Metacritic’s highest rated games of the year so far has a very unsurprising title at the top

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We’re midway by the 12 months now, and to mark the event Metacritic has highlighted the highest-rated video games of 2023 to this point.


As a lot as I do not wish to give it some thought for the sake of my very own sanity, it’s now July, which implies we have had six full months stuffed with video video games. Not all of them have been superb clearly, however there have been loads of unbelievable ones – and Metacritic has kindly proven us the highest 20 highest rated video games that have been launched between January 1 and June 30. As famous by Metacritic, “titles are ranked by their Metascores (previous to rounding) as of June 28, 2023 and should have a minimal of seven critiques from skilled critics to be eligible for inclusion.”

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Here is the total checklist, the primary spot belonging to a sport that possible will not shock anybody:

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Swap) – 96
  2. Metroid Prime Remastered (Swap) – 94
  3. Resident Evil 4 Remake (PS5) – 93
  4. Avenue Fighter 6 (PS5) – 92
  5. Useless House (PS5) – 89
  6. Ultimate Fantasy XVI (PS5) – 88
  7. Theatrhythm Ultimate Bar Line (Swap) – 87
  8. Hello-Fi Rush (Xbox Collection X) – 87
  9. Diablo IV (PC) – 87
  10. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PS5) – 85
  11. Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo (Swap) – 85
  12. Humanity (PS5) – 85
  13. A House For The Unbound (Swap) – 85
  14. Octopath Traveler II (Swap) – 84
  15. The Homicide of Sonic the Hedgehog (PC) – 84
  16. Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) – 84
  17. Cassette Beasts (PC) – 84
  18. Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society (Swap) – 83
  19. Age of Wonders 4 (PC) – 83
  20. Doomblade (PC) – 83


It was all the time going to be Tears of the Kingdom on the prime, with it additionally sitting as one of many highest rated video games of all time on OpenCritic. Different video games like Metroid Prime Remastered and Resident Evil 4 Remake additionally not being big surprises, contemplating they’re each extremely regarded video games within the first place.


Metacritic additionally famous that “multi-game compilations and newly launched ports of video games launched in recent times on different platforms are excluded,” until they’re very completely different from earlier releases (i.e., like Metroid Prime, which had an enormous visible overhaul).


You may additionally discover that there are some multiplatform entries which might be listed beneath PS5 – Metacritic wrote that it opted to checklist “solely the model receiving the biggest complete variety of critiques (normally, however not all the time, the PS5 or PS4 model).” As famous by Destructoid, this left Hello-Fi Rush as the one Xbox Collection X title listed, however hey, it is a rattling good one to have on there.