Quarterly Report: The 25 Best Xbox 360 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 Xbox 360 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 92
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 Wolf Among Us: Episode 5 - Cry Wolf
85
3BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode Two 84
4Ultra Street Fighter IV
84
5The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 5 - No Going Back
84
6Titanfall 83
7South Park: The Stick of Truth 82
8The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 3 - In Harm's Way 82
9Super Time Force 81
10The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 2 - A House Divided 80
11Dark Souls II: Crown of the Sunken King
80
12Strider 78
13World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition
77
14The Wolf Among Us: Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile 77
15Blood of the Werewolf 76
16GRID Autosport 75
17The Wolf Among Us: Episode 4 - In Sheep's Clothing 74
182014 FIFA World Cup Brazil 74
19The Walking Dead: Season Two Episode 4 - Amid the Ruins
73
20The Wolf Among Us: Episode 2 - Smoke and Mirrors 73
21Batman: Arkham Origins - Cold, Cold Heart 71
22Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 70
23Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII 69
24The LEGO Movie Videogame 69
25MXGP: The Official Motocross Videogame
68
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 Xbox 360 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
3BioShock (2007) 96
4The Orange Box (2007) 96
5Mass Effect 2 (2010) 96
6The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) 96
7Red Dead Redemption (2010) 95
8Portal 2 (2011) 95
9Batman: Arkham City (2011) 94
10Gears of War (2006) 94
11The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) 94
12Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) 94
13Halo 3 (2007) 94
14Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) 94
15Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (2010) 93
16BioShock Infinite (2013) 93
17Braid (2008) 93
18Street Fighter IV (2009) 93
19Fallout 3 (2008) 93
20Gears of War 2 (2008) 93
21Mass Effect 3 (2012) 93
22Rock Band 3 (2010) 93
23Guitar Hero II (2007) 92
24Rock Band (2007) 92
25Dark Souls II (2014) 92
Games with fewer than 7 reviews are not eligible for inclusion.
For a complete list of all Xbox 360 high (and low) scores, visit Metacritic's Xbox 360 section.
