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The best PC games of 2021

The top 3 according to 6 votes from people: Disco Elysium: The Final Cut · Chicory: A Colorful Tale · It Takes Two. (Updated Dec 21, 2022.)

The 20 best-reviewed PC games released in 2021, according to Metacritic's critic scores. No DLC, expansions or compilations.

Stefano Pellegrino · · 22 items · 6 votes · 3 comments · updated Dec 21, 2022

Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original

Top 15

  1. 1

    Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

    Released March 2021. Metascore: 97.

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    1
  2. 2

    Chicory: A Colorful Tale

    Released June 2021. Metascore: 90.

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    1
  3. 3

    It Takes Two

    Released March 2021. Metascore: 89.

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  4. 4

    The Forgotten City

    Released July 2021. Metascore: 85.

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    1
  5. 5

    Football Manager 2022

    Released November 2021. Metascore: 85.

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    1
  6. 6

    Forza Horizon 5

    Released November 2021. Metascore: 91.

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  7. 7

    Psychonauts 2

    Released August 2021. Metascore: 89.

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  8. 8

    Streets of Rage 4: Mr. X Nightmare

    Released July 2021. Metascore: 88.

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  9. 9

    Hitman 3

    Released January 2021. Metascore: 87.

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  10. 10

    Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

    Released October 2021. Metascore: 87.

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  11. 11

    Mini Motorways

    Released July 2021. Metascore: 87.

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  12. 12

    Deathloop

    Released September 2021. Metascore: 87.

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  13. 13

    The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

    Released November 2021. Metascore: 86.

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  14. 14

    Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

    Released December 2021. Metascore: 86.

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  15. 15

    Wildermyth

    Released June 2021. Metascore: 86.

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Candidates

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  1. 16

    ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights

    Released June 2021. Metascore: 86.

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  2. 17

    Inscryption

    Released October 2021. Metascore: 85.

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    0
  3. 18

    Guilty Gear -Strive-

    Released June 2021. Metascore: 85.

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  4. 19

    Death's Door

    Released July 2021. Metascore: 85.

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    0
  5. 20

    Loop Hero

    Four Quarters (2021) roguelike in which you build the hero's path with cards.

    Added by Simona Bianco · ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  6. 21

    Valheim

    Viking Survival by Iron Gate (2021), 10 million copies in a few weeks in early access.

    Added by Simona Bianco · ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  7. 22

    F1 2021

    Released July 2021. Metascore: 86.

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Comments (3)

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baribrunchclub · Italiano

Inscryption mi ha sconvolto, che gioco strano e geniale.

Andrea Bianchi · Italiano

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut con voces para todo, mejoró algo que ya era perfecto.

Simona Bianco · Italiano

Mancano Valheim e Loop Hero, due giochi enormi del 2021!

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