Best RPGs of 2022
Elden Ringon 21 of 27 rankings2
Xenoblade Chronicles 3on 2 of 27 rankings3
God of War Ragnarökon 2 of 27 rankings4
Horizon Forbidden Weston 1 of 27 rankings5
A Plague Tale: Requiemon 1 of 27 rankings6
Astlibra Revisionon 1 of 27 rankings7
Dune awakeningon 1 of 27 rankings8
Hogwarts Legacyon 1 of 27 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 27 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best RPG of 2022 is Elden Ring, followed by Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and God of War Ragnarök.
How this is counted
This chart counts 27 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles whose genre is RPG and 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 16 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 27 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.