Quarterly Report: The 25 Best PlayStation 3 Games
Our "Quarterly Reports" provide a handy list of the 25 best games for each platform, both for the current year so far and for all time. There's a separate report for each platform, and they will be updated again during the first week in January.
Best-reviewed PS3 games of 2014 (as of September 30th)
Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a
symbol.
Game Metascore
1
Dark Souls II 91
With the number of new releases for the 360 and PS3 dwindling, Namco Bandai's equally difficult sequel to the notoriously challenging 2011 action-RPG game Dark Souls could be the last great game released for the previous-gen consoles.
2The Last of Us: Left Behind 88
3Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition 86
4Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
85
5Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster 85
6South Park: The Stick of Truth 85
7BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma 83
8Ultra Street Fighter IV
83
9Dark Souls II: Crown of the Old Iron King
83
10Dark Souls II: Crown of the Sunken King
83
11The Wolf Among Us: Episode 2 - Smoke and Mirrors 82
12The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 2 - A House Divided 82
13MLB 14: The Show 81
14Luftrausers 80
15The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 3 - In Harm's Way 80
16Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland 80
17Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky 79
18The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 4 - Amid the Ruins
78
19Tales of Symphonia Chronicles 77
20The Wolf Among Us: Episode 5 - Cry Wolf
75
21GRID Autosport 75
22Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
74
23MotoGP 13 73
242014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 73
25Tales of Xillia 2
72
... and the worst-reviewed:
56Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z 43
57SoulCalibur: Lost Swords 38
58Risen 3: Titan Lords
36
59Magus 32
60Rambo: The Video Game 23
Includes games released between January 1, 2014 and September 30, 2014 with at least seven reviews in our database. Note that games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding. The Metascore is a weighted average of critic reviews on a scale of 0 (bad) to 100 (good). All scores are from September 30, 2014.
Best-reviewed PS3 games of all time
Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a
symbol.
Game Metascore
1Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) 98
2Grand Theft Auto V (2013) 97
3Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009) 96
4Batman: Arkham City (2011) 96
5LittleBigPlanet (2008) 95
6Red Dead Redemption (2010) 95
7The Last of Us (2013) 95
8Portal 2 (2011) 95
9BioShock Infinite (2013) 94
10Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) 94
11Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) 94
12BioShock (2008) 94
13Mass Effect 2 (2011) 94
14Street Fighter IV (2009) 94
15Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) 94
16The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2007) 93
17Braid (2009) 93
18Mass Effect 3 (2012) 93
19The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) 92
20God of War III (2010) 92
21Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011) 92
22Super Street Fighter IV (2010) 92
23Rock Band (2007) 92
24Journey (2012) 92
25The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection (2011) 92
Games with fewer than 7 reviews are not eligible for inclusion.
For a complete list of all PS3 high (and low) scores, visit Metacritic's PlayStation 3 section.
