Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 904 critic lists from 141 publications.
Updated: February 3, 2026
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2018
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#1 God of War (2018) (#29)
SIE Santa Monica Studio | WIN, PS4 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~21h | 87 lists
#2 Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) (#38)
Rockstar Games | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Action-Adventure | ~51h | 82 lists
#3 Return of the Obra Dinn (2018) (#97)
Lucas Pope | MAC, WIN, XB1, PS4, SW | Adventure / Puzzle | ~8h | 47 lists
#4 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) (#99)
Bandai Namco Studios, Sora | SW | Fighting | ~24h | 55 lists
#5 Celeste (2018) (#138)
Extremely OK Games | 3, XB1, PS4, SW | Platform | ~8h | 57 lists
#6 Tetris Effect (2018) (#166)
Monstars Inc., Resonair | WIN, PS4, PSVR, VR | Puzzle | ~3h | 42 lists
#7 Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) (#182)
Insomniac Games | WIN, PS4, PS5 | Action-Adventure | ~17h | 54 lists
#8 Monster Hunter: World (2018) (#198)
Capcom | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Action RPG | ~46h | 44 lists
#9 Into the Breach (2018) (#219)
Subset Games | MAC, WIN, SW | Turn-Based Strategy | ~6h | 36 lists
#10 Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018) (#302)
Ubisoft Québec | WIN, XB1, PS4, SW | Action RPG | ~46h | 35 lists
#11 Forza Horizon 4 (2018) (#419)
Playground Games | WIN, XB1 | Racing | ~15h | 25 lists
#12 Hitman 2 (2018) (#438)
IO Interactive | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Stealth | ~10h | 20 lists
#13 Dead Cells (2018) (#492)
Evil Empire, Motion Twin | 3, XB1, PS4, SW | Roguelike / Metroidvania | ~14h | 29 lists
#14 Florence (2018) (#499)
Mountains | iOS, AND | ~42m | 20 lists
#15 Subnautica (2018) (#624)
Unknown Worlds | MAC, WIN, XB1, PS4 | Survival / Action-Adventure | ~30h | 12 lists
#16 Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018) (#712)
SIE Japan Studio | PSVR | Platform | ~7h | 15 lists
#17 Gris (2018) (#834)
Nomada Studio | MAC, WIN, SW | Action-Adventure | ~4h | 9 lists
#18 Dragon Quest Builders 2 (2018) (#883)
Omega Force, Square Enix Business Division 5 | WIN, PS4, SW | Sandbox / Action RPG | ~55h | 6 lists
#19 Sea of Thieves (2018) (#948)
Rare | WIN, XB1 | Action-Adventure | ~44h | 6 lists
#20 Among Us (2018) (#958)
Innersloth | WIN, iOS, AND | Party | ~9h | 11 lists
#1
#29
God of War
2018
#2
#38
#3
#97
#4
#99
#5
#138
Celeste
2018
#6
#166
Tetris Effect
2018
#7
#182
Marvel's Spider-Man
2018
#8
#198
#9
#219
Into the Breach
2018
#10
#302
#11
#419
Forza Horizon 4
2018
#12
#438
Hitman 2
2018
#13
#492
Dead Cells
2018
#14
#499
Florence
2018
#15
#624
Subnautica
2018
#16
#712
#17
#834
Gris
2018
#18
#883
#19
#948
Sea of Thieves
2018
#20
#958
Among Us
2018
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