The 10 Worst Video Games of 2017

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 17, 2017

Above are the lowest-scoring games released for any platform between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. Games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 7 reviews from professional critics are excluded. 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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42 Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle (PS4)

(tied for #9) Burst Battle is a spinoff from the main Touhou Project series of anime-styled bullet-hell shooters that is plagued by dated visuals and buggy gameplay. The game also scored a 38 on the Switch (though with too few reviews to qualify for this list).

“When you find yourself asking, 'is this game a joke?' within minutes of booting it up, you know there's something wrong.” —GameSpew

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