Even with The Last of Us Part II winning the multiple Game of the Year awards, the title of highest rated game of 2020 across all platforms was Persona 5 Royal according to aggregator site Metacritic, scoring a 95, which is frankly quite a ridiculously high score considering the game is just an updated re-release.
In Metacritic’s Best Video Games of 2020 feature, Persona 5 Royal tops the list this year. Last year, Resident Evil 2 took home the prize with a 93, Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018 with a 97, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in 2017 with a 97.
Here is the full list this year:
- Persona 5 Royal – 95
- The Last of Us Part II – 93
- Dragon Quest XI – 93
- Hades – 93
- Half-Life: Alyx – 93
Metacritic also published their top rated games per platform and you can see the top 10 list below:
PlayStation 4
- Persona 5 Royal
- The Last of Us Part II
- Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition
- Dreams
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
- Pistol Whip
- Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Doom Eternal
- Spelunky 2
PlayStation 5
- Demon’s Souls
- Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition
- Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Overcooked! All You Can Eat
- Astro’s Playroom
- WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship
- Planet Coaster: Console Edition
- Dirt 5
Xbox One
- Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition
- F1 2020
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Yakuza 0
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Doom Eternal
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
- Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
- Huntdown
- Planet Coaster: Console Edition
Xbox Series
- Tetris Effect: Connected
- Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition
- Planet Coaster: Console Edition
- Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Gears Tactics
- Dirt 5
- Immortals: Fenyx Rising
- NBA 2K21
- Observer: System Redux
Switch
- Hades
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
- A Short Hike
- Super Mega Baseball 3
- Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
- Streets of Rage 4
- Huntdown
- Heroes of Hammerwatch – Ultimate Edition
PC
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Hades
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Crusader Kings III
- Spelunky 2
- There is no game – Wrong Dimension
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection – Halo 3
- F1 2020
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