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 2020
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#1 Hades (2020) (#45)
Supergiant Games | MAC, WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5, SW | Action RPG / Roguelike | ~23h | 50 lists
#2 The Last of Us Part II (2020) (#54)
Naughty Dog | PS4 | Action-Adventure | ~24h | 44 lists
#3 Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020) (#128)
Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5 | SW | Life Simulation | ~61h | 46 lists
#4 Half-Life: Alyx (2020) (#175)
Valve | VR | First-Person Shooter | ~12h | 18 lists
#5 Ghost of Tsushima (2020) (#385)
Sucker Punch Productions | PS4 | Action-Adventure | ~25h | 28 lists
#6 Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2020) (#436)
Moon Studios | WIN, XB1, XBXS, SW | Action-Adventure / Metroidvania | ~12h | 25 lists
#7 Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) (#508)
CD Projekt RED | WIN, XB1, PS4 | Action RPG | ~26h | 11 lists
#8 Doom Eternal (2020) (#510)
id Software | WIN, XB1, PS4 | First-Person Shooter | ~14h | 22 lists
#9 Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) (#538)
Square Enix Creative Business Unit I | PS4 | Action RPG | ~32h | 29 lists
#10 Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020) (#553)
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5 | Role-Playing | ~46h | 17 lists
#11 Crusader Kings III (2020) (#560)
Paradox Development Studio | 3 | Role-Playing / Grand Strategy | ~76h | 8 lists
#12 Spelunky 2 (2020) (#569)
BlitWorks, Mossmouth | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, SW | Roguelike / Platform | ~27h | 10 lists
#13 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) (#581)
Asobo Studio | WIN, XBXS | Flight Simulation | ~26h | 11 lists
#14 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020) (#582)
Insomniac Games | PS4, PS5 | Action-Adventure | ~8h | 26 lists
#15 Factorio (2020) (#600)
Wube Software | 3, SW | Real-Time Strategy / Construction & Management | ~50h | 2 lists
#16 Genshin Impact (2020) (#773)
Cognosphere, HoYoverse | WIN, iOS, AND, PS4 | Action RPG | ~69h | 9 lists
#17 Assassin's Creed Valhalla (2020) (#933)
Ubisoft Montreal | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5 | Action RPG | ~61h | 17 lists
#18 Fall Guys (2020) (#937)
Mediatonic | WIN, PS4 | Platform / Battle Royale | ~10h | 16 lists
#19 Astro's Playroom (2020) (#993)
SIE Japan Studio | PS5 | Platform | ~3h | 11 lists
#1
#45
Hades
2020
#2
#54
#3
#128
#4
#175
Half-Life: Alyx
2020
#5
#385
Ghost of Tsushima
2020
#6
#436
#7
#508
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
#8
#510
Doom Eternal
2020
#9
#538
#10
#553
#11
#560
Crusader Kings III
2020
#12
#569
Spelunky 2
2020
#13
#581
#14
#582
#15
#600
Factorio
2020
#16
#773
Genshin Impact
2020
#17
#933
#18
#937
Fall Guys
2020
#19
#993
Astro's Playroom
2020
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