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The best games of 2021 · Ludixa
The best games of 2021
Ranked on the Metacritic score where one exists, and on the number of Steam reviews where it doesn't — because a game judged by a hundred thousand players is not less known than one judged by twenty critics. Titles with neither are left out.
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QUAKE
2021
94/100
13,729 reviews
Shooter
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. Now, experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
It Takes Two
2021
89/100
217,227 reviews
Platformer · Action-adventure game
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
MONSTER HUNTER RISE
2021
86/100
79,384 reviews
Action role-playing game
Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
2021
86/100
61,623 reviews
Action & adventure
The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs – remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Inscryption
2021
85/100
134,428 reviews
Action & adventure
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Guilty Gear -Strive-
2021
85/100
47,457 reviews
Action
The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-“. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you’ve seen before in a fighting game!
Football Manager 2022
2021
85/100
13,805 reviews
Association football management game
The closest thing to real football management. FM22 brings new, progressive ways to find your winning edge, instill your footballing style and earn it on the pitch.
Tales of ARISE
2021
84/100
27,604 reviews
Action · RPG
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
Resident Evil Village
2021
83/100
105,607 reviews
Action & adventure
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
2021
83/100
33,861 reviews
Role-playing
Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.
The Riftbreaker
2021
83/100
21,910 reviews
Action · Adventure
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Chivalry 2
2021
82/100
46,462 reviews
Action · Massively Multiplayer
Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer first person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles. Players are thrust into the action of every iconic moment of the era - from clashing swords, to storms of flaming arrows, to sprawling castle sieges and more.
Loop Hero
2021
82/100
33,767 reviews
Post-apocalyptic · Fantasy
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
2021
82/100
11,826 reviews
Adventure · RPG
A new adventure awaits you in this second installment of the turn-based RPG series set in the world of Monster Hunter! Become a Rider and form bonds with friendly monsters known as Monsties to fight alongside them as you take part in an epic story.
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
2021
81/100
71,905 reviews
Strategy
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Skul: The Hero Slayer
2021
80/100
50,719 reviews
Action roguelike · Roguelite
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
GTFO
2021
78/100
46,000 reviews
Action
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Scarlet Nexus
2021
78/100
13,707 reviews
Action · Adventure
Choose between Yuito and Kasane, elite psionics each armed with a talent in psychokinesis and their own reason to fight. Complete both of their stories to unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities.
Back 4 Blood
2021
77/100
55,085 reviews
Action
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
Thunder Tier One
2021
65/100
4,029 reviews
Action · Simulation
Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.
Valheim
2021
457,239 reviews
Adventure
Valheim is a collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players set in a procedurally generated world inspired by Norse mythology.
Battlefield 2042
2021
260,129 reviews
First-person shooter
Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise.
Forza Horizon 5
2021
257,933 reviews
Racing
Limitless driving fun in an ever-evolving open world.
New World: Aeternum
2021
254,040 reviews
Action · Adventure
Experience a thrilling action RPG set on the supernatural island of Aeternum. Forge your destiny on an adventure filled with danger and opportunity.
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
2021
197,942 reviews
Action & adventure
Dive into the legends of the Far East in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT; team up with friends in fast-paced melee fights for a Battle Royale experience unlike any other. Find your playstyle with a varied cast of heroes with unique skills. More than 20 million players have already joined the fray, play free now!
FIFA 22
2021
100,503 reviews
Simulation · Sports
Powered by Football™, EA SPORTS™ FIFA 22 brings the game even closer to the real thing with fundamental gameplay advances and a new season of innovation across every mode.
Dyson Sphere Program
2021
83,295 reviews
Indie · Simulation
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Farming Simulator 22
2021
69,202 reviews
Simulation
Create your farm and let the good times grow! Harvest crops, tend to animals, manage productions, and take on seasonal challenges.
DEVOUR
2021
68,544 reviews
Indie
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
2021
65,151 reviews
Action · Adventure
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut
2021
63,904 reviews
Action · Adventure
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
Gorilla Tag
2021
51,999 reviews
Action · Casual
Run, jump, and climb using only your hands. Play tag or infection with people online. Run away from the infected players, or outmaneuver the survivors to catch them. Embrace your inner ape.
PowerWash Simulator
2021
50,722 reviews
Simulation
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
OUTRIDERS
2021
46,117 reviews
Action · Adventure
Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.
Poppy Playtime
2021
38,400 reviews
Mascot horror · Episodic
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
2021
36,412 reviews
Racing & flying
Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
Bright Memory: Infinite
2021
36,202 reviews
Action · Indie
Bright Memory: Infinite is an all-new lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by FYQD-Studio. Combine a wide variety of skills and abilities to unleash dazzling combo attacks.
ROUNDS
2021
35,414 reviews
Action · Indie
Rounds is a 1v1 rogue-lite shooter where each round gets more intense. The losing player of each round unlocks clever upgrades to create a better build to counter their opponent.
Halo Infinite
2021
34,726 reviews
Shooter
From one of gaming's most iconic sagas, Halo is bigger than ever with a dynamic free to play multiplayer experience.
Wobbly Life
2021
32,421 reviews
Action · Adventure
Wobbly Life is a vibrant open-world physics sandbox. Play with your friends online or in local co-op, with exciting jobs, mini games and wacky story missions. Earn cash to spend in the world on clothes, vehicles and houses.
