Top Game in 2021

3. TechTudo (BR, Readers’ Choice)

2. Resident Evil Village

Score: 8.4 / 10
Award Totals: 60 (13.6%)

8.4 / 10

60 / 13.6%

4. Golden Joystick Awards (UK, Readers’ Choice)

5. Weekly Recon (CA, Readers’ Choice)

3. Forza Horizon 5

Score: 9.2 / 10
Award Totals: 55 (12.4%)

9.2 / 10

Playground Games

55 / 12.4%

2. Premios Xataka Orange (ES)

1. IGN (US)

3. 3DJuegos (ES, Readers’ Choice)

4. But Why Tho? (US)

5. IGN (US)

4. Deathloop

Score: 8.8 / 10
Award Totals: 40 (9%)

8.8 / 10

Arkane Lyon

Bethesda Softworks

40 / 9%

1. Golden Joystick Awards (UK)

2. Entertainment.ie (IE)

3. Overplay (BR)

4. UAGNA (IT)

5. Vigiato (IR, Readers’ Choice)

5. Metroid Dread

Score: 8.8 / 10
Award Totals: 37 (8.4%)

8.8 / 10

MercurySteam

Nintendo

37 / 8.4%

2. Premios Xataka Orange (ES, Readers’ Choice)

1. Xataka México (MX)

3. Xataka México (MX)

4. NME (UK)

5. Vigiato (IR)

6. Halo Infinite

Score: 8.7 / 10
Award Totals: 30 (6.8%)

8.7 / 10

343 Industries

30 / 6.8%

1. IGN (US, Reader’s Choice)

2. The Game Awards Players’ Voice (US, Readers’ Choice)

3. Dexterto (UK)

4. Game Informer (US)

5. IGN (US, Reader’s Choice)

7. Returnal

Score: 8.6 / 10
Award Totals: 22 (5%)

8.6 / 10

Housemarque

SIE

22 / 5%

8. Psychonauts 2

Score: 8.7 / 10
Award Totals: 19 (4.3%)

8.7 / 10

Double Fine

19 / 4.3%

9. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Score: 8.8 / 10
Award Totals: 19 (4.3%)

8.8 / 10

Insomniac Games

SIE

19 / 4.3%

4. GamePro (DE, Readers’ Choice)

1. Trusted Reviews (UK)

2. Paste Magazine (US)

3. Esquire (US)

5. Root Nation (RU)

10. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

Score: 8 / 10
Award Totals: 14 (3.2%)

8 / 10

Eidos-Montréal

Bandai Namco Entertainment

14 / 3.2%

11. Inscryption

Score: 8.5 / 10
Award Totals: 10 (2.3%)

8.5 / 10

Daniel Mullins Games

Devolver Digital

10 / 2.3%

12. Tales of Arise

Score: 8.7 / 10
Award Totals: 4 (0.9%)

8.7 / 10

Bandai Namco Studios

4 / 0.9%

1. Noisy Pixel (US, Readers’ Choice)

2. Gaak (FR)

3. Game*Spark (JP, Readers’ Choice)

4. Gamerwk (ID)

13. Unpacking

Score: 8.4 / 10
Award Totals: 3 (0.7%)

8.4 / 10

3 / 0.7%

3. BAFTA Games Awards (UK, Readers’ Choice)

14. Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Score: 9 / 10
Award Totals: 3 (0.7%)

9 / 10

3 / 0.7%

15. Shin Megami Tensei V

Score: 8.4 / 10
Award Totals: 3 (0.7%)

8.4 / 10

Atlus

3 / 0.7%

1. Reno Gazette Journal (US)

2. Way Too Many Games (US)

3. Siliconera (US)

16. Kena: Bridge of Spirits

Score: 8.1 / 10
Award Totals: 3 (0.7%)

8.1 / 10

Ember Lab

3 / 0.7%

1. Houston Press (US)

2. DualShockers (UK)

3. Afisha Daily (RU)

17. Age of Empires IV

Score: 8.1 / 10
Award Totals: 2 (0.5%)

8.1 / 10

Relic Entertainment

2. Gameswelt (DE, Readers’ Choice)

2 / 0.5%

1. Konbini (FR)

18. Lost Judgment

Score: 8.2 / 10
Award Totals: 2 (0.5%)

