The 10 Worst Video Games of 2019

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 16, 2019

Above are the lowest-scoring games released for any platform between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019. 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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44 #8: Submersed (PS4)

It's probably not a good sign that the official description of this survival horror game, in which you play as a coast guard paramedic who responds to a distress call from an offshore platform, advises that you'll get to solve "enigmas and puzzles." The real enigma is how it was released with such poorly conceived gameplay.

“Submersed ultimately makes some key decisions which will frustrate. Enemies are relentless and inventory management feels botched, leading to you require prior knowledge to advance. Stealth is functional but, more often than not, you're tasked with running from foes that are simply quicker and deadlier than you. There's a punishment on offer here that doesn't fit the crime and, whilst the game tries to do well with a small budget, it can't execute on much of it.” —PlayStation Country

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