🥇 Game of the Year 2021: The Best Games
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The year of co-op surprises and racing perfection: these are 2021's highest-rated games, ranked by combined critic and player scores.
This list is ranked by combined critic and player scores. Who actually collected the most Game of the Year awards in 2021 is a different question — Meta Awards counted them across thousands of outlets, and It Takes Two and Forza Horizon 5 came out on top.
How selective is this list?
12 of 68 games meet the criteria
- Release span
- 2021–2021
- Median year
- 2021
- from 2015 or later
- 100%
- Median rating
- 79/100
Counted live in the IGDB games database on this page’s last build.
- 1
Toem2021
90 / 100PuzzleAdventureIndie - 2
It Takes Two2021
89 / 100PlatformPuzzleAdventure🛋️ Split-screen up to 2 - 3
Forza Horizon 52021
89 / 100Racing - 4
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart2021
88 / 100ShooterPlatformAdventure - 5
Psychonauts 22021
87 / 100PlatformAdventure - 6
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous2021
87 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTactical - 7
Returnal2021
86 / 100Shooter - 8
Resident Evil Village2021
85 / 100ShooterAdventure - 9
The Forgotten City2021
85 / 100Role-playing (RPG)AdventureIndie - 10
Deathloop2021
85 / 100ShooterAdventure - 11
Hitman 32021
85 / 100ShooterTacticalAdventure - 12
Tales of Arise2021
85 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure