The 10 Worst Video Games of 2022

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 13, 2022

The gallery on this page ranks the lowest-scoring games released for any platform between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Games are ranked by Metascore (as of December 12, 2022) prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 7 reviews from professional critics are excluded. (In other words, these bad games are all major enough to get reviews from multiple publications.)

If a single title would have landed on the list multiple times due to low scores on more than one platform, we only included the lowest-scoring version.

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49 #6: Zorro: The Chronicles (PS5)

An early patch eliminated some of the bugs, and its target audience is 6-12-year-olds, but even with those caveats, this humorous action game set in 1800s California and based on the animated TV series of the same name failed to bring delight to critics.

“Zorro presents a game meant for young kids, but the developer underestimates a bit what the standard is these days. This makes only the youngest kids will get some fun out of it. For the rest, it's a disappointment. The game is too easy, does nothing special and has little variation. There are also annoying bugs that make [Zorro: The Chronicles] a game to avoid." —PlaySense

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