Even though the world is two weeks into 2021, many are still looking back on 2020 and the many high quality game releases that launched during the year. This includes review aggregate siteMetcacritic, which has released lists detailing the top-rated games of 2020 for each platform. This even accounts for games released fornext-generation consoles like the PlayStation 5, even though the PS5 has considerably less new games available to it compared to the older consoles.
According toMetacritic, the top-rated PS5 game of 2020 is one of the console’s only true exclusives, theDemon’s Soulsremake. Propped up as one of the PlayStation 5’s premiere launch titles, theDemon’s Soulsremake earned an impressive 92 average rating from critics, making it the only PS5 game to do so to date. While its status as a “remake” may hurt its value in the eyes of some, theDemon’s Soulsremake has been praised for modernizing a classic, making important quality of life changes and vastly improving the graphics.
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The rest of the top-rated PS5 games of 2020 earned 80 or above, with a couple more PlayStation exclusives making the cut. In fourth place isSpider-Man: Miles Morales, which earned an 85 rating. Seventh place goes toAstro’s Playroom, which had an 83 rating.Astro’s Playroomis unique in that it is a pack-in title for the PS5, coming pre-loaded with every console, so anyone that has a PS5 can check it out at no additional cost to them.
Here are the 10 highest-rated PS5 games of 2020, according to Metacritic:
The rest of the list is comprised of multiplatform games.Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition, the enhanced version of the critically-acclaimed hack-and-slash from Capcom, was the second-highest rated PS5 game of 2020, with an 88 average rating. In third place wasMortal Kombat 11: Ultimatewith an 88 rating, which combines all of the previously-releasedMortal KombatDLC into one comprehensive package.
The other games on the list include the popular co-op gameOvercooked: All You Can Eat, as well asPlanet Coaster: Console Edition, which earned 84 and 81, respectively. And finally, two racing games appear on the list, withWRC 9 FIA World Rally Championshipgetting an 83 rating andDIRT 5topping out the list in the 10th position with an 80 rating.
2021 is still young, and there haven’t been any major PlayStation 5 releases just yet. However, that will change in the months ahead, withReturnallaunching in March, and plenty of other PS5 games planned to release throughout the new year. It’s unusual for a list of the 10 highest-rated games of any year to include titles in the low 80s, so next year’s lineup should be a bit more impressive.
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