The best games of the 2020s
We ranked 2,088 2020s games that have at least 10 player ratings on IGDB. Elden Ring (2022) comes out on top with an average of 95/100 from 2,305 players. The list covers releases from 2020 to 2026.
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Elden Ring2022 · Series X|S, PS4, Switch 2952,305 ratings - 2
Baldur's Gate III2023 · Stadia, Series X|S, Linux951,630 ratings - 3
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom2023 · Switch94926 ratings - 4
The Last of Us Part II2020 · PS4, PS5931,810 ratings - 5
God of War Ragnarök2022 · PS4, PC, PS5931,175 ratings - 6
Hades2020 · Series X|S, PS4, PC911,774 ratings - 7
Resident Evil 42023 · Series X|S, PS4, Switch 292691 ratings - 8
Ghost of Tsushima2020 · PS4, PS5901,142 ratings - 9
Hollow Knight: Silksong2025 · Series X|S, PS4, Linux91511 ratings - 10
It Takes Two2021 · Series X|S, PS4, Switch 2891,169 ratings - 11
Clair Obscur: Expedition 332025 · Series X|S, PC, PS589967 ratings - 12
Half-Life: Alyx2020 · Steam VR93261 ratings - 13
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II2025 · Series X|S, Switch 2, PC93270 ratings - 14
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut2021 · Stadia, Series X|S, PS493234 ratings - 15
Ori and the Will of the Wisps2020 · Series X|S, PC, XONE89591 ratings - 16
Resident Evil Requiem2026 · Series X|S, Switch 2, PC90338 ratings - 17
Alan Wake II2023 · Series X|S, PC, PS590331 ratings - 18
Final Fantasy VII Remake2020 · Series X|S, PS4, Switch 289509 ratings - 19
Forza Horizon 52021 · Series X|S, PC, PS589367 ratings - 20
Super Mario Bros. Wonder2023 · Switch91223 ratings - 21
Balatro2024 · Series X|S, PS4, Switch 289399 ratings - 22
Astro Bot2024 · PS592172 ratings - 23
Horizon Forbidden West2022 · PS4, PC, PS589393 ratings - 24
Split Fiction2025 · Series X|S, Switch 2, PC90246 ratings - 25
Black Mesa2020 · Linux, PC88556 ratings - 26
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut2021 · PS4, PC, PS589280 ratings - 27
Silent Hill 22024 · Series X|S, PC, PS589299 ratings - 28
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart2021 · PC, PS588327 ratings - 29
Demon's Souls2020 · PS589224 ratings - 30
Hades II2025 · Series X|S, Switch 2, PC91172 ratings - 31
The Last of Us Part II Remastered2024 · PC, PS590211 ratings - 32
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle2024 · Series X|S, Switch 2, PC89235 ratings - 33
Black Myth: Wukong2024 · Series X|S, PC, PS588247 ratings - 34
Animal Crossing: New Horizons2020 · Switch86509 ratings - 35
Doom Eternal2020 · Stadia, Series X|S, PS485776 ratings - 36
Valheim2026 · Series X|S, Linux, Switch 287302 ratings - 37
The Last of Us Part I2022 · PC, PS585819 ratings - 38
Path of Exile 22024 · Series X|S, PC, PS588214 ratings - 39
Resident Evil Village2021 · Stadia, Series X|S, PS485612 ratings - 40
Vampire Survivors2022 · Series X|S, PS4, Linux86392 ratings - 41
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth2024 · Series X|S, Switch 2, PC89165 ratings - 42
Death Stranding: Director's Cut2021 · Series X|S, PC, iOS90152 ratings - 43
Tunic2022 · Series X|S, PS4, Switch 287257 ratings - 44
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach2025 · PC, PS591122 ratings - 45
Dead Space2023 · Series X|S, PC, PS587242 ratings - 46
Final Fantasy XVI2023 · Series X|S, PC, PS587223 ratings - 47
Psychonauts 22021 · Series X|S, PS4, Linux87214 ratings - 48
Dispatch2025 · Series X|S, browser, Switch 286301 ratings - 49
Crusader Kings III2020 · Series X|S, Linux, PC87201 ratings - 50
Factorio2020 · Linux, Switch 2, PC86310 ratings
How this list is ranked: IGDB player ratings, weighted by how many people rated each game (a Bayesian average with a prior of 100 ratings), so a game with a handful of perfect scores doesn't outrank a classic rated by thousands. Only games with at least 10 ratings; editions and re-releases are folded into the original. Numbers shown are the raw average rating (0–100) and the rating count.