Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,400 most recommended games across 913 critic lists from 142 publications.
Updated: March 25, 2026
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2022
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#1 Elden Ring (2022) (#20)
FromSoftware
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WIN
,
XB1,
XBXS
,
PS4,
PS5
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Action RPG
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~60h
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56 lists
#2 God of War Ragnarök (2022) (#299)
SIE Santa Monica Studio
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PS4,
PS5
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Hack and Slash /
Action-Adventure
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~26h
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37 lists
#3 Immortality (2022) (#446)
Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow
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MAC,
WIN
,
iOS,
AND
,
XBXS
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Interactive Drama
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~6h
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26 lists
#4 Pentiment (2022) (#461)
Obsidian Entertainment
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WIN
,
XB1,
XBXS
,
PS4,
PS5
,
SW
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Adventure /
Role-Playing
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~15h
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23 lists
#5 Tunic (2022) (#621)
Andrew Shouldice
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MAC,
WIN
,
XB1,
XBXS
,
PS4,
PS5
,
SW
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Action-Adventure
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~12h
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26 lists
#6 Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022) (#683)
HAL Laboratory
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SW
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Platform
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~10h
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19 lists
#7 Stray (2022) (#737)
BlueTwelve Studio
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MAC,
WIN
,
XB1,
XBXS
,
PS4,
PS5
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Adventure
|
~5h
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23 lists
#8 Total War: Warhammer III (2022) (#768)
The Creative Assembly
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3
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Real-Time Tactics /
Turn-Based Strategy
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~33h
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7 lists
#9 Splatoon 3 (2022) (#893)
Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5
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SW
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Third-Person Shooter
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~8h
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7 lists
#10 Vampire Survivors (2022) (#922)
Poncle
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MAC,
WIN
,
iOS,
AND
,
XB1,
XBXS
,
SW
|
Shooter /
Roguelike
|
~15h
|
26 lists
#11 Dorfromantik (2022) (#925)
Toukana Interactive
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WIN
,
SW
|
Strategy /
Puzzle
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~5h
|
5 lists
#12 Return to Monkey Island (2022) (#982)
Terrible Toybox
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3
,
SW
,
PS5
,
XBXS
|
Point-and-Click
|
~10h
|
10 lists
#13 Neon White (2022) (#1089)
Ben Esposito
|
WIN
,
PS4,
PS5
,
SW
|
Puzzle-Platformer /
First-Person Shooter
|
~10h
|
22 lists
#14 Citizen Sleeper (2022) (#1123)
Jump Over the Age
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WIN
,
XB1,
XBXS
,
SW
|
Role-Playing
|
~7h
|
13 lists
#15 Horizon Forbidden West (2022) (#1127)
Guerrilla Games
|
PS4,
PS5
|
Action RPG
|
~29h
|
24 lists
#16 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022) (#1142)
Monolith Soft
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SW
|
Action RPG
|
~62h
|
19 lists
#17 Norco (2022) (#1242)
Geography of Robots
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MAC,
WIN
,
XB1,
XBXS
,
PS4,
PS5
|
Adventure
|
~6h
|
12 lists
#18 Marvel Snap (2022) (#1291)
Second Dinner
|
MAC,
WIN
,
iOS,
AND
|
Party
|
~101h
|
23 lists
#1
#20
Elden Ring
2022
#2
#299
God of War Ragnarök
2022
#3
#446
Immortality
2022
#4
#461
Pentiment
2022
#5
#621
Tunic
2022
#6
#683
#7
#737
Stray
2022
#8
#768
#9
#893
Splatoon 3
2022
#10
#922
Vampire Survivors
2022
#11
#925
Dorfromantik
2022
#12
#982
#13
#1089
Neon White
2022
#14
#1123
Citizen Sleeper
2022
#15
#1127
#16
#1142
#17
#1242
Norco
2022
#18
#1291
Marvel Snap
2022
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