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Sony was the best video game publishers of 2022 according to Metacritic

Metacritic reviews the studios with the most entries and best scores in 2022, and the list is full of surprises, including Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft.

Sony was the best video game publishers of 2022 according to Metacritic

Like every year, Metacritic has just made official the list of the best video game publishers of the previous year, and as always, the ranking is full of surprises. There are things like that, despite having the GOTY in its catalog (Elden Ring), Bandai Namco does not go beyond the 25th position, or that Xbox Game Studios, with all that it is, has not met the minimum to enter (5 or more published games). Microsoft goes from dominating in 2021 to missing. From heaven to hell. There are also surprises (for the better) with companies like Paradox and Focus, others like Annapurna and Devolver reaffirm the quality and guarantee of their signature, Nintendo and Capcom manage to settle in the top ten while showing their health, and there are some solid failures like THQ (39), Ubisoft (33) and Square Enix (23). We leave you with the table:

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Best video game developers of 2022 according to Metacritic data

  1. Sony — Scored Products: 15 / Average Metascore: 85.6 / Examples: God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, The Last of Us Remake
  2. Paradox Interactive — Scored Products: 6 / Average Metascore: 81.6 / Examples: Crusader Kings 3 for consoles
  3. Focus Entertainment — Scored Products: 39 / Average Metascore: 80 / Examples: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Chained Echoes
  4. SEGA — Scored Products: 34 / Average Metascore: 79.3 / Examples: Persona 5 Royal, Two Point Campus, Total War: Warhammer III, Sonic Frontiers
  5. Annapurna Interactive — Scored Products: 12 / Average Metascore: 79.2 / Examples: Neon White, Stray
  6. Take-Two Interactive — Scored Products: 35 / Average Metascore: 78.9 / Examples: NBA 2K23, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, The Quarry, OlliOlli World
  7. Nintendo — Scored Products: 16 / Average Metascore: 78.6 / Examples: Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Bayonetta 3, Splatoon 3, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
  8. Capcom — Scored Products: 16 / Average Metascore: 78.6 / Examples: Monster Hunter Rise (PC), Resident Evil Village Gold, Capcom Fighting Collection
  9. Devolver Digital — Scored Products: 25 / Average Metascore: 78.3 / Examples: Return to Monkey Island, Cult of the Lamb, Trek to Yomi
  10. Aksys Games — Scored Products: 5 / Average Metascore: 77.2 / Examples: Piofiore: Episode 1926, Variable Barricade, Lover Pretend
  11. Humble Games — Scored Products: 22 / Average Metascore: 76.8 / Examples: Signalis, Temtem, Prodeus, Unpacking
  12. Atari — Scored Products: 15 / Average Metascore: 76.8 / Examples: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
  13. Activision Blizzard — Scored Products: 10 / Average Metascore: 76.5 / Examples: Diablo Immortal, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
  14. Raw Fury — Scored Products: 5 / Average Metascore: 75.1 / Examples: NORCO
  15. Digerati — Scored Products: 9 / Average Metascore: 75 / Examples: Terror of Hemasaurus
  16. Electronic Arts — Scored Products: 21 / Average Metascore: 74.9 / Examples: Madden NFL 23, NHL 23, F1 22, It Takes Two (Switch)
  17. Red Art Games — Scored Products: 10 / Average Metascore: 74.9 / Examples: Gunborg: Dark Matters, Sophstar
  18. Spike Chunsoft — Scored Products: 10 / Average Metascore: 74.2 / Examples: AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative, Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness.
  19. 505 Games — Scored Products: 12 / Average Metascore: 74 / Examples: Death Stranding (PC)
  20. United Games Entertainment — Scored Products: 7 / Average Metascore: 74 / Examples: Rolling Gunner, Cotton Fantasy.
  21. WayForward — Scored Products: 8 / Average Metascore: 73.8 / Examples: River City Girls 2, Dawn of the Monsters
  22. Xseed Games / Marvelous — Scored Products: 8 / Average Metascore: 73.7 / Examples: Potionomics
  23. Square Enix — Scored Products: 50 / Average Metascore: 73.1 / Examples: NieR: Automata - The End of YoRHa Edition, Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster, Babylon’s Fall
  24. SNK — Scored Products: 6 / Average Metascore: 72.6
  25. Bandai Namco — Scored Products: 43 / Average Metascore: 72.5 / Examples: Elden Ring, The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me, Dragon Ball: The Breakers
  26. Team17 — Scored Products: 18 / Average Metascore: 72.4 / Examples: Bravery and Greed, Thymesia, Hokko Life
  27. Plug In Digital — Scored Products: 11 / Average Metascore: 72.1 / Examples: Revita, Souldiers.
  28. Arc System Works — Scored Products: 8 / Average Metascore: 71.3 / Examples: River City Girls 2, Ground Divers!, RWBY: Arrowfell
  29. NIS America — Scored Products: 23 / Average Metascore: 71.7
  30. Maximum Games — Scored Products: 11 / Average Metascore: 71.3
  31. Thunderful — Scored Products: 26 / Average Metascore: 71.1 / Examples: Cursed to Golf
  32. tinyBuild — Scored Products: 18 / Average Metascore: 71.1 / Examples: Hello Neighbor 2, Tinykin, The Fridge is Red
  33. Ubisoft — Scored Products: 19 / Average Metascore: 70.9
  34. Saber Interactive — Scored Products: 16 / Average Metascore: 70.8
  35. Microids — Scored Products: 17 / Average Metascore: 69.9
  36. PQube — Scored Products: 14 / Average Metascore: 69.9
  37. Nacon — Scored Products: 19 / Average Metascore: 69.3
  38. Idea Factory — Scored Products: 9 / Average Metascore: 69.2
  39. THQ Nordic — Scored Products: 27 / Average Metascore: 69
  40. Plaion — Scored Products: 35 / Average Metascore: 68.7
  41. Freedom Games — Scored Products: 12 / Average Metascore: 68.1
  42. No More Robots — Scored Products: 8 / Average Metascore: 67.2
  43. Ratalaika Games — Scored Products: 6 / Average Metascore: 65.8
  44. Assemble Entertainment — Scored Products: 6 / Average Metascore: 63.5
  45. PlayWay/Ultimate Games — Scored Products: 6 / Average Metascore: 58.4

Source | Metacritic