The Best PlayStation Games of 2021

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – January 4, 2022

Which PS5 and PS4 games impressed professional reviewers the most during the past year? We rank the best-reviewed PlayStation titles released between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021 by Metascore. Games must have at least 7 reviews from professional critics to be eligible for inclusion. If a game appears on both PlayStation platforms, only the version receiving the higher quantity of critic reviews (typically the PS5 version) is eligible for inclusion. (All scores listed here are from January 2, 2022.)

1 of 14 photo by Square Enix

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(#40) 81 Life is Strange: True Colors (PS5)

(#39) 81 Diablo II: Resurrected (PS5)

(#38) 81 Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade: Episode INTERmission (PS5)

(#37) 82 Little Nightmares II (PS4)

(#36) 82 Judgment (PS5)

(#35) 82 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (PS4)

(#34) 82 Lost Judgment (PS5)

(#33) 83 NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... (PS4)
(pictured above) Critics liked this remaster of the 2010 action/RPG game Nier better than they liked the original release.

(#32) 83 Metro Exodus: Complete Edition (PS5)

(#31) 83 Persona 5 Strikers (PS4)

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