13. World War Z
Metacritic Score: 70
World War Zis a cooperative third-person survival shooter that has you teaming up in a squad of 4 and fighting off huge hordes of zombies. Between the seven character classes and dozens of weapons, there’s tons of replayability.
There are also online PVP modes, including a Player-vs-Player-vs-Zombies massacre.
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12. Watch Dogs: Legion
Metacritic Score: 72
As the third entry in the dystopian open-world action-adventure franchise,Watch Dogs: Legionrefines a lot of the rough edges from the previous two games and introduces some new mechanics, like being able to recruit pretty much any NPC in the game (who are gone forever if they die).
11. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
Metacritic Score: 88
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2is a remaster of the original two games in the series. You know, the ones that are critically acclaimed and often considered some of the best games of all time? Yeah, now you can play them in high-def with even more tricks (or not, if you disable them in the settings).
10. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Metacritic Score: 84
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2is an open-world third-person cover-based shooter where you can play cooperatively with up to 4 players to complete missions (or up to 12 players in raid-like Dark Zones). It’s definitely a unique entry in the loot shooter genre.
9. Tetris Effect
Metacritic Score: 90
Tetris Effecttakes the originalTetrisgameplay and adds a few twists, such as the “Zone” mechanic that lets you stop time and clear many lines at once for more points (leading to the fabled “Ultimatris” if you can fill up the entire board without any gaps).
8. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
Metacritic Score: 75
Remember this sidescrolling beat-em-up game?Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Gamewas re-released as the Complete Edition for modern gaming platforms in 2021. This remaster includes updated assets and both DLC contents for the original game.
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7. Journey to the Savage Planet
Metacritic Score: 76
Explore a beautiful, alien planet in this first-person exploration-adventure game.Journey to the Savage Planetwill have you doing a lot of scavenging, crafting, and combat to make your way through, made all the more fun by its lighthearted comedy.
6. Immortals Fenyx Rising
Metacritic Score: 79
Immortals Fenyx Risingis a third-person open-world action-adventure game that incorporates all kinds of creatures and elements from Greek mythology. Stamina management is the name of the game as you fight your way through this world.
5. Hitman World of Assassination
Metacritic Score: 87
Hitman World of Assassination(also known asHitman 3) continues the stealth-action series with more assassination missions, capping off the story that started with the 2016 rebootedHitman.
Smart level design and open-ended solutions to missions has always been what separatesHitmanfrom other stealth games, and this one doesn’t disappoint.
4. Dauntless
Metacritic Score: 78
Dauntlessis a free-to-play action RPG that plays a lot like theMonster Hunterseries without the price tag. Train yourself in several different weapon types, kill big bad monsters and loot them for goodies, all while mastering the combo-combat system.
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3. Dangerous Driving
Metacritic Score: 70
From the people who brought usBurnoutcomes this marvelous driving game that carries forward much of the same spirit. Drift around tracks, ram into other racers, and perform Takedowns to make them crash! Lots of high-octane fun.
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2. Bugsnax
Metacritic Score: 72
Bugsnaxis a fun adventure indie game where you explore an island, capture bug-like critters, and explore the light-hearted environments. An easy pick-up-and-play game for anyone who likes first-person exploration games.
1. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Metacritic Score: 83
Assassin’s Creed Valhallais yet another game in the open-world action-adventure series, and while it doesn’t innovate with groundbreaking features or mechanics, it delivers a fun experience with plenty of fun storylines and characters.
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