Best Games of 2019
Disco Elysiumon 6 of 24 rankings2
Outer Wildson 6 of 24 rankings3
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twiceon 4 of 24 rankings4
Hunt: Showdown 1896on 2 of 24 rankings5
Death Strandingon 2 of 24 rankings6
Slay the Spireon 2 of 24 rankings7
Sayonara wild heartson 1 of 24 rankings8
Persona 5 Royalon 1 of 24 rankings9
Apex Legendson 1 of 24 rankings10
Resident Evil 2on 1 of 24 rankings11
Fire Emblem: Three Houseson 1 of 24 rankings12
Devil May Cry 5on 1 of 24 rankings13
Total War: Three Kingdomson 1 of 24 rankings14
Katana ZEROon 1 of 24 rankings15
Teamfight Tacticson 1 of 24 rankings16
Controlon 1 of 24 rankings17
Telling Lieson 1 of 24 rankings18
Oxygen Not Includedon 1 of 24 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 24 independent rankings, recounted 19 October 2026, the best game of 2019 is Disco Elysium, followed by Outer Wilds and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
How this is counted
This chart counts 24 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles released in 2019, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 19 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.
12 of the 24 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.