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
41Saros2026
42Nobody Saves the World2022
43Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound2025
44Teardown2022
45Lost in Random: The Eternal Die2025
46Deathloop2021
47Neva2024
48Split Fiction2025
49Dave the Diver2023
50Ghost of Tsushima2020

Change log

DateTitleYear
May ’26God of War: Ragnarök2022
Mar ’26Horizon Forbidden West2022
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