# The best video games of 2012

The 25 best-reviewed games released in 2012 according to Metacritic's critic scores (all platforms). No DLC, expansions or compilations.

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- Dec 12, 2019 · labrat
- https://even.best/en/l/234/the-best-video-games-of-2012

## Top 20

1. **Persona 4 Golden** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2012. Metascore: 93.
2. **Mass Effect 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2012. Metascore: 93.
3. **Journey** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2012. Metascore: 92.
4. **Trials Evolution** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2012. Metascore: 90.
5. **Mark of the Ninja** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2012. Metascore: 90.
6. **Okami HD** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2012. Metascore: 90.
7. **Guild Wars 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2012. Metascore: 90.
8. **FIFA Soccer 13** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2012. Metascore: 90.
9. **Borderlands 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2012. Metascore: 89.
10. **The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2012. Metascore: 89.
11. **Fez** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2012. Metascore: 89.
12. **XCOM: Enemy Unknown** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2012. Metascore: 89.
13. **Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2012. Metascore: 89.
14. **Colors! 3D** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2012. Metascore: 89.
15. **Dishonored** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2012. Metascore: 88.
16. **Far Cry 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2012. Metascore: 88.
17. **Torchlight II** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2012. Metascore: 88.
18. **Thirty Flights of Loving** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2012. Metascore: 88.
19. **The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2012. Metascore: 88.
20. **Diablo III** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2012. Metascore: 88.
21. **LittleBigPlanet PS Vita** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2012. Metascore: 88.
22. **NBA 2K13** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2012. Metascore: 88.
23. **Halo 4** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2012. Metascore: 87.
24. **Battlefield 3: Armored Kill** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2012. Metascore: 87.
25. **MLB 12: The Show** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2012. Metascore: 87.

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