Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2020
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#1 Hades (2020) (#44)
Supergiant Games | MAC, WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5, SW | Action RPG / Roguelike | ~23h | 49 lists
#2 The Last of Us Part II (2020) (#54)
Naughty Dog | PS4 | Action-Adventure | ~24h | 42 lists
#3 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020) (#144)
Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5 | SW | Life Simulation | ~61h | 44 lists
#4 Half-Life: Alyx (2020) (#168)
Valve | VR | First-Person Shooter | ~12h | 17 lists
#5 Ghost of Tsushima (2020) (#342)
Sucker Punch Productions | PS4 | Action-Adventure | ~25h | 27 lists
#6 Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020) (#382)
Moon Studios | WIN, XB1, XBXS, SW | Action-Adventure / Metroidvania | ~12h | 24 lists
#7 Crusader Kings III (2020) (#428)
Paradox Development Studio | 3 | Role-Playing / Grand Strategy | ~76h | 8 lists
#8 Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) (#435)
CD Projekt RED | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Action RPG | ~26h | 10 lists
#9 Doom Eternal (2020) (#467)
id Software | WIN, XB1, PS4 | First-Person Shooter | ~14h | 21 lists
#10 Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) (#513)
Square Enix Creative Business Unit I | PS4 | Action RPG | ~32h | 28 lists
#11 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) (#517)
Asobo Studio | WIN, XBXS | Flight Simulation | ~26h | 10 lists
#12 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020) (#544)
Insomniac Games | PS4, PS5 | Action-Adventure | ~8h | 26 lists
#13 Spelunky 2 (2020) (#548)
BlitWorks, Mossmouth | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, SW | Roguelike / Platform | ~27h | 10 lists
#14 Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020) (#551)
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5 | Role-Playing | ~46h | 16 lists
#15 Factorio (2020) (#705)
Wube Software | 3, SW | Real-Time Strategy / Construction & Management | ~50h | 1 lists
#16 Desperados III (2020) (#729)
Mimimi Games | 3, XB1, PS4 | Real-Time Tactics | ~27h | 4 lists
#17 Genshin Impact (2020) (#746)
Cognosphere, HoYoverse | WIN, iOS, AND, PS4 | Action RPG | ~69h | 8 lists
#18 Through the Darkest of Times (2020) (#786)
Paintbucket Games | MAC, WIN, iOS, AND, XB1, PS4, SW | Strategy | ~7h | 2 lists
#19 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (2020) (#856)
Ubisoft Montreal | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5 | Action RPG | ~61h | 16 lists
#20 Fall Guys (2020) (#884)
Mediatonic | WIN, PS4 | Platform / Battle Royale | ~10h | 16 lists
#21 Astro's Playroom (2020) (#977)
SIE Japan Studio | PS5 | Platform | ~3h | 11 lists
#1
#44
Hades
2020
#2
#54
#3
#144
#4
#168
Half-Life: Alyx
2020
#5
#342
Ghost of Tsushima
2020
#6
#382
#7
#428
Crusader Kings III
2020
#8
#435
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
#9
#467
Doom Eternal
2020
#10
#513
#11
#517
#12
#544
#13
#548
Spelunky 2
2020
#14
#551
#15
#705
Factorio
2020
#16
#729
Desperados III
2020
#17
#746
Genshin Impact
2020
#18
#786
#19
#856
#20
#884
Fall Guys
2020
#21
#977
Astro's Playroom
2020
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