The 7 Best Video Game Remakes and Remasters of 2024

There’s a reason so many of us get the same thing every time we go to a restaurant or have a movie we can watch dozens of times. 

Sometimes, the comfort of a known quantity enhances its enjoyment. Sometimes, we have too many remakes and remasters, but that just means there’s comfort food for everyone. Right?

This year’s release calendar was no different, with a pile of remakes and remasters available, ranging from a simple texture refresh to a complete, ground-up philosophical rethinking of the original. Here are our favorite from 2024.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PlayStation 5, coming to PC)

Of everything on this list, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth goes the deepest. 

This game is a remake in the truest sense of the word. The team at Square Enix took the story, the ideas, and the imagery and massively expanded it instead of just giving us the same game with updated…