The Best PlayStation Games of 2022

Metacritic's #1 PlayStation Game of 2022.
Metacritic's Overall Best New Game of 2022.

(#1) It was released all the way back in February, but it certainly wasn't forgotten. Elden Ring isn't just Metacritic's highest-scoring new game of 2022: It was also named game of the year at The Game Awards 2022 a few weeks ago.

Certainly, no title released in the months since has garnered the same level of acclaim as Elden Ring, a brand new IP and the result of a collaboration between Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin and game designer Hidetaka Miyazaki (of the famed Souls series). Their action/RPG is set in a vast and richly detailed open world and features a fantasy storyline revolving around an all-powerful ring, which, in the game's present, has long been shattered into shards—though the shards are still powerful enough to corrupt anyone who possesses one. You play as an exile (one of the "Tarnished") who seeks to return to the Lands Between to track down the shards and restore the ring to become the Elden Lord. If that sounds easy, you haven't played a From Software game before. If that sounds like one of the best videogames of the past decade, well, it just might be.

“Never before has such detail and passion been offered to the open world genre. Elden Ring is a masterclass of game design. From the massive, dense open world to the like-clockwork dance of combat, the amazing character design and seemingly unlimited gameplay choices. Each element of the game has been carefully crafted with love and purpose, making every little or large moment something worth discovering. Elden Ring is truly something special and this is going to be an incredibly tough act to follow for any open world game that comes after.” —PlayStation Country