🏆 Game of the Year 2022: The Best Games

2022 delivered one of the strongest gaming years in recent memory. These are the highest-rated releases of the year, ranked by combined critic and player scores.

1. 1

   Elden Ring2022

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

   God of War Ragnarök2022

   93 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
3. 3

   Sunflower Land2022

   92 / 100Simulator
4. 4

   Horizon Forbidden West2022

   89 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
5. 5

   The Case of the Golden Idol2022

   88 / 100Point-and-clickPuzzleAdventure
6. 6

   Xenoblade Chronicles 32022

   88 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
7. 7

   Tunic2022

   87 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
8. 8

   Immortality2022

   87 / 100Point-and-clickSimulatorIndie
9. 9

   Pentiment2022

   86 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Adventure
10. 10

    Vampire Survivors2022

    86 / 100Role-playing (RPG)AdventureIndie
11. 11

    Return to Monkey Island2022

    86 / 100Point-and-clickPuzzleAdventure
12. 12

    AI: The Somnium Files - Nirvana Initiative2022

    86 / 100PuzzleAdventureVisual Novel