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The best video games of 2020

The top 3 according to 13 votes from people: The Last of Us Part II · Half-Life: Alyx · Hades. (Updated Nov 14, 2023.)

The 25 best-reviewed games released in 2020 according to Metacritic's critic scores (all platforms). No DLC, expansions or compilations.

Théo Garnier · · 25 items · 13 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Français). See the original

Top 20

  1. 1

    The Last of Us Part II

    Released June 2020. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 2

    Half-Life: Alyx

    Released March 2020. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  3. 3

    Hades

    Released September 2020. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  4. 4

    Crusader Kings III

    Released September 2020. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons

    Released March 2020. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Final Fantasy VII Remake

    Released April 2020. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    Panzer Corps 2

    Released March 2020. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Released August 2020. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  9. 9

    Demon's Souls

    Released November 2020. Metascore: 92.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  10. 10

    Factorio

    Released August 2020. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  11. 11

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    Released March 2020. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  12. 12

    Dreams

    Released February 2020. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  13. 13

    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2

    Released September 2020. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  14. 14

    Tetris Effect: Connected

    Released November 2020. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    DOOM Eternal

    Released March 2020. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  16. 16

    Omori

    Released December 2020. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  17. 17

    Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate

    Released November 2020. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Legends of Runeterra

    Released April 2020. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    Grindstone

    Released December 2020. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  20. 20

    Spelunky 2

    Released September 2020. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

Candidates

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  1. 21

    F1 2020

    Released July 2020. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  2. 22

    Desperados III

    Released June 2020. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  3. 23

    Monster Train

    Released May 2020. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  4. 24

    A Short Hike

    Released August 2020. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 2

    -1
  5. 25

    Persona 5 Royal

    Released March 2020. Metascore: 95.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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