# The best video games of 2022

The 25 best-reviewed games released in 2022 according to Metacritic's critic scores (all platforms). No DLC, expansions or compilations.

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- Jan 7, 2023 · gg.wandering
- https://even.best/en/l/244/the-best-video-games-of-2022

## Top 20

1. **Elden Ring** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2022. Metascore: 96.
2. **God of War: Ragnarok** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2022. Metascore: 94.
3. **I Was a Teenage Exocolonist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2022. Metascore: 91.
4. **Chained Echoes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2022. Metascore: 90.
5. **The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2022. Metascore: 90.
6. **Neon White** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 2022. Metascore: 89.
7. **Xenoblade Chronicles 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2022. Metascore: 89.
8. **Kynseed** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2022. Metascore: 89.
9. **Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2022. Metascore: 89.
10. **Cuphead in the Delicious Last Course** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 2022. Metascore: 89.
11. **NORCO** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2022. Metascore: 89.
12. **The Last of Us Part I** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2022. Metascore: 89.
13. **Rogue Legacy 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2022. Metascore: 88.
14. **Horizon Forbidden West** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2022. Metascore: 88.
15. **Gran Turismo 7** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2022. Metascore: 87.
16. **Immortality** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2022. Metascore: 87.
17. **Return to Monkey Island** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2022. Metascore: 87.
18. **The Last Friend** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2022. Metascore: 86.
19. **Vampire Survivors** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2022. Metascore: 86.
20. **Destiny 2: The Witch Queen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2022. Metascore: 86.
21. **Pentiment** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2022. Metascore: 86.
22. **Bayonetta 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2022. Metascore: 86.
23. **Total War: WARHAMMER III** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2022. Metascore: 86.
24. **Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2022. Metascore: 85.
25. **Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 2022. Metascore: 85.

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