# The best Wii U games

The 25 Wii U games with the highest critic scores on Metacritic, the weighted average of professional reviews. Expansions and compilations left out.

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## Top 20

1. **The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2017. Metascore: 96.
2. **Super Mario 3D World** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2013. Metascore: 93.
3. **Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2014. Metascore: 92.
4. **Rayman Legends** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2013. Metascore: 92.
5. **Bayonetta 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2014. Metascore: 91.
6. **The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2013. Metascore: 90.
7. **Skylanders Swap Force** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2013. Metascore: 89.
8. **Axiom Verge** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2016. Metascore: 89.
9. **Mario Kart 8** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2014. Metascore: 88.
10. **Super Mario Maker** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2015. Metascore: 88.
11. **Shovel Knight** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 2014. Metascore: 88.
12. **Skylanders SuperChargers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2015. Metascore: 87.
13. **SteamWorld Heist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2016. Metascore: 87.
14. **Pikmin 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2013. Metascore: 87.
15. **Need for Speed: Most Wanted** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2013. Metascore: 86.
16. **Bayonetta** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2014. Metascore: 86.
17. **The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2016. Metascore: 86.
18. **Mass Effect 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2012. Metascore: 85.
19. **Assassin's Creed III** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2012. Metascore: 85.
20. **NBA 2K13** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2012. Metascore: 85.
21. **Darksiders II** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2012. Metascore: 85.
22. **Shantae and the Pirate's Curse** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2014. Metascore: 85.
23. **Freedom Planet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2015. Metascore: 84.
24. **Trine 2: Director's Cut** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2012. Metascore: 84.
25. **Child of Light** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2014. Metascore: 84.
26. **Splatoon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shooter from Nintendo (2015) in which squids conquer the terrain with paint; the beginning of a great series.
27. **Xenoblade Chronicles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Open world RPG from Monolith Soft (2015) on the planet Mira, featuring giant mechs.

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