![Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2022](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Eurogamer_beAI5pL.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
Games of 2022
![Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2022](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Eurogamer_beAI5pL.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Game of the Year header illustration](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/EG22_WYBP_Article_Illo_AW.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Pentiment cover art. A figure sits hunched over a middle-ages drawing board, but where their head should be, there's a great plume of orange, illustrative smoke instead.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/pentiment_header_2.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Signalis review - a character whose robotic arm is being blown apart against a bright red background](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Signalis_Header-cropped.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Far Changing Tides](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/far-changing-tides-review-1645436124209.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Melatonin](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Melatonin-5.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![chrono cross the radical dreamers remaster screenshots digital foundry](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/broll.00_00_11_14.still002.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: The Radical Dreamers had the most radical dreams
"If they hadn't given up what they most wanted."
![Games of 2022: Sniper Elite 5 had the best art](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/sniper-elite-notext.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Trombone Champ](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/trombone-champ.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: Trombone Champ was the best way to experience failure and fun together
A comedy of errors.
![Games of 2022: Pokémon was the best vicarious experience](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Pokemon-Legends-Arceus-Nintendo-Switch-Gift-Guide.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Games of 2022: Betrayal at Club Low was the best examination of the weird world of working](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Betrayal-At-Club-Low---Official-Trailer-thumbnail-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: Betrayal at Club Low was the best examination of the weird world of working
All the trimmings.
![Games of 2022: God of War's great dual protagonists, and a look back at Horizon Forbidden West's accessibility options.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/God-of-War-Ragnarok-cropped.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: God of War's great dual protagonists, and a look back at Horizon Forbidden West's accessibility options.
Contains spoilers for God of War Ragnarok!
![Roadwarden](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Roadwarden1_zPf7dba.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Games of 2022: Kirby and the Forgotten Land had the best road trip montage](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Kirby-and-the-Forgotten-Land-Nintendo-Switch.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: Kirby and the Forgotten Land had the best road trip montage
"Adventure is awaiting you in the fields of a new world"
![Games of 2022: The best Pokéball of 2022 was made of wood](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Pokemon-Legends-Arceus-Nintendo-Switch-Gift-Guide.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Games of 2022: Elden Ring was the best game for breaking the rules](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/elden-ring-world-tree.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Games of 2022: Live A Live was the best short story collection of the year](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Games-of-2022-Live-A-Live-was-the-best-short-story-collection-of-the-year.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: Live A Live was the best short story collection of the year
HD-2D or not to be.
![Games of 2022: The best update of 2022 was in Sea of Thieves](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Boarding.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: The best update of 2022 was in Sea of Thieves
Perfecting hijinks on the high seas!
![Games of 2022: The Excavation of Hob's Barrow had the most unforgettable introductions of the year](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hobs_barrow_7.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Games of 2022: Tunic held the best puzzle solving moment](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Tunic-Game-of-Year-Header.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A hand drawing in the condensation on a window, and where the picture is, there's the image of a girl riding a bike.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hindsight_5.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: Hindsight was the best for invoking the brilliance of Terence Malick and Wong Kar Wai
A quietly devastating story of memory and identity.
![A portrait of A Plague Tale heroine Amicia, at the end of Requiem, eyes closed, serene, contemplating, as golden afternoon sunshine warms one side of her face.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/amicia_plaguetale.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Sephonie](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/sephonie-3.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: Sephonie was the most nuanced nostalgia trip
We all get lost in the past sometimes, don't we?
![Gilgamesh in Stranger of Paradise](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/STRANGER-OF-PARADISE-FINAL-FANTASY-ORIGIN-_-WANDERER-OF-THE-RIFT-Teaser-Trailer-1-4-screenshot.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Games of 2022: Stranger Of Paradise was the best prequel we never knew Final Fantasy needed
Break the cycle.
![Games of 2022: Gran Turismo 7 had the best musical interlude from Idris Elba](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Gran-Turismo%E2%84%A2-7_20220801181949.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)