Top Game in 2022

Award Totals: 599

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Name

Score

Developers

Publishers

Award Totals

1. Elden Ring

Score: 9.6 / 10
Award Totals: 435 (72.6%)

9.6 / 10

435 / 72.6% (RC: 18)

4. Golden Joystick Awards (UK)

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

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2. God of War Ragnarok

Score: 9.4 / 10
Award Totals: 105 (17.5%)

9.4 / 10

Sony Santa Monica

SIE

105 / 17.5% (RC: 6)

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1. Big Conferance (ES)

2. EE Pocket-lint Awards (UK)

3. 3DJuegos (ES)

4. 3DJuegos (ES, Readers’ Choice)

5. Red Bull (US)

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3. Immortality

Score: 8.8 / 10
Award Totals: 9 (1.5%)

8.8 / 10

Sam Barlow

Half Mermaid Productions

9 / 1.5%

4. Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Score: 8.9 / 10
Award Totals: 7 (1.2%)

8.9 / 10

7 / 1.2%

4. Meristation (ES, Reader’s Choice)

5. Kit & Krysta (US, Reader’s Choice)

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5. Horizon Forbidden West

Score: 8.8 / 10
Award Totals: 6 (1%)

8.8 / 10

Guerrilla Games

SIE

6 / 1%

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1. LaScimmiaPensa (IT)

2. Pure Dead Gaming (UK, Reader’s Choice)

3. Game Chronicles (US)

4. BeyondGaming (BE)

5. StarGamers (NL)

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6. Pentiment

Score: 8.8 / 10
Award Totals: 4 (0.7%)

8.8 / 10

Obsidian Entertainment

Xbox Game Studios

4 / 0.7%

1. Gfinity ESports (US)

Score: 8.6 / 10
Award Totals: 4 (0.7%)

8.6 / 10

Luca Galante

4 / 0.7%

1. Prima Games (US)

2. NoobFeed (US)

3. UK Gaming network (UK)

4. BAFTA Games Awards (UK)

8. A Plague Tale Requiem

Score: 8.2 / 10
Award Totals: 3 (0.5%)

8.2 / 10

Asobo Studio

Focus Home Interactive

3 / 0.5%

Score: 8.2 / 10
Award Totals: 2 (0.3%)

8.2 / 10

Jump Over the Age

Fellow Traveller

2 / 0.3%

1. TheGamer (CA)

2. TCGS (UK)

10. Stray

Score: 8.3 / 10
Award Totals: 2 (0.3%)

8.3 / 10

BlueTwelve Studio

Annapurna Interactive

2 / 0.3%

1. Geek to Geek Media (US)

2. GamingProfessors (CZ)

11. Cult of the Lamb

Score: 8.6 / 10
Award Totals: 2 (0.3%)

8.6 / 10

Massive Monster

Devolver Digital

2 / 0.3%

1. GamesHub (AU)

2. Explosion Network (AU)

12. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Score: 7.6 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

7.6 / 10

Infinity Ward

Activision

1 / 0.2%

1. Columbus Underground (US, Readers’ Choice)

13. Marvel Snap

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

N/A

1 / 0.2%

1. AIPT Comics (US)

14. The Last of Us Part 1

Score: 8.9 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.9 / 10

Naughty Dog

SIE

1 / 0.2%

1. GGRECON (UK)

15. Nightmare Reaper

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

8.2 / 10

Blazing Bit Games

1 / 0.2%

1. DarkZero (UK)

16. Sniper Elite 5

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

7.7 / 10

Rebellion Developments

1 / 0.2%

1. Pixel Bandits (DE)

17. Norco

Score: 8.9 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.9 / 10

Geography of Robots

Raw Fury

1 / 0.2%

1. Aeranerd (BR)

18. Tunic

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

8.5 / 10

Andrew Shouldice

Finji

1 / 0.2%

1. Sidequesting (US)

19. Return to Monkey Island

Score: 8.6 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.6 / 10

Terrible Toybox

Devolver Digital

1 / 0.2%

1. AusGamers (AU)

20. Marvel’s Midnight Suns

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

8.3 / 10

Firaxis Games

1 / 0.2%

1. CBR (CA)

21. F1 22

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

7.9 / 10

Codemasters

EA Sports

1 / 0.2%

1. Digit – SKOAR! (IN)

22. Neon White

Score: 9 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

9 / 10

Angel Matrix

Annapurna Interactive

1 / 0.2%

1. Minimap (AU)

23. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak

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

N/A

1 / 0.2%

1. Japan Game Awards (JP)

24. Wordle

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

N/A

Josh Wardle

Josh Wardle (2021–2022)

1 / 0.2%

1. The Guardian (UK)

25. The Last of Us Part 1

Score: 8.9 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.9 / 10

Naughty Dog

SIE

1 / 0.2%

1. Game Channel (HU)

26. Just Dance 2023

Score: 7.6 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

7.6 / 10

Ubisoft Mumbai

Ubisoft

1 / 0.2%

1. Nerdlicious (BR) (Brazil)

27. Need for Speed Unbound

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

7.7 / 10

Criterion Games

Electronic Arts

1 / 0.2%

1. GamerMatters (MA)

28. PowerWash Simulator

Score: 7.6 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

7.6 / 10

FuturLab

Square Enix

1 / 0.2%

1. Les Inrockuptibles (FR)

29. Rogue Legacy 2

Score: 8.8 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.8 / 10

Cellar Door Games

1 / 0.2%

1. GameGrin (UK)

30. The King of Fighters XV

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

8 / 10

SNK

Koch Media

1 / 0.2%

1. PowerWave83 (IT)

31. Norco

Score: 8.9 / 10
Award Totals: 1 (0.2%)

8.9 / 10

Geography of Robots

Raw Fury

1 / 0.2%

1. Paste Magazine (US)