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The best video games of 2017

The top 3 according to 33 votes from people: Persona 5 · NieR: Automata · The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. (Updated Nov 12, 2019.)

The 25 best-reviewed games released in 2017 according to Metacritic's critic scores (all platforms). No DLC, expansions or compilations.

gangnamcontroller · · 25 items · 33 votes · 2 comments

Automatically translated (original in 한국어). See the original

Top 20

  1. 1

    Persona 5

    Released April 2017. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  2. 2

    NieR: Automata

    Released March 2017. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  3. 3

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

    Released March 2017. Metascore: 97.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    Super Mario Odyssey

    Released October 2017. Metascore: 97.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  5. 5

    Cave Story Plus

    Released June 2017. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  6. 6

    Divinity: Original Sin II

    Released September 2017. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

    Released April 2017. Metascore: 92.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    Lone Echo

    Released July 2017. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

    Released August 2017. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Raw Data

    Released October 2017. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

    Released March 2017. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

    Released October 2017. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels

    Released May 2017. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  14. 14

    Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

    Released March 2017. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  15. 15

    Horizon Zero Dawn

    Released February 2017. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  16. 16

    What Remains of Edith Finch

    Released April 2017. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  17. 17

    SteamWorld Dig 2

    Released September 2017. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Night in the Woods

    Released February 2017. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    Nex Machina: Death Machine

    Released June 2017. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  20. 20

    Total War: WARHAMMER II

    Released September 2017. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

Candidates

They don't make it into the top 20… yet. Vote for them to move them up.

  1. 21

    F1 2017

    Released August 2017. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  2. 22

    Cuphead

    Released September 2017. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  3. 23

    Nioh

    Released February 2017. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  4. 24

    Injustice 2

    Released May 2017. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  5. 25

    Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

    Released July 2017. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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승현 · 한국어

니어 오토마타가 11위라니 너무 낮아요

이태윤 · 한국어

젤다 야숨 1위 인정합니다. 인생 게임.

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