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Polygon Recommends is our way of endorsing our favorite games, movies, TV shows, comics, tabletop books, and entertainment experiences. When we award the Polygon Recommends badge, it’s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun — and worth fitting into your schedule. If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out What to Play and What to Watch.

Astro Bot finally gives PlayStation a Nintendo-tier platformer after 30 years
Astro Bot finally gives PlayStation a Nintendo-tier platformer after 30 years
Fields of Mistria is pure magicFields of Mistria is pure magic
Tactical Breach Wizards proves you can’t spell witch without witTactical Breach Wizards proves you can’t spell witch without wit
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Netflix’s Ultraman: Rising triumphantly reinvents a tokusatsu legend for newbies
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Furiosa kicks sand in the face of boring franchise-filler movies
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin, D&D’s final 5th edition campaign, delivers the high-level combat fans have been asking for
The Contestant, like a real-life Oldboy, might be the year’s scariest documentary
The animated sci-fi mystery Mars Express aims high and lands among the stars
Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a beautiful, devastating meditation on loss
2024’s funniest comedy runs silent movies through a video game filter
Zendaya’s Challengers is the sensual, satisfying cure for sexless cinema
Stardew Valley 1.6 is here to remind you why the game is here to stay
Rise of the Ronin reinvents hack-and-slash in a remarkable open-world Japan
Star Wars: Unlimited can make you a deck builder overnight
Balatro cast a magic spell that made me like math
Tenet is back in theaters — and it’s secretly a vibes-only Christopher Nolan masterpiece
Dune 2 is every bit as great as the first movie promised it would be
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Lisa Frankenstein is the perfect bloody Valentine
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Skywalkers: A Love Story might be BS, but I’m buying it
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Tekken 8 is a great Tekken game, but that might not be enough
The best action movie of the new year came early
In roguelite city builder Against the Storm, failure is part of the process
God of War Ragnarök’s roguelite DLC is an excellent ode to Hades
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The Zone of Interest breaks dangerous new ground in exploring the Holocaust
The Iron Claw has Zac Efron doing Greek tragedy in spandex
Some movies are safe. Eileen is a dare.
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Warhammer’s excellent new smol-scale wargame exposes a big weakness
Movie delay be damned, Dune: Imperium - Uprising brings the battle for Arrakis home
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