Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,400 most recommended games across 920 critic lists from 146 publications.
Updated: October 16, 2026
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2019
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#1 Disco Elysium (2019) (#60)
ZA/UM
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MAC,
WIN
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Role-Playing
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~24h
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54 lists
#2 Outer Wilds (2019) (#67)
Mobius Digital
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4
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Action-Adventure
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~17h
|
56 lists
#3 Death Stranding (2019) (#211)
Kojima Productions
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WIN,
PS4
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Action-Adventure
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~40h
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41 lists
#4 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019) (#214)
FromSoftware
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4
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Action-Adventure
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~30h
|
48 lists
#5 Control (2019) (#217)
Remedy Entertainment
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4
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Action-Adventure
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~12h
|
48 lists
#6 Resident Evil 2 (2019) (#221)
Capcom Development Division 1
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4
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Horror
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~9h
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43 lists
#7 Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) (#289)
Intelligent Systems
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SW
|
Tactical RPG
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~49h
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37 lists
#8 Apex Legends (2019) (#400)
Respawn Entertainment
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4
|
First-Person Shooter /
Battle Royale
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~33h
|
31 lists
#9 Slay the Spire (2019) (#404)
Mega Crit Games
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3,
iOS,
AND,
XB1,
PS4,
SW
|
Roguelike
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~12h
|
18 lists
#10 Untitled Goose Game (2019) (#484)
House House
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MAC,
WIN,
XB1,
PS4,
SW
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Role-Playing /
Puzzle /
Stealth
|
~3h
|
31 lists
#11 The Outer Worlds (2019) (#663)
Obsidian Entertainment
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4,
SW
|
Action RPG
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~13h
|
25 lists
#12 Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019) (#665)
Next Level Games, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 6
|
SW
|
Action-Adventure
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~13h
|
20 lists
#13 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019) (#695)
Respawn Entertainment
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4
|
Action-Adventure
|
~17h
|
23 lists
#14 A Plague Tale: Innocence (2019) (#712)
Asobo Studio
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4
|
Action-Adventure /
Stealth
|
~11h
|
15 lists
#15 Baba Is You (2019) (#720)
hempuli
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3,
SW
|
Puzzle
|
~8h
|
18 lists
#16 Mortal Kombat 11 (2019) (#783)
NetherRealm Studios
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4,
SW
|
Fighting
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~6h
|
15 lists
#17 Beat Saber (2019) (#786)
Beat Games, Hyperbolic Magnetism
|
WIN,
PS4,
PS5,
VR
|
Music
|
~6h
|
7 lists
#18 Anno 1800 (2019) (#866)
Ubisoft Blue Byte
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WIN
|
Real-Time Strategy /
City Building
|
~16h
|
2 lists
#19 Sayonara Wild Hearts (2019) (#931)
Simogo
|
MAC,
WIN,
iOS,
XB1,
PS4,
SW
|
Action /
Music
|
~1h
|
17 lists
#20 Pokémon Sword/Shield (2019) (#960)
Game Freak
|
SW
|
Role-Playing
|
~26h
|
15 lists
#21 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) (#1014)
Grezzo
|
SW
|
Action-Adventure
|
~14h
|
15 lists
#22 Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) (#1045)
Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10
|
SW
|
Platform
|
~8h
|
13 lists
#23 Devil May Cry 5 (2019) (#1047)
Capcom Development Division 1
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4
|
Hack and Slash /
Action-Adventure
|
~11h
|
16 lists
#24 Gears 5 (2019) (#1094)
The Coalition
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WIN,
XB1
|
Third-Person Shooter
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~11h
|
10 lists
#25 Metro Exodus (2019) (#1148)
4A Games
|
WIN,
XB1,
PS4
|
First-Person Shooter
|
~16h
|
6 lists
#26 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2019) (#1204)
Vanillaware
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PS4
|
Adventure /
Real-Time Strategy
|
~31h
|
7 lists
#27 Telling Lies (2019) (#1262)
Furious Bee Limited, Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow
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MAC,
WIN,
iOS,
XB1,
PS4,
SW
|
Interactive Drama
|
~4h
|
13 lists
#28 Hypnospace Outlaw (2019) (#1264)
Michael Lasch, Tendershoot, ThatWhichIs Media
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3,
XB1,
PS4,
SW
|
Simulation /
Puzzle
|
~6h
|
8 lists
#29 Life Is Strange 2 (2019) (#1328)
DON'T NOD
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WIN,
XB1,
PS4
|
Adventure
|
~16h
|
7 lists
#30 Total War: Three Kingdoms (2019) (#1371)
The Creative Assembly
|
3
|
Real-Time Tactics /
Turn-Based Strategy
|
~45h
|
5 lists
#31 Dota Auto Chess / Auto Chess (2019) (#1373)
Drodo Studio
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3
|
Strategy
|
2 lists
#32 Heaven's Vault (2019) (#1390)
inkle
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WIN,
PS4
|
Adventure
|
~16h
|
4 lists
#33 Pathologic 2 (2019) (#1396)
Ice-Pick Lodge
|
WIN,
XB1,
PS4
|
Role-Playing
|
3 lists
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