What to Play

Many games are huge. Others are endless. Some are so exciting that they swallow our news feeds whole. That’s where Polygon’s What to Play comes in: We curate the best, most innovative, and most intriguing games on every platform, so you can spend less time searching, and more time playing.

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Sentient pots pose together in Kiln.
5 great Xbox games to play this April

A new cyberpunk thriller and multiplayer pottery battles headline Xbox's April

Some Miis jump for joy in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
7 great new Switch 2 games to play in April

Spring has sprung a pretty interesting crop

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5 great PlayStation 5 games to play in April

Sci-fi fans are going to be eatin' good this spring

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An image of Chai jumping up over a city skyline in Hi-Fi Rush. The city is filled with colorful buildings and signs and the sky is blue. We can see a giant metal V structure in the distance.
3 great games we can't wait to get back to playing this weekend

Featuring some blasts from the past

A view of part of Bellabel Park in Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The 25 best Switch 2 games

Here’s what you should be playing on Nintendo’s new console

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5 new free games on Steam you can play right now

And they're all rated positively by players

A battle mage raises a blue magic shield as an adversary attacks from the left in Immortals of Aveum
3 great games on Xbox Game Pass we wish got sequels

Some one-and-done gems await

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Atlas Fallen strikes a giant golden eagle
3 great games we can't wait to get back to playing this weekend

Good weather or bad this weekend, I'm going to be on my couch gaming. Let's be real

A young exorcist does a stylish and colorful sword attack in a screenshot from Homura Hime
This anime hack-and-slash is here to fill the Nier-sized hole in your life

Hack-and-slash combat meets bullet hell intensity in Homura Hime

Claire Redfield fires her pistol at a flashlight-illuminated Tyrant while a Licker scurries along the ceiling of the Raccoon City Police Department in a screenshot from Resident Evil 2 (remake)
3 amazing games to play on Xbox Game Pass this weekend

Saturday can't come soon enough

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10 new video games to play in March

007 First Light and Saros have been delayed, but it's still a stacked month

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Steam Next Fest starts today — here are 10 demos you can't miss

Record shop management, match-3 warfare, and skateboarding trains

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So'lek in Frontiers of Pandora
3 amazing games just hit Xbox Game Pass this month

Stop, please, our backlogs can only take so much

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Ro stands by a riverbank in Death Howl
2025's hardest game gets a second chance on consoles today

Death Howl draws on the language of Soulslikes to create a moody, challenging tactics game

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Tokugawa Takechiyo as a ninja in Nioh 3 fighting against an enemy on horseback.
Help, there are too many good new video games to play!

We're here to help you tame your backlog

Commander Shepard and Liara sharing an intimate moment in Mass Effect
3 Xbox Game Pass games with the best romances

Love is in the air, and in the games

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The 3 Resident Evil games you should play before Requiem

This is the Resident Evil 101 class you need to attend before jumping into Requiem

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Saquon Barkley breaking out of a tackle in a screenshot from Madden NFL 26
3 Xbox Game Pass games to play instead of watching the Super Bowl this weekend

Ah, excuse me, the BIG GAME

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Spider-Man poses inside a concrete pipe at a construction site in Homecoming
Ahead of Marvel's next Spider-Man movie, you need to rewatch Homecoming

Good news: it's streaming for free on Tubi

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3 amazing games hit Xbox Game Pass this month

Dig into Game Pass' first crop of new additions for 2026