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 2022
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#1 Elden Ring (2022) (#16)
FromSoftware | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5 | Action RPG | ~60h | 54 lists
#2 God of War Ragnarök (2022) (#271)
SIE Santa Monica Studio | PS4, PS5 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~26h | 37 lists
#3 Immortality (2022) (#389)
Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow | MAC, WIN, iOS, AND, XBXS | Interactive Drama | ~6h | 26 lists
#4 Pentiment (2022) (#584)
Obsidian Entertainment | WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5, SW | Adventure / Role-Playing | ~15h | 22 lists
#5 Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022) (#588)
HAL Laboratory | SW | Platform | ~10h | 19 lists
#6 Stray (2022) (#644)
BlueTwelve Studio | MAC, WIN, XB1, XBXS, PS4, PS5 | Adventure | ~5h | 23 lists
#7 Total War: Warhammer III (2022) (#670)
The Creative Assembly | 3 | Real-Time Tactics / Turn-Based Strategy | ~34h | 7 lists
#8 Splatoon 3 (2022) (#745)
Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5 | SW | Third-Person Shooter | ~8h | 7 lists
#9 Dorfromantik (2022) (#819)
Toukana Interactive | WIN, SW | Strategy / Puzzle | ~5h | 5 lists
#10 Return to Monkey Island (2022) (#869)
Terrible Toybox | 3, SW, PS5, XBXS | Point-and-Click | ~10h | 10 lists
#11 Vampire Survivors (2022) (#888)
Poncle | MAC, WIN, iOS, AND, XB1, XBXS, SW | Shooter / Roguelike | ~15h | 26 lists
#1
#16
Elden Ring
2022
#2
#271
God of War Ragnarök
2022
#3
#389
Immortality
2022
#4
#584
Pentiment
2022
#5
#588
#6
#644
Stray
2022
#7
#670
#8
#745
Splatoon 3
2022
#9
#819
Dorfromantik
2022
#10
#869
#11
#888
Vampire Survivors
2022
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