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.)

2 of 14 photo by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

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(#30) 80 NBA 2K23

(#29) 80 WindJammers 2

(#28) 80 MLB The Show 22

(#27) 81 F1 22

(#26) 81 Marvel's Midnight Suns

(#25) 81 MotoGP 22

(#24) 81 Weird West

(#23) 81 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

(#22) 82 Signalis

(#21) 82 LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
(pictured above) The long-delayed game was a hit when it finally arrived in April thanks to an abundance of content drawing from all nine main Star Wars films.

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