50 Best Games of the 2020s

Welcome to the continuously changing list of the best games I’ve played since 2020. New or backlog games that can make the cut, will get a post on the blog and bump incumbents off of the bottom.

RankTitleYear
1Elden Ring2022
2Baldur’s Gate 32023
3Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom2023
4Hades2020
5Cyberpunk 20772020
6Inscryption2021
7Balatro2024
8God of War Ragnarök2022
9Animal Well2024
10V Rising2022
11Citizen Sleeper2022
12Astro Bot2024
13Blue Prince2025
14Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown2024
15Hollow Knight: Silksong2025
16Indiana Jones and the Great Circle2024
17Death’s Door2021
18The Last of Us Part 22020
19Lies of P2023
20Dredge2023
21Call of Duty: Warzone2020
22Arc Raiders2025
23Cult of the Lamb2022
24Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart2021
25Hitman 32021
26Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales2020
27Vampire Survivors2021
28Tunic2022
29Kingdom Come Deliverance 22025
30Cocoon2023
31Ori and the Will of the Wisps2020
32Helldivers 22024
33Alan Wake 22023
34Hades ||2025
35Dome Keeper2022
36Pentiment2022
37Tinykin2022
38Sifu2022
39Bionic Bay2025
40Absolum2025
41Nobody Saves the World2022
42Teardown2022
43Lost in Random: The Eternal Die2025
44Deathloop2021
45Neva2024
46Split Fiction2025
47Dave the Diver2023
48Ghost of Tsushima2020
49God of War Valhalla2023
50Horizon Forbidden West2022

Change log

DateTitleYear
Jan ’26OlliOlli World2022
Nov ’25Forza Horizon 52021
Nov ’25Half-Life: Alyx2020
Oct ’25Streets of Rage 42020
Aug ’25Stray2022
May ’25Star Wars Jedi: Survivor2023
May ’25Spider-Man 22023
Apr ’25TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge2022
Apr ’25Metroid Dread2021
Apr ’25Valheim2021