# The best video games of 2008

The 25 best-reviewed games released in 2008 according to Metacritic's critic scores (all platforms). No DLC, expansions or compilations.

- 60 votes · 25 items
- May 17, 2020 · sofia_noscope
- https://even.best/en/l/940/the-best-video-games-of-2008

## Top 20

1. **LittleBigPlanet** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Released October 2008. Metascore: 95.
2. **Super Smash Bros. Brawl** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Released March 2008. Metascore: 93.
3. **Portal: Still Alive** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Released October 2008. Metascore: 90.
4. **Grand Theft Auto IV** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Released April 2008. Metascore: 98.
5. **Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Released June 2008. Metascore: 94.
6. **Fable II** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Released October 2008. Metascore: 89.
7. **Dead Space** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Released October 2008. Metascore: 89.
8. **The World Ends with You** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Released April 2008. Metascore: 88.
9. **Braid** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Released August 2008. Metascore: 93.
10. **Fallout 3** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Released October 2008. Metascore: 93.
11. **Gears of War 2** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Released November 2008. Metascore: 93.
12. **Chrono Trigger** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Released November 2008. Metascore: 92.
13. **God of War: Chains of Olympus** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Released March 2008. Metascore: 91.
14. **Rez** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Released January 2008. Metascore: 89.
15. **Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Released April 2008. Metascore: 89.
16. **Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released April 2008. Metascore: 92.
17. **World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released November 2008. Metascore: 91.
18. **Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released July 2008. Metascore: 90.
19. **Left 4 Dead** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released November 2008. Metascore: 89.
20. **Burnout Paradise** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released January 2008. Metascore: 88.
21. **NHL 09** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released September 2008. Metascore: 88.
22. **Rock Band 2** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Released September 2008. Metascore: 92.
23. **World of Goo** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Released October 2008. Metascore: 90.
24. **Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Released December 2008. Metascore: 90.
25. **Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2008. Metascore: 88.

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