Best Games of 2022
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Elden RingThe open-world formula rebuilt around curiosity instead of checklists, at a scale no one else has matched.Read the review
God of War RagnarökA bigger, sadder, more talkative sequel that never quite risks as much as its father-and-son core deserves.
A Plague Tale: RequiemThree hundred thousand rats and one devastating sibling story, held back only by stiff stealth.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master DuelTwo decades of Yu-Gi-Oh compressed into a free client that finally makes the rules readable.
Gran Turismo 7The most beautiful driving game ever made, sold with an economy that picked a fight with its own players.
Pokémon Legends: ArceusThe first Pokemon game in twenty five years that changed the verb, and it looks like it cost nothing.
Horizon Forbidden WestTechnically one of the most impressive things on the hardware, and one of the least willing to trust you to notice anything yourself.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3A war between two nations where every soldier lives ten years and the reward for killing is more time, which is the bleakest premise Nintendo has published.
TunicThe real collectible is the instruction manual, and finding a page of it is worth more than any sword in the game.
NBA 2K23The Jordan Challenge is the best thing 2K has ever built, and it sits inside a game that still charges you for a haircut.