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“The Worst Video Games Of 2023” from Metacritic

• Jacob Chambers
• December 21st, 2023

This time of year, Metacritic ranks the best and worst games of the year by Metascore. Today, we look at the “worst video games of 2023″—the lowest-scoring games released across any platform from January to December 2023.

This list excludes titles with “fewer than 7 reviews from professional critics,” as usual. If a title appears on multiple platforms, only the lowest-scoring version is shown. Games are ranked by Metascore as of December 18, 2023. The top pick this year is The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. The list also includes Switch titles.

Metacritic: The 10 Worst Video Games of 2023:

1. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (34/100)
2. Flashback 2 (35/100)
3. Greyhill Incident (38/100)
4. Quantum Error (40/100)
5. Testament: The Order of High-Human (41/100)
6. Crime Boss: Rockay City (43/100)
7. Hellboy: Web of Wyrd (47/100)
8. Gangs of Sherwood (48/100)
9. Loop8: Summer of Gods (49/100)
10. Gargoyles Remastered (49/100)