
Great video! Found 3 new games to play!!! Havent been playing anything for a while...so happy to try out these titles, starting with the crab one, and enjoying it!
Thank you Thank you. You hit my sweet spot with this one. I am not a $70 a game player. I would much rather support the devs and the best way I know is through smaller games.
Finished The Thaumaturge and enjoyed Children of the Sun! Will continue Banishers as I began it. Love this kinda video, thanks! Checkout Flintlock : The Siege of Dawn too!
Not sure if Early Acess counts, but Abiotic Factor did it for me. It is such a unique spin on the survival crafting genre, and ends up working extremely well.
Core Keeper is a huge recommendation!!! It's a fun casual pixel art game that you can play alone or with your friends. It kinda combines minecraft and terraria. The game is not huge but has an active community and active developers. There is a big update coming the 27th of August! Anyone here that played Core Keeper as well??
@@jessemiller3108 I've never played Terraria. I kept dying in very stupid infuriating ways. So I stopped playing after 1 hour or so. Core Keeper had a big update not to long ago. Maybe it's more to your taste now.
@@missnutrix if you give Terraria another try, I will give Core keeper one It can be very frustrating (the learning curve is rather steep) but there is a reason it’s the highest ranked crafting game of all time on steam. It has the best tier progression (the reason I love crafting games)
Shoutout to "Abiotic Factor" as a honorable quick come-to-mind mention. If you enjoy the indepth job/class system and skill progression (sorta like Project Zomboid or Runescape) along with Crafting/Survival/Horror elements, youll very much enjoy the game. Cheap as well only 25 bucks off sale but on sale its like 18-19$ USD.
@Gameranx just wanted to point this out because it seems youve misunderstood a bit❤ *Dark and Darker* is NOT a dungeon crawler, *(the dungeon isnt as big as youd think)* its a PvPvE "Extraction Shooter". *Medieval Fantasy Tarkov* basically. and it was released almost a year ago but was removed from *Steam* due to a Copyright dispute. The game has been out for a long time..
No love for Indika? 😞 I found this game incredibly intense in its storytelling, and the mix between the "now" Unreal-infused increasingly weird landscapes and the pixel art memories pretty brilliant.
Steamworld Heist 2 really nailed it, it's a wonderful gem of a game! Released about 1 week ago, loving it even though I have so little time to play it. I had been waiting for it so much, it definitely lived up to expectations
I played a few of the big games that came out this year, but for about a month, I was pretty obsessed with games that came out years ago (i.e. Vampire Survivors). There's always good stuff to play, even if it's not brand-spankin-new.
Anomaly Agent caught my attention, it's a game that requires 900 hours of play.
adamım espriyi yaptı
Thanks for the suggestion. I just checked it on steam and it looks dope
He is joking about the game requiring 900 hours of playtime by the way@@jponz85
I bought it and it is beautiful
900 saat espirisinin sonu gelmeyecek anlaşıldı😊
Anomaly Agent 11:11 is absolutely good game
As. Bayraklari
BAŞ KOYMUŞUM TÜRKİYEMİN YOLUNA DAD DA DA DAD DAD DA DAD DAD🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
+1
it looks cool the first thing i thought when i saw the protag sprite was spike from cowboy bebop
Anomaly agent!!! YOU MEAN THE GAME OF Enis Cherryson🎉🎉
well no shit (abi burada görünce ben de heyecanlandim)
Can't find it on the PS Store
Yeahh maann anomalu agent iss soo awesomee!!!
@@JoHnAnDjAnEdOe81 not available on PlayStation
Adam like atmış yoruma skfşwkdğqdm
i played Anomaly Agent for 900 hours and i can say its far better than division
same
same think
Thanks for the game name on the chapters ☺
Ikr
Ikr (I came)
Thanks
Correct
Absolutely love when the video is put into chapters that don't just say a number for the game and instead has the name of the game. So much better to go back through and see which ones you were interested in.
Correct
👍👍
Good
Glad gameranx is showing less known games with creative ideas
It’s definitely nice to hear about games other than some tired AAA sequel with a bajillion dollar budget.
Anomaly Agent is best game i have ever played this year. Animations and character designs, attacks are soo soft. You can actually feel you are control character. Bravo cherryson!
Literally mid
7:03 “If you got some friends”. No I don’t, that’s why i’m here watching gameranx..
Especially any friends that would want to play these types of games😂
I was gonna comment the same thing 😂 gameranx is our comfort now
I feel you
"you can team up with some friends" they need a trigger warning on these videos!
