December is here and 2024 is almost over, but not before some of the year’s biggest games launch just in time for the winter doldrums. My console SSDs are already groaning under the weight of all those downloads. How will I find room for another 350GB of games?

December 2024 is a big month for free-to-play games as well as free-with-Game-Pass releases. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the big holiday blockbuster that is accessible to everyone with a paid Game Pass Ultimate or PC subscription, though fans who want to go hands-on early will still need to shell out extra for the deluxe edition.

Marvel Rivals, meanwhile, will take another fresh stab at the hero shooter genre, while Infinity Nikki takes the cozy sim dress-up RPG series into the open world. Both are fueled by microtransactions instead of up-front price tags. Half of my Xbox Series S drive is already taken up with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, while Star Wars Outlaws, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Metaphor Refantazio are obliterating my PlayStation 5 storage. Hopefully Santa brings me a memory expansion card.

A bunch of other stuff, from console ports to ‘90s-style brawlers, is also coming out this month.