The Best Xbox Games of 2022

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – January 2, 2023

Which Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One games impressed professional reviewers the most during the past year? We rank the best-reviewed 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 Xbox platforms, only the version receiving the higher quantity of critic reviews (typically the Xbox Series X/S version) is eligible for inclusion. (All scores listed here are from December 31, 2022.)

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(tied at #39) 79 Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

(tied at #39) 79 South of the Circle

(#38) 79 Metal: Hellsinger
(pictured above) Do you like heavy metal music and rhythm games? Then you already own this well-executed "rhythm FPS" from The Outsiders that features an original soundtrack from artists such as Serj Tankian.

(#37) 79 The King of Fighters XV

(#36) 80 F1 Manager 2022

(#35) 80 Them's Fightin' Herds

(#34) 80 Young Souls

(#33) 80 FIFA 23

(#32) 80 No More Heroes III

(#31) 80 FAR: Changing Tides

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