Best games of 2021

2021 was quite a year for video games. This is the definitive list of the best games released in 2021, ranked by critic and player scores — for PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC, with store links.

The 25 best 2021 games

1. 1

   The Chronicles Of Myrtana: Archolos (2021)

   PC — Steam ↗

   93
2. 2

   Word Game: Episode 0 (2021)

   PC

   93
3. 3

   Before Your Eyes (2021)

   PC — Steam ↗

   92
4. 4

   Dyson Sphere Program (2021)

   PC — Steam ↗

   92
5. 5

   Webbed (2021)

   Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

   92
6. 6

   Bad End Theater (2021)

   PC

   92
7. 7

   Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (2021)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

   92
8. 8

   Dogs Organized Neatly (2021)

   PC

   92
9. 9

   Milo and the Magpies (2021)

   PC

   92
10. 10

    Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (2021)

    Nintendo · PC

    92
11. 11

    Madness: Project Nexus (2021)

    PC

    92
12. 12

    Portal Reloaded (2021)

    PC — Steam ↗

    91
13. 13

    Impostor Factory (2021)

    PC — Steam ↗

    91
14. 14

    UNBEATABLE [white label] (2021)

    PC — Steam ↗

    91
15. 15

    The Forgotten City (2021)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗ · Steam ↗

    91
16. 16

    Cruelty Squad (2021)

    PC — Steam ↗

    91
17. 17

    OPUS: Echo of Starsong (2021)

    Nintendo · PC

    91
18. 18

    If On A Winter’s Night, Four Travelers (2021)

    PC

    91
19. 19

    Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk (2021)

    PC

    91
20. 20

    Northern Journey (2021)

    PC

    91
21. 21

    Mitoza (2021)

    PC

    91
22. 22

    SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER (2021)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    91
23. 23

    Voidigo (2021)

    PC

    91
24. 24

    Find Love or Die Trying (2021)

    PC

    91
25. 25

    Cleo - a pirate's tale (2021)

    PC

    91

How this list was built: we start from a catalog of 20,827 PlayStation, Nintendo and PC games, then filter and sort by score — the critic score (Metacritic or IGDB) where it exists, the player score in the exceptions (hover a score to see its source). It is updated along with the catalog.