Aggregator Metacritic summed up the results of the past 2021, naming the most highly rated games that critics gave the best ratings.
The aggregator of the rating of game projects Metacritic also summed up the results of the past 2021. According to the information presented on the portal, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut became the best game according to critics. The development of ZA/UM received 97 points out of 100 and topped the top 40 most successful game releases, surpassing Final Fantasy XIV and Forza Horizon 5.
The top 10 critically acclaimed games of 2021 are as follows:
- Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (97/100)
- Forza Horizon 5 (91/100)
- Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (91/100)
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale (90/100)
- Psychonauts 2 (89/100)
- Streets of Rage 4: Mr. X Nightmare (88/100)
- It Takes Two (88/100)
- Hitman 3 (87/100)
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade (87/100)
- Wildermyth (87/100)
- Death's Door
- Metro Exodus: Complete Edition
- Guilty Gear -Strive-
- F1 2021
- ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
- Football Manager 2022
- mini motorways
- Nioh 2: The Complete Edition
- Mass Effect Legendary Edition
- Deathloop