Best Games of 2022
Elden Ringon 21 of 33 rankings2
The Last of Us Part Ion 4 of 33 rankings3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3on 2 of 33 rankings4
God of War Ragnarökon 2 of 33 rankings5
Horizon Forbidden Weston 1 of 33 rankings6
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxeon 1 of 33 rankings7
Neon Whiteon 1 of 33 rankings8
Sifuon 1 of 33 rankings9
A Plague Tale: Requiemon 1 of 33 rankings10
Astlibra Revisionon 1 of 33 rankings11
Dune awakeningon 1 of 33 rankings12
Marvel's Midnight Sunson 1 of 33 rankings13
Strayon 1 of 33 rankings14
Hogwarts Legacyon 1 of 33 rankings15
Victoria 3on 1 of 33 rankings16
Rafton 1 of 33 rankings17
Brotatoon 1 of 33 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 33 independent rankings, recounted 19 October 2026, the best game of 2022 is Elden Ring, followed by The Last of Us Part I and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
How this is counted
This chart counts 33 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles released in 2022, 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 33 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.