Eurogamer rounds up the best games to play this May 2024.
Hello and welcome back to What To Play! We’ve returned from a little hiatus, which you definitely noticed and have been very sad about, of course. It’s finally edging towards spring here in the UK, but don’t let that tempt you into going outside, there’s video games to be a-playin’!
As ever, this is where we’ll round up the best games from the month gone by, and the things we’re most excited to play from the month ahead — plus, any other suggestions for what might complement it. Here’s What To Play This May 2024.
Availability: Out now on PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
Here’s what we said in our Botany Manor review:
Sure, its rust-nibbling aquatic blooms and musically inclined ferns are fictions, but they’re no more bizarre than, say, bladderworts — millimetres-high carnivorous flowers capable of generating nearly 600 times the force of gravity to suck in their prey — or the Mimosa pudica, which shyly recoils its delicate fern-like leaves when touched. Perhaps an afternoon in Botany Manor’s company will inflame your own curiosity for nature, or perhaps you’ll simply be content to explore its sun-dabbled corners, solve its few clever puzzles, and enjoy the timeless pleasures of an enchanting summer’s day stroll.
Availability: Out now on PC.
Here’s what we said in our Children of the Sun review:
…it’s a bloody good time. Scoping the map, tagging the enemies, locating hidden targets, identifying environmental traps that can do the dirty work for you; Children of the Sun is not fun to play, not least because the neon-soaked graphics and bloody explosions and tense soundscape seem to go out of their way to make you feel as uncomfortable as possible. But when you get it right? When your bullet rips through the final mark on the map and the word «Dead» — stylised and canary-yellow — flashes triumphantly across the screen? I can’t remember the last time a game made me feel this good about being this bad.
Availability: Out now on PC.
Here’s what we said in our Ikbound review:
Few games are as immediately engrossing as Inkbound, even taking into account the slightly unusual combat, and few games are then as consistently entertaining. Don’t be put off by how it looks — Inkbound, like Monster Train before it, is another stand-out in the roguelike genre.
Availability: Out now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Switch.
Here’s what we said in our Tales of Kenzera: Zau review:
The games industry needs diverse stories, both to highlight difference and prove their universality. Tales of Kenzera excites with its authenticity, yet its true power lies in its emotive, earnest narrative that tells a father-son story of grief that relates to us all and our hope for the future. As Zau tells Kalunga: «one thing I know about the human spirit is that if there is a chance — even a shred of hope — of potentially making things better, we take it.» So reach out and grab it.
Availability: Out now on Ps5.
Here’s what we said in our Stellar Blade review:
I don’t know if there’s a universal winning formula for a great action game out there, but Stellar Blade sure has tried its hardest to reverse-engineer one.