I was gonna say, I would love to play that game. I need the friend requirement first
It's an honor to play Anomaly Agent for 900 hours!! Thank you for sharing Enis Kirazoğlu's game
Indika probably deserves a shoutout here. Still haven't played it, but very much looking forward to.
Oh right! That one looked interesting :)
Love these smaller games. I play more and more of them nowadays.
Same here. My wife and I co-op 6 nights a week, and maybe once or twice a month does an AAA game get mentioned (and it's ALWAYS ❣🧡Tiny Tina's💟 💕Wonderlands 💞❤🔥(we LOVE that game)!!!)
Last I heard, Manor Lords had a development team of less than 10 people.
I don't understand how people keep complaining about there not being good games releasing when there's always amazing games like these and more coming out left and right. Gaming never really went downhill, you just gotta get your head out of the AAA space.
!!
A lot of these games just aren’t interesting enough for most people to want to try
They really are quite niche
Gaming definitely went downhill, still does. Same with movies.
@@Fudo94 marvel/superhero trash ruined movies
11:46 is that Johnny Bravo?
I said exactly the same!
Yep, it is.
I need to get Manor Lords.
Being able to walk among you creation in a strategy game is something I have always wanted to do!
me too. i wish it had a multiplayer mode something of a crossover between city skylines and age of empires
Spellforce 1 and 2...
It's on Gamepass ultimate
@@dave64981 No thanks, I prefer to own my games.
And last I heard, Manor Lords has a development team of less than 10 people. That's quite an accomplishment; especially in this day-and-age.
I absolutely loved Harold Halibut. It has a unique beautiful art style and a story that, while a bit slow to get into, really draws you in. Interesting and inventive and the ending was just wonderful.
I thought it was pretty great too. Maybe could have done with an hour chopped out but it was a really unique game.
I was happy to see Anomaly agent, thank you :)
Anomaly Agent is the best :)
Ngl Anomaly Agent gave me a joy I hadn’t experienced in years! I definitely recommend this game.
Banishers: Ghost of New Eden has a surprising amount content. It took me over 50 hours to finish it.
Thanks for doing those kinds of quick look videos. There are so many games releasing now that it's easy to miss a lot of good ones.
Anomaly Agent is number 1 for me
anyway, good list. ❤ when you guys highlight smaller games.
Great list, thanks! I am very happy to see Anomaly Agent getting more international recognition. It’s the passion project of a guy whose job has been reviewing games for many years and it was made by only 3 people.
Thanks for bringing these smaller-budget games in front of wider crowds!
Playing Banishers right now, great game. It's bigger than most people think though
I'm looking forward to playing it!
Hard pass, friend 🤷🏼♂️😅
Exactly! 😎 and has more choice depth too!
I enjoyed the hell out of Banishers! I love a good story based game with great graphics.
I played the demo and I just don't see myself getting into it. I have too many other games that I already bought and will probably never get to.
Every time you make videos about smaller games, I will always thank you guys for it.
Representing the peeps who don't have as much game time as we used to.
Thanks for the Kunitsu Gami mention 😊. Could definitely use the exposure since Capcom neglected
I’m playing Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden right now and I’m loving it. I just got to the snowy area today, I can’t wait to dive back in to the game.
I am playing Banishers right now, though flawed, it is a lot of fun! Too bad most AAA games are unsatisfying when compared to some of the AA and indie games coming out
Good game, but I just HATE Antea, she was so damn annoying in my opinion.
Please keep the format of time stamps. Its great for people tryna use these lists to learn more about the games after a while.
I literally just started playing manor lords a couple days ago and I'm in love. The fact that I recognized the thumbnail and knew right away, made me smile
I’ve never played the game and I recognized the thumbnail. Swag like that sticks in your mind 😂
Balatro is one of the most wonderfully addicting games of this century I will tell ya.
As someone who plays 900 hours division, anomaly agent is an incredible game, next time I will play anomaly agent 900 hours
Maybe it's just me, but I really wish lists like this wouldn't include early access games. Highlight those on a separate list, but they aren't finished games, so I'd really prefer they get rated and called the best when you can actually play through the whole game. But I also just may be an old fogey on this, so feel free to ignore this comment as you want.
Awesome, IGNORED!
I agree
@@Wildstrider It's THEIR list, tell them what they should and should not include on THEIR list based upon your feelings. Let's see how well that one goes over!
@@NegativeROGprofessional glazer
@@NegativeROG INGORED!
