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The best PS5 games of 2021

The top 3 according to 41 votes from people: Hades · Disco Elysium: The Final Cut · Guilty Gear -Strive-. (Updated May 7, 2024.)

The 20 best-reviewed PS5 games released in 2021, according to Metacritic's critic scores. No DLC, expansions or compilations.

Jasmin Schmitz · · 21 items · 41 votes · 8 comments · updated May 7, 2024

Automatically translated (original in Deutsch). See the original

Top 15

  1. 1

    Hades

    Released August 2021. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  2. 2

    Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

    Released March 2021. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  3. 3

    Guilty Gear -Strive-

    Released June 2021. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  4. 4

    Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

    Released June 2021. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  5. 5

    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2

    Released March 2021. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

    Released June 2021. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Chicory: A Colorful Tale

    Released June 2021. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Tales of Arise

    Released September 2021. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    The Forgotten City

    Released July 2021. Metascore: 85.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    F1 2021

    Released July 2021. Metascore: 84.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  11. 11

    Deathloop

    Released September 2021. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  12. 12

    It Takes Two

    Released March 2021. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Returnal

    Released April 2021. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  14. 14

    Resident Evil Village

    Released May 2021. Metascore: 84.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  15. 15

    Yakuza: Like a Dragon

    Released March 2021. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0

Candidates

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  1. 16

    Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut

    Released August 2021. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  2. 17

    Chivalry 2

    Released June 2021. Metascore: 85.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  3. 18

    Death Stranding: Director's Cut

    Released September 2021. Metascore: 85.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  4. 19

    Hitman 3

    Released January 2021. Metascore: 84.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  5. 20

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits

    Action-adventure from the Ember Lab studio (2021) with an animated film look.

    Added by staffel_hannover · ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  6. 21

    Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

    Released March 2021. Metascore: 86.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 3

    -2

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Comments (8)

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vinyl_nuernberg · Deutsch

Death Stranding Director's Cut, man liebt es oder hasst es.

Manuel W. · Deutsch

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, die Ladezeiten der PS5 sinnvoll genutzt.

Annika Bauer · Deutsch

It Takes Two mit meiner Freundin gespielt, wir haben uns nur einmal gestritten 😂

bastler · Deutsch

Hades auch auf PS5 Spitze, was für ein Spiel.

Miriam Werner · Deutsch

Tales of Arise war eine schöne Überraschung.

Johanna Winkler · Deutsch

Resident Evil Village, Lady Dimitrescu 😅

Michael Koch · Deutsch

Returnal ist brutal schwer, aber genial.

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