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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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![A person is on fire, and three people in 18th century garb look on, in a screenshot from The Case of the Golden Idol.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/EToUEGfikMUVIfSAdp5grhINxTs=/0x0:1920x1080/1200x800/filters:focal(566x218:872x524)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73056044/ss_ca307de7f24032327368d7d1718833331e481cc8.7.jpg)
![Into the Breach art depicting a mech and its pilot looking over the wreckage of an Earth city](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/6gkcVMehybNua0YsWHpbsED1aSo=/0x0:1280x720/1200x800/filters:focal(628x114:832x318)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73397317/ITB_large.0.png)
![The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom; a shirtless Link skydiving into Hyrule](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/lzoJ63QzvJzZet2fE5JuAC-ftd8=/0x0:1920x1080/1200x800/filters:focal(807x387:1113x693)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61132857/Tears_of_the_Kingdom_Shrine_map_header.23.png)
![The player character from Hyper Light drawing their sword with gigantic robots in the distance.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Dxcqd0n27_FgzsxOPouy9ACul9Y=/0x0:1500x1000/1200x800/filters:focal(630x380:870x620)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/70550641/hyper-light-drifter-retro-is-back.14.jpg)
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