Enshrouded probably deserves at least an honourable mention, no? It's still early access, but it's something that blew up a bit when it first came out in January. It got overshadowed a bit by the short-term juggernaut that was Palworld which released only a week before.
Enshrouded is yet another open world survival game, but it's one of the better ones, I think. I think they've been actively developing it this past year as well.
I completely agree with your position.
Enshrouded and Nightingale were on our (wife's and mine) wish lists, we got both, and after ~50 hours, dropped Nightingale like a hot potato. Enshrouded, however, we've put ~250 hours in (each), and we're still having fun- it's just a basically great game, no B.S., no silliness, it's just solid and fun. 👍👍👍
I'm not a fan of 2D style games but it makes me happy that you guys highlight those games for the people that do like them.
7th game Anomaly Agent has unique fighting mechanic that everybody must try. Dodges does not interrupt your combo, it feels kinda fluid, with good sense of humor even you don't finish it you need to try.
Anomaly Agent on🔝
20 games to add to my incredibly long whishlist XD or was already on my whishlist haha
Banishers, Last Epoch, and Manor Lords look awesome.
Thanks for the list, Jake! I really appreciate how y'all talk about all games, big and small.
Great work 👍🏻
That beat up old station wagon brings me back to my childhood. Especially sitting in the seats that were facing the opposite way in the trunk.
Dark and Darker is F2P for a 'limited' version of the game. The F2P model is meant to bring in new players who want to try the game without purchasing the full game while it's still in Early Access.
You are limited to one character slot and have trade limitations(implemented to mitigate RMT in the in-game item auction house).
If you want to have additional classes/characters you will need to purchase the game for $30 USD.
Otherwise, I believe the F2P accounts aren't restricted from any of the gameplay modes or matchmaking.
Can't wait for Nine Sols to come to consoles. Looks really fun
Yeah that was a fun one!
Been meaning to play Banishers: Ghost of New Eden but I was going to wait until it's on sale
👍
Hoping for more smaller/indie game content. I always find it so much more enjoyable than modern AAA games.
Any upcoming indie games you’re looking forward to playing?
@@gameranxTV Catching up on backlog games. Dave the Diver and Inscryption taking up most my time.
sledders is an early access game on steam that will most likely be released on console by the end of the year. it is a snowmobile game with multiplayer but it does not have proximity chat or chat yet. the developers are working on the backcountry/mountain riding deep snow physics and will probably make fun updates in the future. The game is immediately fun if you ride snowmobiles in real life, but some people don't like how it isn't a racing game. it is a snowmobile game with freeride multiplayer with a handful of maps and focuses on deep snow mostly. there isn't that many snowmobiles (sleds) to choose from but the ones that are there look pretty realistic. the developers are working with GGB exhaust to make a more realistic sound for the sleds. i hope they add more sleds from freestyle/snocross racing in a future update.
Anomaly agent 🔥🔥 good job
Please keep the title of the games in the chapters, Always!
We're going to watch the entire video everytime no matter what, even if we know what's coming.
Crow Country was excellent, I want more of this
best list of 2024 ngl
Great video! Found 3 new games to play!!! Havent been playing anything for a while...so happy to try out these titles, starting with the crab one, and enjoying it!
Anomaly agent mentioned, lets goooo
ANOMALYYY AGENT BEST PHEW PHEW GAMES GAMEEE😍
Unicorn Overlord not even making the video is insane. It’s better than probably every game listed here and actually *needs* the publicity.
Children of the Sun reminded me about how much I used to love guiding the arrows in Heavenly Sword!
Great video, Dungeons Of Hinterberg is also a small game but definitely worth playing.
Thanks for shouting Dungeons of Hinterberg out :)
It is Mr. Baldino, as usual.
Pizza's on him
Really interesting list of games. I think the game Cataclismo will end up on the second part of the years list. It's great.
can’t wait for Hades II to come out on console, I really hope Last Epoch heads over eventually as well
Thank you Thank you. You hit my sweet spot with this one. I am not a $70 a game player. I would much rather support the devs and the best way I know is through smaller games.
Anomaly agent is worth to try
Finished The Thaumaturge and enjoyed Children of the Sun!
Will continue Banishers as I began it.
Love this kinda video, thanks!
Checkout Flintlock : The Siege of Dawn too!
Came here to pay my respects to Enis Cherryson and his game"Anomaly Agent".
Some nice recs I got from this vid which I didn't know about; thx for that!
