The Best PlayStation Games of 2022

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – January 3, 2023

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, 2022 and December 31, 2022 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 December 31, 2022.)

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88 Horizon Forbidden West

(#7) Another PlayStation exclusive (but not the last one in our top 40), Forbidden West is the first sequel to Guerrilla Games' hit 2017 open-world action-RPG title Horizon Zero Dawn (which scored one point higher). The setting is once again a future, post-apocalyptic western United States that is filled with dangerous mechanical creatures, with many new to this game. And once again you'll play as the low-tech huntress Aloy (again voiced by Ashly Burch) as you venture through a wide variety of biomes across the west, which now appears to be plagued by a strange red blight and weather anomalies. Locations stretch from Utah to the remains of San Francisco and include an explorable underwater area (with Aloy now able to swim beneath the surface). The voice cast also includes Angela Bassett (playing a new warrior character named Regalla), Lance Reddick, and Carrie-Anne Moss.

“Horizon Forbidden West's captivating story, gorgeous open world, and thrilling combat make for one of the most uniquely memorable games I've played in recent memory.” —GamingBolt

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