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The best PC games of 2022

The top 3 according to 951 votes from people: Persona 5 Royal · Elden Ring · God of War. (Updated Mar 28, 2023.)

The 20 best-reviewed PC games released in 2022, according to Metacritic's critic scores. No DLC, expansions or compilations.

Garrett · · 20 items · 951 votes · 2 comments

Top 15

  1. 1

    Persona 5 Royal

    Released October 2022. Metascore: 95.

    ▲ 88 ▼ 9

    79
  2. 2

    Elden Ring

    Released February 2022. Metascore: 94.

    ▲ 76 ▼ 7

    69
  3. 3

    God of War

    Released January 2022. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 66 ▼ 1

    65
  4. 4

    The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero

    Released September 2022. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 48 ▼ 3

    45
  5. 5

    I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

    Released August 2022. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 52 ▼ 8

    44
  6. 6

    The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

    Released April 2022. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 44 ▼ 6

    38
  7. 7

    Chained Echoes

    Released December 2022. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 42 ▼ 6

    36
  8. 8

    Cuphead in the Delicious Last Course

    Released June 2022. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 40 ▼ 6

    34
  9. 9

    Neon White

    Released June 2022. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 36 ▼ 6

    30
  10. 10

    Pentiment

    Released November 2022. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 34 ▼ 4

    30
  11. 11

    NORCO

    Released March 2022. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 38 ▼ 9

    29
  12. 12

    Kynseed

    Released December 2022. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 37 ▼ 9

    28
  13. 13

    Immortality

    Released August 2022. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 34 ▼ 6

    28
  14. 14

    Destiny 2: The Witch Queen

    Released February 2022. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 26 ▼ 4

    22
  15. 15

    Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

    Released November 2022. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 27 ▼ 8

    19

Candidates

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  1. 16

    OlliOlli World

    Released February 2022. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 30 ▼ 12

    18
  2. 17

    Vampire Survivors

    Released October 2022. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 22 ▼ 5

    17
  3. 18

    Monster Hunter Rise

    Released January 2022. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 26 ▼ 12

    14
  4. 19

    Return to Monkey Island

    Released September 2022. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 17 ▼ 10

    7
  5. 20

    Rogue Legacy 2

    Released April 2022. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 21 ▼ 16

    5

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Noah M.

Elden Ring was the GOTY, no contest.

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