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Kyle's Top 10 Games Of The Years
Every year, we publish Game Informer's game of the year awards, but alongside those awards, comes the list of every editor's personal top 10 games of the year. Below you will find my personal top 10s starting with 2011, the year I started working here.
2011
- Portal 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Dead Space 2
- Batman: Arkham City
- Infamous 2
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Shadows of the Damned
- Ms. Splosion Man
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
- Super Mario 3D Land
2012
- Fez
- Halo 4
- Journey
- Dishonored
- Sound Shapes
- Mass Effect 3
- Darksiders II
- Assassin's Creed III
- 10000000
- Gravity Rush
2013
- Tomb Raider
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
- Grand Theft Auto V
- The Last of Us
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
- Rayman Legends
- Super Mario 3D World
- Guacamelee
- BioShock Infinite
- Picross e2
2014
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
- Infamous Second Son
- Super Smash Bros.
- Dark Souls II
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- Mario Kart 8
- Far Cry 4
- Sunset Overdrive
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
2015
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
- You Must Build a Boat
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Broken Age
- Until Dawn
- Just Cause 3
- Yoshi's Woolly World
2016
- Inside
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Pokémon Go
- The Last Guardian
- Picross 3D Round 2
- Titanfall 2
- Dark Souls III
- The Witness
- Final Fantasy XV
- Overwatch
2017
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
- Metroid: Samus Returns
- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Hollow Knight
- What Remains of Edith Finch
- Heat Signature
- Little Nightmares
2018
- Red Dead Redemption II
- God of War
- Spider-Man
- Iconoclasts
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Beat Saber
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission
- Mega Man 11
- Minit
2019
- Resident Evil 2
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Grindstone
- Supraland
- Pistol Whip
- One Piece: World Seeker
- Untitled Goose Game
2020
- Ghost of Tsushima
- The Last of Us Part II
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Astro's Playroom
- The Pathless
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Immortals Fenyx Rising
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
2021
- Returnal
- Solar Ash
- Resident Evil Village
- Metroid Dread
- Undermine
- Resident Evil 4 VR
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Little Nightmares 2
- Super Mario 3D World - + Bowser's Fury
- It Takes Two
2022
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök
- Tinykin
- Vampire Survivors
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Signalis
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Poinpy
- Somerville
- Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
2023
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Resident Evil 4
- Sea of Stars
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Pikmin 4
- Dead Space
- Tchia
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
- Cocoon
- Jusant
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