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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.

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is way better than it needed to be

By Grayson Morley
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Fist of the Condor: part Bruce Lee, part Rambo, part Sergio Leone, all Marko Zaror

By Pete Volk
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MLB The Show 23 will make every baseball fan fall in love with the game again

By Owen S. Good
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Tchia stands on the shoulders of Zelda — then leaps off

By Nicole Carpenter
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is everything a D&D fan could want

By Rafael Motamayor

Is Patch Quest a roguelike, Metroidvania, bullet hell, or Pokémon-like? Yes

By Johnny Yu

Dead Cells’ Return to Castlevania DLC is joyous roguelike fan service

By Russ Frushtick

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty brings Sekiro’s combat to a mesmerizing new world

By Khee Hoon Chan

Company of Heroes 3 propels real-time strategy past the real-time part

By Mike Mahardy

Wild Hearts combines Monster Hunter and Death Stranding into one excellent RPG

By Diego Nicolás Argüello

In Metroid Dread, Samus is an action hero — in Metroid Prime, she’s a scientist

By Grayson Morley

Pizza Tower is paradise for Wario freaks

By Patrick Gill

Hitman’s new mode transforms it into one of the best roguelikes ever

By Mike Mahardy

Hi-Fi Rush arrived at the perfect time

By Diego Nicolás Argüello

The Dead Space remake changes all the right things

By Michael McWhertor

Season: A Letter to the Future is one of the best games I’ve played in years

By Natalie Flores

Persona 4 Golden has a totally different spirit than Persona 5

By Diego Nicolás Argüello

Persona 3 Portable is messy, weird, and lovable on modern platforms

By Chelsea Stark

Fire Emblem Engage does what so many tactics games can’t

By Mike Mahardy

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s DMZ mode is (almost) too good to be free

By Charlie Hall

The Steam Deck works so much better with this kickstand

By Nicole Carpenter

Blade Runner TTRPG nails Ridley Scott’s vision, adds pitch-perfect investigative mechanics

By Samantha Nelson

The Witcher 3 hits even harder in a post-Cyberpunk 2077 world

By Cameron Kunzelman

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is a vital reimagining in the revered saga

By Natalie Flores

Need for Speed Unbound is the first great NFS game in years

By Owen S. Good

Dwarf Fortress’ Steam version immediately punched me in the gut

By Grayson Morley

The roguelite management sim that’s impossible to put down

By Nicole Clark

Warhammer 40K: Darktide is off to a hell of a start

By Ewan Wilson

Marvel’s Midnight Suns isn’t just XCOM with superheroes (and that’s a great thing)

By Charlie Theel

Somerville is a worthy spiritual sequel to Limbo and Inside

By Chris Plante

Obsidian’s murder mystery Pentiment is full of tough, Fallout-style choices

By Jay Castello

The best time loop game of 2022 is a teen sci-fi gem

By Nicole Clark

The next level of puzzles.

Take a break from your day by playing a puzzle or two! We’ve got SpellTower, Typeshift, crosswords, and more.

The next level of puzzles.

Take a break from your day by playing a puzzle or two! We’ve got SpellTower, Typeshift, crosswords, and more.