The Best Video Games of 2021

Once you’re done experiencing the true, manic joy that is Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, your friends at the Esquire Gamer Zone have a secret for you. Listen up. There are many, many games out there this year that you’ll love just as much as (if not more than!) what’s admittedly our favorite game of the year. There’s Resident Evil Village, of course, which we’re still recovering from. Knockout City had us reliving our grade school dodgeball highlights—and lowlights. And my god, Pokémon Snap? Phew. That had enough cute to last a lifetime. All of that doesn’t even mention the dozens of other phenomenal games this year gave us, from the grand return of Halo to another delightful joyride in Forza. Whatever your beating gamer heart is looking for, you’ll find it on our list of the 35 best video games of 2021.

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