🚀 The Best Games of the 2020s (So Far)

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From Elden Ring to Baldur's Gate 3: the 2020s are already stacked with all-time greats. These are the decade's highest-rated releases so far, ranked by combined critic and player scores.

How selective is this list?

15 of 217 games meet the criteria

Release span
2020–2026
Median year
2022
from 2015 or later
100%
Median rating
81/100

Counted live in the IGDB games database on this page’s last build.

  1. 1Cover of Elden Ring

    Elden Ring2022

    95 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
  2. 2Cover of Baldur's Gate III

    Baldur's Gate III2023

    95 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  3. 3Cover of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom2023

    94 / 100PuzzleAdventure
  4. 4Cover of Half-Life: Alyx

    Half-Life: Alyx2020

    93 / 100ShooterPuzzleAdventure
  5. 5Cover of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance II2025

    93 / 100Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorAdventure
  6. 6Cover of God of War Ragnarök

    God of War Ragnarök2022

    93 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
  7. 7Cover of The Last of Us Part II

    The Last of Us Part II2020

    93 / 100ShooterAdventure
  8. 8Cover of Astro Bot

    Astro Bot2024

    92 / 100PlatformAdventure
  9. 9Cover of Hades

    Hades2020

    91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
  10. 10Cover of Super Mario Bros. Wonder

    Super Mario Bros. Wonder2023

    91 / 100Platform
  11. 11Cover of Hollow Knight: Silksong

    Hollow Knight: Silksong2025

    91 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie
  12. 12Cover of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

    Death Stranding 2: On the Beach2025

    91 / 100ShooterAdventure
  13. 13Cover of Hades II

    Hades II2025

    91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
  14. 14Cover of Split Fiction

    Split Fiction2025

    90 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
  15. 15Cover of Metaphor: ReFantazio

    Metaphor: ReFantazio2024

    90 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure

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