At Polygon, we want to introduce you do at least one thing we think you’d love every single day. With so many games, movies, shows, and and internet-based quick bites (or “quibis”) out there to experience, we know it’s next to impossible to decide how to take a chance on the untested, dive into the unknown. But allow us to give you that nudge. In our Discoveries feed, you will find impressions on everything we cover and recommendations on old stuff that feels just as urgent and worthy as the new. The hope: less thinking, more doing — just dig in.
Get your friends into TTRPGs as fast as Deborah Ann Woll using this game
Finally, a crafting game that solves the early game tree-punching problem
Crossbows & Catapults is the ultimate Christmas morning board game
The Great Circle shines when it forgets about Indiana Jones
Monument Valley 3 was designed to (maybe) improve the world
Indie game Ikeelya dares to ask: What if an assassin loved designing breakfast nooks?
Infinity Nikki stays true to its fashion-forward, secretly dark roots
Fantasian Neo Dimension is remarkable but flawed
The best music biopic of the year is now on Netflix and has all the energy of a real concert film
The Legend of Hei is the perfect animated companion for Flow
Behold an FPS Breath of the Wild with a hoverboard
Threshold is a secret-stuffed horror game about the shittiest job
Watch Thanksgiving this Thanksgiving, if your family has the stomach for it
If you loved Arcane, you should play Dishonored 2
The STALKER 2 documentary is worth your time, even if you haven’t played STALKER 2
Minerva: Metastasis is the best Half-Life game Valve never made
Rivals of Aether 2 is Super Smash Bros. Melee without the baggage
Under the surface of Arco’s pixel RPG action, a breathtaking revenge saga
Neva, the follow-up to Gris, is devastatingly beautiful
Tetris Forever is an incomplete tribute to the best game of all time
Death of the Reprobate combines potty humor with high art
The Dragon Quest 3 remake delivers classic RPG comfort food with an ‘HD-2D’ sheen
Lego Horizon Adventures is a delightful, kid-friendly twist on Horizon Zero Dawn
D&D’s new Dungeon Master’s Guide is a huge upgrade for newbies
The Rise of the Golden Idol sets the standard for point-and-click mysteries
Judero is a psychedelic trip through Scottish folklore
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket won’t rock your world, and that’s OK
Karate Survivor is a fun spin on the Vampire Survivors format… once you unlock the core mechanics
Homicipher is a clever horror game about female desire and monster language
Slitterhead transforms players into pawns in a parasitic proxy war
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure is a brilliant thriller about accepting your flaws
Papers, Please creator just released a new free LCD-style Halloween game
Shogun Showdown is a lesson in positioning
You should watch the bird politics anime, Yatagarasu
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the friend group simulator we’ve been waiting for
Lady in the Water is the bridge between 2 eras of M. Night Shyamalan
Thursday’s Google Doodle is actually a really fun strategy game
How one of YouTube’s biggest ASMRtists created her shot-for-shot Shrek remake
Wilmot Works it Out feels like solving a puzzle on the floor of your living room
Carve pumpkins, solve spooky puzzles in Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival
MechWarrior 5: Clans’ AI is terrible — play it with humans instead
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood fans might have a replacement in Influencer Story: Rise to Fame
Japanese Rural Life Adventure is exactly what it sounds like and more
Quentin Tarantino’s favorite thriller of 2020 is now on Netflix
Keep Driving turns a long-haul road trip into a turn-based RPG
If you think about the Roman Empire every day, Citadelum is for you
Kurt Vonnegut’s lost board game finally published
FMV horror game Tenebris Somnia is a nightmare come true
After some drama, Netflix just added the canceled sitcom of two of the funniest guys around
Neko Atsume, but make it frogs
Cain is tabletop gaming’s horror hit of the year
Caddo Lake is extremely produced by M. Night Shyamalan, if you get what I’m saying
Halo: Flashpoint, a new miniatures game, has all the right moves
You can now watch the funniest movie of the year for free
Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds is the best kind of surreal fairy tale
What if Pokémon Snap was soaked in pumpkin spice?
