Now, to preface this, the title is a bit of a lie. I don’t know every game i played during 2024. I don't know how many games i played through the year, or in some cases even what they were. Between a multitude of platforms, countless demos, and free itch.io titles that took as long to play as they did to download, and even quicker to remove from my hard drive. In this slurry, some are bound to be forgotten, and some simply aren't enough for me to feel interested in writing something about them.
I will attempt to categorize the games into a couple categories. Much like any categorizations i make, they are as much for personal structuring as they are for external use, so take them with a grain of salt. The actual reviews may vary significantly in length, content, and quality, largely depending on how much i liked the game in question and/or how much i have to say about it. These are in the end personal opinion and as much as i'd like to, i don’t have any professional or educational background in media analysis. I will try to mention if there's spoilers in a review, but i’m not perfect. Disclaimers aside, here's a summary and links to each category, as well as a full alphabetical list if that’s more your thing or you want to look for a specific game.
2D Action
This category consists of side scrolling action games, whether they be metroidvanias, shmups, or else.
Art Games
These are games that can for better or worse are more similar to more "traditional" art forms than they are other games.
Brawlers
The games in this category tend to have similar elements to those in the 2D Action category, but instead present them in a 3-dimensional space
Narrative Games
This category is a collection of the games chiefly focused on telling a story. Most of these are RPGs
Platformers
Jump from one platform to the other, usually with a catch or two. Or fifty.
Puzzle Games
Solve puzzles, with an interesting (or not) hook.
RPGs
Games with Numerical Progression and some level of freedom of character progression. If they're story focused, see Narrative Games.
Simulators
Games built around simulating a job, hobby, or thing from real life.
Violence Games
Blood. Guts. Murder.
Weird Games
Anything that doesn't quite belong anywhere else, or otherwise presents itself with a strange aesthetic