8.2 / 10

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

SEGA

2 / 0.5%

1. Akihabara Blues (ES, Readers’ Choice)

2. Gamer-info (RU)

19. Monster Hunter Rise

Score: 8.8 / 10
Award Totals: 2 (0.5%)

8.8 / 10

Capcom

2 / 0.5%

1. Fextralife (US)

2. Famitsu (JP)

20. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Score: 9.7 / 10
Award Totals: 2 (0.5%)

9.7 / 10

ZA/UM

2 / 0.5%

1. Violet Gamers (IR)

2. PS Arena (IR)

21. Neo: The World Ends with You

Score: 8.2 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.2 / 10

h.a.n.d.

1. Kanobu (RU, Readers’ Choice)

1 / 0.2%

1. Noisy Pixel (US)

22. The Forgotten City

Score: 8.5 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.5 / 10

Modern Storyteller

Dear Villagers

1 / 0.2%

1. TheGamer (CA)

23. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Score: N/A
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

N/A

Capcom

1 / 0.2%

1. Ode to Games (US)

24. Wildermyth

Score: N/A
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

N/A

Worldwalker Games

WhisperGames

1 / 0.2%

1. Vulture (US)

25. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

Score: N/A
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

N/A

Owlcat Games

META Publishing

1 / 0.2%

26. Blue Reflection: Second Light

Score: 7.8 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

7.8 / 10

Gust

Koei Tecmo

1 / 0.2%

1. Digitally Downloaded (AU)

27. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Score: N/A
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

N/A

ILCA

Nintendo

1 / 0.2%

1. Game Mania (NL, Readers’ Choice)

28. Out of Line

Score: N/A
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

N/A

NerdMonkeys

Hatinh Interactive

1 / 0.2%

1. Nerdlicious (BR) (Brazil)

29. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

Score: 9.2 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

9.2 / 10

Square Enix Creative Business Unit III

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

1 / 0.2%

1. SXSW Gaming Awards (US)

30. Jurassic World Evolution 2

Score: 7.9 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

7.9 / 10

Frontier Developments

1 / 0.2%

1. GameSpace (US)

31. Back 4 Blood

Score: 7.7 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

7.7 / 10

Turtle Rock Studios

1 / 0.2%

1. The Horizon (US)

32. Before Your Eyes

Score: 7.7 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

7.7 / 10

GoodbyeWorld Games

Skybound Games

1 / 0.2%

1. Slant Magazine (US)

33. Loop Hero

Score: 8.2 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.2 / 10

Four Quarters

Devolver Digital

1 / 0.2%

1. GameGrin (UK)

34. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…

Score: 8.3 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.3 / 10

Toylogic

Bandai Namco Entertainment

1 / 0.2%

1. GameLuster (US)

35. Old World

Score: N/A
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

N/A

Mohawk Games

hooded horse

1 / 0.2%

1. Quarter to Three (US)

36. Scarlet Nexus

Score: 8 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8 / 10

Bandai Namco Studios

1 / 0.2%

1. NoobFeed (US)

37. The Artful Escape

Score: 8.1 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.1 / 10

Beethoven & Dinosaur

Annapurna Interactive

1 / 0.2%

1. LA Times (US)

38. Emily Is Away <3

Score: N/A
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

N/A

Kyle Seeley

1 / 0.2%

1. That Nerdy Site (US)

39. Black Book

Score: 7.5 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

7.5 / 10

Morteshka

HypeTrain Digital

1 / 0.2%

1. 3DNews (RU)

40. Valheim

Score: N/A
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

N/A

Iron Gate Studio

Coffee Stain Publishing

1 / 0.2%

1. GDC Awards (US, Readers’ Choice)

41. Death’s Door

Score: 8.5 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.5 / 10

Acid Nerve

Devolver Digital

1 / 0.2%

1. Checkpoint (AU)

42. Far Cry 6

Score: 7.3 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

7.3 / 10

Ubisoft Toronto

Ubisoft

1 / 0.2%

1. EFTM (AU)

43. Hitman 3

Score: 8.4 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.4 / 10

IO Interactive

1 / 0.2%

1. Hot Press (IE)

44. Life Is Strange: True Colors

Score: 8.1 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.1 / 10

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