If you ask me — and you’re reading this, so yes, implicitly, you are — the best game to launch on the PlayStation 5 in 2024 is Astro Bot. No disrespect to Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth (also great) or any other console exclusives, but Team Asobi’s joyful platformer is full of the right stuff — and it’s discounted for the first time ever. Best Buy, Amazon, and the PlayStation Store are all offering a Black Friday deal on Astro Bot, dropping from $59.99 to $49.99.
Astro Bot gets its first discount for Black Friday
This PS5 gem makes for a great stocking stuffer



Cameron Faulkner (he/him) is Polygon’s commerce editor. He’s a product expert who began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023.
Astro Bot
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Astro Bot is as much an homage to Mario 3D platformers as it is an ad for the PS5’s hardware and a museum of characters and references from games that have graced PlayStation hardware over the past 30 years. It’s one of Polygon’s GOTY 2024 challengers, and has earned a GOTY nomination by The Game Awards.
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