🚀 The Best Games of the 2020s (So Far)

From Elden Ring to Baldur's Gate 3: the 2020s are already stacked with all-time greats. These are the decade's highest-rated releases so far, ranked by combined critic and player scores.

1. 1

   Elden Ring2022

   95 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
2. 2

   Baldur's Gate III2023

   95 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
3. 3

   The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom2023

   94 / 100PuzzleAdventure
4. 4

   Kingdom Come: Deliverance II2025

   93 / 100Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorAdventure
5. 5

   Half-Life: Alyx2020

   93 / 100ShooterPuzzleAdventure
6. 6

   God of War Ragnarök2022

   93 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
7. 7

   The Last of Us Part II2020

   93 / 100ShooterAdventure
8. 8

   Astro Bot2024

   92 / 100PlatformAdventure
9. 9

   Death Stranding 2: On the Beach2025

   91 / 100ShooterAdventure
10. 10

    Hades2020

    91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
11. 11

    Super Mario Bros. Wonder2023

    91 / 100Platform
12. 12

    Hollow Knight: Silksong2025

    91 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie
13. 13

    Hades II2025

    91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
14. 14

    Ghost of Tsushima2020

    90 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
15. 15

    Split Fiction2025

    90 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2