MetaCritic's best and worst games of 2020

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The following curated list's criteria:

1. Games with under 20 reviews are excluded.
2. No DLC, expansions, etc., unless they're standalone.
3. Ports and rereleases of games first released before 2020 are excluded, regardless of whether they have new content, unless they were unavailable in English before this year. There are a few edge cases here in the form of complete remakes, such as Demon's Souls and Tony Hawk, which I decided to include. I acknowledge that the line between "updated port" / "remaster" and "remake" can be blurry.
4. Multiplatform games are listed according to whichever version has the most reviews; all other versions are excluded.

1. The Last of Us Part II (PS4) – 93
2. Half-Life: Alyx (PC) – 93
3. Hades (PC) -93
4. Demon’s Souls (PS5) – 92
5. Microsoft Flight Simulator (PC) – 91
6. Crusader Kings III (PC) – 91
7. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) – 90
8. Ori and the Will of the Wisps (XONE) – 90
9. Dreams (PS4) – 89
10. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 (PS4) – 89
11. Doom Eternal (PC) – 88
12. Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4) – 87
13. Spelunky 2 (PS4) – 87
14. F1 2020 (PS4) – 86
15. Cyberpunk 2077 (PC) – 86
16. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (PS4) – 86
17. Desperados III (PC) – 86
18. Monster Train (PC) – 86
19. Deep Rock Galactic (PC) – 85
20. Wasteland 3 (PC) – 85
21. Nioh 2 (PS4) – 85
22. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5) – 85
23. Football Manager 2021 (PC) – 85
24. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (PS4) – 85
25. Streets of Rage 4 (PC) – 84
26. Spiritfarer (PC) – 84
27. Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS4) – 83
28. Ghost of Tsushima (PS4) – 83
29. MLB The Show 20 (PS4) – 83
30. Astro’s Playroom (PS5) – 83
31. Disc Room (PC) – 82
32. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 (Switch) – 82
33. Fuser (PS4) – 82
34. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Switch) – 82
35. Immortals: Fenyx Rising (XSX) – 82
36. Paradise Killer (Switch) – 81
37. The Pedestrian (PC) – 81
38. SnowRunner (PS4) – 81
39. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (PS4) – 81
40. Genshin Impact (PS4) – 81
41. Ghostrunner (PC) – 81
42. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (PS4) – 81
43. Necrobarista (PC) – 81
44. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (PS4) – 81
45. WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship (PS4) – 81
46. Gears Tactics (PC) – 80
47. Amnesia: Rebirth (PC) – 80
48. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla (PS4) – 80
49. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Switch) – 80
50. Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits (Switch) - 80
51. Valorant (PC) – 80
52. Paper Mario: The Origami King (Switch) – 80
53. I Am Dead (Switch) – 80
54. Dirt 5 (PS4) – 79
55. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Switch) – 79
56. Resident Evil 3 (PS4) – 79
57. Mafia: Definitive Edition (PC) – 79
58. Star Wars: Squadrons (PS4) – 79
59. Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5) – 79
60. Paper Beast (PS4) – 79
61. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Switch) – 79
62. Othercide (PC) – 78
63. Tell Me Why (XONE) – 78
64. Granblue Fantasy: Versus (PS4) -78
65. Superhot: Mind Control Delete (PC) – 78
66. In Other Waters (Switch) – 78
67. The Procession to Calvary (PC) – 78
68. Good Job! (Switch) – 78
69. EA Sports UFC 4 (PS4) – 78
70. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Switch) – 77
71. The Pathless (PS5) – 77
72. Super Crush K.O. (Switch) – 77
73. Star Renegades (PC) – 77
74. XCOM: Chimera Squad (PC) – 77
75. Call of the Sea (XSX) - 77
76. MotoGP 20 (PS4) – 76
77. Trials of Mana (PS4) – 76
78. Roki (PC) – 76
79. PGA Tour 2K21 (PS4) – 76
80. Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia (Switch) – 76
