Best games of 2022

2022 was quite a year for video games. This is the definitive list of the best games released in 2022, ranked by critic and player scores — for PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC, with store links.

The 25 best 2022 games

1. 1

   Elden Ring (2022)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

   95
2. 2

   Patrick's Parabox (2022)

   PC — Steam ↗

   93
3. 3

   Vampire Survivors (2022)

   Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

   93
4. 4

   A Castle Full of Cats (2022)

   PC — Steam ↗

   93
5. 5

   Lil Gator Game (2022)

   Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

   93
6. 6

   Wobbledogs (2022)

   Nintendo · PC — Nintendo ↗ · Steam ↗

   93
7. 7

   Entropy: Zero 2 (2022)

   PC

   93
8. 8

   A Building Full of Cats (2022)

   PC

   93
9. 9

   Lost in Play (2022)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

   92
10. 10

    Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
11. 11

    The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero (2022)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    92
12. 12

    The Case of the Golden Idol (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
13. 13

    Fear & Hunger 2: Termina (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
14. 14

    Moss: Book II (2022)

    PlayStation · PC — Steam ↗

    92
15. 15

    Tinykin (2022)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    92
16. 16

    Trombone Champ (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
17. 17

    The Looker (2022)

    PC

    92
18. 18

    Sucker for Love: First Date (2022)

    PC

    92
19. 19

    Beacon Pines (2022)

    Nintendo · PC

    92
20. 20

    Placid Plastic Duck Simulator (2022)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    92
21. 21

    Monument Valley: Panoramic Edition (2022)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

    92
22. 22

    Cultic (2022)

    PC

    92
23. 23

    Goat Simulator 3 (2022)

    PlayStation · PC

    92
24. 24

    Chop Goblins (2022)

    PC

    92
25. 25

    The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection (2022)

    PC

    92

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.