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The best video games of 2009

The top 3 according to 25 votes from people: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves · Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars · Street Fighter IV. (Updated Jul 3, 2020.)

The 25 best-reviewed games released in 2009 according to Metacritic's critic scores (all platforms). No DLC, expansions or compilations.

Florian Rousseau · · 25 items · 25 votes · 11 comments

Automatically translated (original in Français). See the original

Top 20

  1. 1

    Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

    Released October 2009. Metascore: 96.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

    Released March 2009. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  3. 3

    Street Fighter IV

    Released February 2009. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    Forza Motorsport 3

    Released October 2009. Metascore: 92.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  5. 5

    FIFA Soccer 10

    Released October 2009. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    The Beatles: Rock Band

    Released September 2009. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Shadow Complex

    Released August 2009. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Batman: Arkham Asylum

    Released August 2009. Metascore: 92.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    Empire: Total War

    Released March 2009. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    NHL 10

    Released September 2009. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Critter Crunch

    Released October 2009. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

    Released November 2009. Metascore: 94.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  13. 13

    MLB 09: The Show

    Released March 2009. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  14. 14

    Flipnote Studio

    Released August 2009. Metascore: 93.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    Killzone 2

    Released February 2009. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  16. 16

    Assassin's Creed II

    Released November 2009. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  17. 17

    Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

    Released September 2009. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Demon's Souls

    Released October 2009. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    Left 4 Dead 2

    Released November 2009. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  20. 20

    Plants vs. Zombies

    Released May 2009. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

Candidates

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  1. 21

    Football Manager 2010

    Released November 2009. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  2. 22

    New Super Mario Bros. Wii

    Released November 2009. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  3. 23

    Fight Night Round 4

    Released June 2009. Metascore: 87.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  4. 24

    Wipeout HD Fury

    Released July 2009. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  5. 25

    Peggle

    Released March 2009. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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Comments (11)

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Gilles Renard · Français

Uncharted 2, le meilleur de la série.

gourmande_lyon · Français

Batman Arkham Asylum a tout changé pour les jeux de super-héros.

la_guitare · Français

Street Fighter IV a relancé la baston.

astronome_errant · Français

Modern Warfare 2, les soirées en ligne interminables.

rockeur.nocturne · Français

Batman Arkham Asylum a changé les jeux de super-héros.

Julien André · Français

Flipnote Studio dans un top des jeux ? 😅

Sarah B. · Français

Les listes Metacritic sont bizarres parfois.

Geneviève Gagnon · Français

Demon's Souls de 2009 manque, le début des Souls !

Alexandre G. · Français

Uncharted 2, la scène du train, un chef-d'œuvre.

Raphaël Perrin · Français

Assassin's Creed II et Ezio, mon préféré.

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