I didn't know any of these games. I will definitely check some og them out. Thanks 🙂
great list, I added several to my wishlist
The fact that Body cam looks like a VR game but isn't is freakin wild
You can play it in VR with the UEVR Injector.
I tried the ANOMALY AGENT game and I liked it very much, I recommend it to everyone.
Great! Kunitsu-Gami gets some attention in these sort of lists!
lol absolutely. Thanks for watching! :)
Not sure if Early Acess counts, but Abiotic Factor did it for me. It is such a unique spin on the survival crafting genre, and ends up working extremely well.
Core Keeper is a huge recommendation!!!
It's a fun casual pixel art game that you can play alone or with your friends. It kinda combines minecraft and terraria.
The game is not huge but has an active community and active developers. There is a big update coming the 27th of August!
Anyone here that played Core Keeper as well??
It's solid... was just thinking about giving it another go.
Doesn't have the addictive progression loop that Terraria does, for me though
@@jessemiller3108 I've never played Terraria. I kept dying in very stupid infuriating ways. So I stopped playing after 1 hour or so. Core Keeper had a big update not to long ago. Maybe it's more to your taste now.
@@missnutrix if you give Terraria another try, I will give Core keeper one
It can be very frustrating (the learning curve is rather steep) but there is a reason it’s the highest ranked crafting game of all time on steam.
It has the best tier progression (the reason I love crafting games)
Great list, finally decided to sub
Am I the only one after trying hades 2 still playing hades one?Zagreus just hits diff
Cocoon was the most recent one I played that stood out to me. Really great puzzle design.
I'm glad Balatro was rated high. It's one of my faves lately, though I feel like you glossed over it a bit.
Massively appreciative of “British humour” as opposed to “english humour”. Appreciate you jake 🏴
Not going to lie Balatro had me absolutely hooked. I ended up going 255hrs in and getting the platinum. 10/10 game IMO
Why do people always overlook Enshrouded!?
It is 10/10!
I think it's overrated.
I'm glad you like it.
I just don't like the feeling of progression, and in crafting games, progression is king
So glad both Banishers and Crab's Trash were mentioned. Those games were truly fun.
Hey thanks for watching :)
Shoutout to "Abiotic Factor" as a honorable quick come-to-mind mention.
If you enjoy the indepth job/class system and skill progression (sorta like Project Zomboid or Runescape) along with Crafting/Survival/Horror elements, youll very much enjoy the game.
Cheap as well only 25 bucks off sale but on sale its like 18-19$ USD.
:D exhausted man... waited about 3 years for it and... it's not what I expected but it still hit all the marks
@gameranx
Please do a 'Best mobile games of 2024'
I love your work!
@Gameranx
just wanted to point this out because it seems youve misunderstood a bit❤
*Dark and Darker* is NOT a dungeon crawler, *(the dungeon isnt as big as youd think)* its a PvPvE "Extraction Shooter". *Medieval Fantasy Tarkov* basically.
and it was released almost a year ago but was removed from *Steam* due to a Copyright dispute. The game has been out for a long time..
No love for Indika? 😞
I found this game incredibly intense in its storytelling, and the mix between the "now" Unreal-infused increasingly weird landscapes and the pixel art memories pretty brilliant.
It looks dope... Got it on my list
Currently, Disco Elysium and Inscryption own my soul. Tunic is an honorable mention here as well
+ Nobody Wants to Die and This Bed We Made. Loved both :-) !
Steamworld Heist 2 really nailed it, it's a wonderful gem of a game! Released about 1 week ago, loving it even though I have so little time to play it. I had been waiting for it so much, it definitely lived up to expectations
It says something when in the Summer's Games Fest for this year the top 10 new Steam games consisted of indie and early access games.
I still love what the marketing team does for another crabs treasure, the dev team has a great sense of humor
Balatro is so addicting. I was surprised how much I enjoyed playing it.
Jake from Wizard & the Bruiser really got me wanting to play Another Crab's Treasure.
Make sure you guys give Abiotic Factor a try if you havent already. Pretty phenomenal survival game (even if it hasnt officially been released)
I played a few of the big games that came out this year, but for about a month, I was pretty obsessed with games that came out years ago (i.e. Vampire Survivors). There's always good stuff to play, even if it's not brand-spankin-new.
I wish Bodycam was on consoles
I played Anomaly Agent for 900 hours, it's the best game of the year.
Thank goodness you put Thank Goodness You're Here on this list.
Love your videos consistently
Disappointed you didn't mention "Little Kitty, Big City" that game is fun as hell 🖤