The Best PC Games Of 2022 According To Metacritic
By Darryn Bonthuys on December 6, 2022 at 6:00AM PST
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It has been a fascinating year for PC gaming, as the platform has shown off its strength as a versatile system for all manner of games. Between original games finding an audience through early-access programs, plenty of ports, and hundreds of indie titles, it was easy to be paralyzed with choice in 2022 if you were a PC gamer.
One of the more noteworthy stories in the PC gaming space this year was the number of PlayStation ports that were made available. Sony has traditionally kept its titles exclusively on its PlayStation consoles, but this year, it released an even greater number of PS4 and PS5 games on PC thanks to the efforts of specialist studio Nixxes. God of War, Insomniac’s Spider-Man games, and Uncharted all made a big splash, looking better than ever when rendered with the right hardware.
So which games were, according to the numbers from GameSpot’s sister site Metacritic, the best then? The most critically acclaimed titles for 2022 encompass a wide variety of genres, studios, and ideas, but if there is a running theme here, it’s that games with rich stories and strong narratives were the most beloved by critics and players. We’ve rounded up the best-scoring games of the year below, with the top spot going not to Elden Ring, but rather a game that many consider to be the best work of interactive fiction that Japanese developer Atlus has ever produced.
Persona 5 has been one of the most captivating JRPGs since it first launched in 2016, and with its latest upgrade, it won’t be losing that title anytime soon. The best version of a lengthy and stylish adventure, Persona 5 Royal landed on multiple platforms this year and brought with it clever tweaks, new social elements, extra plot, and subtle changes that makes the game capable of devouring dozens of hours of your time.
Metascore: 95 | Read our Persona 5 Royal review
God of War
God of War
2022 has been a paradigm shift for Sony, as several more of its PlayStation-exclusive games have made a successful hop over to PC. With PC porting specialist Nixxes leading the charge, PC players got a chance to dive into the gloriously brutal world of 2018’s God of War, a beautifully vicious and emotional rollercoaster that looked better than ever on that platform.
Metascore: 93 | Read our God of War review