81. Mortal Shell (PC) – 76
82. Watch Dogs: Legion (XONE) – 76
83. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (PS4) – 76
84. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (PS4) – 75
85. Iron Harvest (PC) – 75
86. LUNA The Shadow Dust (PC) – 75
87. Yes, Your Grace (PC) – 75
88. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Switch) – 75
89. Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (PS4) – 75
90. Bugsnax (PS5) – 75
91. A Total War Saga: Troy (PC) – 75
92. Neversong (PC) - 75
93. Super Mario Bros. 35 (Switch) – 75
94. Carrion (PC) – 75
95. Pendragon (PC) – 74
96. Trackmania (PC) – 74
97. Moving Out (PS4) – 74
98. Partisans 1941 (PC) – 74
99. Journey to the Savage Planet (PS4) – 74
100. Cloudpunk (PC) – 74
101. Kunai (PC) – 73
102. Rocket Arena (PC) – 73
103. Iron Danger (PC) – 73
104. eFootball PES 2021 (PS4) – 73
105. BPM: Bullets Per Minute (PC) – 73
106. Marvel’s Iron Man VR (PS4) – 73
107. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (PS4) – 73
108. Sakura Wars (PS4) – 73
109. NHL 21 (PS4) – 72
110. Zombie Army 4: Dead War (PS4) – 72
111. FIFA 21 (PS4) – 72
112. Beyond Blue (PC) – 72
113. Battletoads (XONE) – 72
114. Fairy Tail (PS4) – 71
115. The Dark Pictures: Little Hope (PS4) – 71
116. Through the Darkest of Times (PC) – 71
117. Maneater (PC) – 70
118. Minecraft Dungeons (PC) – 70
119. Beyond a Steel Sky (PC) – 70
120. Project CARS 3 (PS4) – 70
121. Destroy All Humans! (PS4) – 70
122. No Straight Roads (PS4) – 70
123. West of Dead (PC) – 69
124. Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions (PS4) - 69
125. AO Tennis 2 (XONE) – 69
126. Exit the Gungeon (Switch) – 69
127. Raji: An Ancient Epic (Switch) – 69
128. Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated (PS4) – 68
129. Ninjala (Switch) – 68
130. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Switch) – 68
131. NBA 2K21 (PS4) – 68
132. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (PC) – 68
133. My Hero One’s Justice (PS4) – 68
134. Serious Sam 4 (PC) – 68
135. Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl Gold (Switch) – 68
136. Marvel’s Avengers (PS4) – 67
137. Twin Mirror (PC) – 67
138. Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Switch) – 66
139. Bleeding Edge (XONE) – 66
140. Someday You’ll Return (PC) – 66
141. Kirby Fighters 2 (Switch) – 65
142. Empire of Sin (PC) – 65
143. Torchlight III (PC) – 65
144. Skelattack (PS4) – 65
145. The Falconeer (XSX) – 64
146. Windbound (PS4) – 64
147. Corruption 2029 (PC) – 64
148. Panzer Dragoon (Switch) – 63
149. The Suicide of Rachel Foster (PC) – 63
150. Madden NFL 21 (PS4) – 63
151. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light (Switch) – 63
152. Disintegration (PC) – 62
153. Godfall (PS5) – 61
154. Hellbound (PC) – 61
155. WWE 2K Battlegrounds (PS4) – 60
156. The Complex (PS4) – 60
157. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem (PC) – 60
158. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics (Switch) – 59
159. Summer in Mara (Switch) – 59
160. Liberated (Switch) – 59
161. Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris (PS4) – 58
162. Skater XL (PS4) – 57
163. One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (PS4) – 57
164. Ary and the Secret of Seasons (PS4) – 56
165. Tennis World Tour 2 (PS4) – 56
166. Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise (Switch) – 56
167. Predator: Hunting Grounds (PS4) – 56
168. Bright Memory (XSX) – 55
169. Bakugan: Champions of Vestroia (Switch) – 52
170. Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories (PS4) – 51
171. Those Who Remain (PS4) – 49
172. Remothered: Broken Porcelain (PC) – 39

The uncurated Metacritic list for 2020 is located here.
 
Honestly, Astro's Playroom deserves to be higher up on that list. Game was fantastic especially the DualSense features utilised properly.
 
I still need to play Flight Simulator. But kind of waiting for the Xbox version.
 

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