The best video games of 2010
The top 3 according to 250 votes from people: Super Mario Galaxy 2 · Mass Effect 2 · Rock Band 3. (Updated Jun 5, 2019.)
The 25 best-reviewed games released in 2010 according to Metacritic's critic scores (all platforms). No DLC, expansions or compilations.
Top 20
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1
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Released May 2010. Metascore: 98.
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2
Mass Effect 2
Released January 2010. Metascore: 96.
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3
Rock Band 3
Released October 2010. Metascore: 93.
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4
Red Dead Redemption
Released May 2010. Metascore: 95.
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5
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Released July 2010. Metascore: 93.
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6
God of War III
Released March 2010. Metascore: 92.
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7
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Released December 2010. Metascore: 90.
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8
Super Meat Boy
Released October 2010. Metascore: 90.
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9
MLB 10: The Show
Released March 2010. Metascore: 91.
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10
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Released September 2010. Metascore: 90.
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11
Pinball FX 2
Released October 2010. Metascore: 88.
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12
Halo: Reach
Released September 2010. Metascore: 91.
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13
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Released March 2010. Metascore: 88.
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14
LIMBO
Released July 2010. Metascore: 90.
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15
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Released November 2010. Metascore: 89.
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16
Cave Story
Released March 2010. Metascore: 89.
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17
BioShock 2
Released February 2010. Metascore: 88.
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18
NBA 2K11
Released October 2010. Metascore: 89.
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19
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
Released July 2010. Metascore: 89.
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20
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam
Released December 2010. Metascore: 88.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 20… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
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21
Art of Balance
Released February 2010. Metascore: 88.
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22
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Released June 2010. Metascore: 89.
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23
FIFA Soccer 11
Released September 2010. Metascore: 88.
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24
Bayonetta
Released January 2010. Metascore: 90.
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25
NHL 11
Released September 2010. Metascore: 88.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (4)
Super Meat Boy nearly broke my controller lol
LIMBO's atmosphere was something else back then
Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead Redemption in the same year. 2010 was stacked.
MLB 10: The Show at #7 says a lot about how these lists are made (Metacritic)