Phoenix Springs is a lesson in using negative space, both visually and narratively
Mouthwashing is a surreal horror gem about being lost and starving in space
Frankie Freako takes an Oscar-worthy approach to goofball gremlin terror
Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition is the best way to play the original game on PC
Hauntii feels the best when you let go
Apartment Story is a short, dramatic thriller with life sim elements
Mirage Feathers is an anime-twist on a neglected Sega classic
Sleep turns sleepwalking into a supernatural slasher — and it’s wicked fun
Forget Palworld — TCG Card Shop Simulator is the best Pokémon-like game
20 years later, an N64 cult classic gets a killer spiritual sequel
This shopping kart racing game is more than a Jackass knockoff
The rod is mightier than the sword in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Warhammer 40K Kill Team: Hivestorm is way more than a starter set
Leap Year is a Metroidbrainia for people who hate Metroidbrainias
Please don’t let the dogs with grappling hooks game die
Crime Scene Cleaner is, ironically, my zen game of choice
Before Terminator Zero, Batman Ninja revitalized an American franchise by setting it in Japan
The Ark is a perfect throwback to an age when sci-fi didn’t have to be so serious
UFO 50 was terrible to review but incredible to play
Wild Indigo Ranch balances cozy ranching with cowboy action
Dreamy, scene-building games like Tiny Glade and Summerhouse are all vibes
2001’s Black & White is finally playable again (kind of)
Cupiclaw blends roguelike, deck-building gameplay with a claw machine for a chaotic good time
I Am Your Beast is an instant classic of wacky speed-revenge proportions
Closer the Distance replicates grief so well that I couldn’t finish playing it
The Fall Guy, now on Peacock, enters its ‘perfect couch movie’ era
Daggerheart, a new Critical Role game, feels more complicated than D&D in a good way
Prosecutor’s Gambit is the best Ace Attorney story since the original trilogy
Modern text parser game The Crimson Diamond rewards precision
Emio – The Smiling Man is a captivating murder mystery with a middling end
Fields of Mistria is pure magic
Tactical Breach Wizards is a near-perfect blend of wits and witchery
The slickest superhero RPG I’ve ever seen is on sale for $20
Logan Lucky just keeps getting funnier the longer we wait for The Winds of Winter
Malware plucks at the bland horrors of the computer desktop
Dustborn offers perspective on the choices that shape us
Everybody wants to change the world in Paper Trail and Slider
Outlanders 2 makes the case for city builders on mobile
SteamWorld Heist 2 is a multi-classing masterwork
Gourdlets is the laid-back building sim for people sick of the grind
Welcome to my Supermarket Together store, Nice Groceries
You need just one button in this bullet-hell gem
This season’s best mecha anime is a student film inspired by Mobile Suit Gundam
Fantasy epic The Deer King, now on Netflix, feels like a Ghibli movie — even if it isn’t one
Looper is a mind-bending puzzle game that challenges you to think inside the box
New shoot-’em-up Devil Blade Reboot is like an alt-history Sega Saturn import
Earth Defense Force 6 is the perfect podcast game
Isles of Sea and Sky taught me it’s okay to move on
The Suicide Squad anime continues Japan’s history of making American superhero stories better
Guncho is a truly mind-melting Old West cowboy shooter
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure’s masterful, clever design is clear right from the start
Survival horror game Conscript puts you face-down in the muck of World War I
The most confounding anime of the season is a slice of life at the end of the world
Lego Hill Climb Adventures is a charming, simplified Trials
Capcom’s Kunitsu-Gami plays like a lost PS2 cult classic
One of the year’s best underrated action thrillers just dropped on Netflix
Schim is like Homeward Bound, but you’re a shadow
Clickolding is a clicker game that looks like a meme but hits hard
Darth Plagueis remains one of the great Star Wars books
The most difficult movie to see of the past decade is now streaming
The first Donald Duck short in 60 years shouldn’t be the last
