Polygon: The 50 Best Games of 2022

Over the past month, the Polygon staff voted, debated, and resigned itself to the series of compromises that is our top 50 games of 2022. Any video games that were released in 2022, updated in 2022, or achieved renewed cultural relevance in 2022 are eligible for this list. Also, we treated Nov. 30 as the cutoff for consideration, meaning that Warhammer 40K: Darktide was eligible (and is indeed present on the list) but Marvel's Midnight Suns, which we very much enjoyed, and Dwarf Fortress' Steam version, which makes one of the most important video games more approachable, were not. They will be eligible for inclusion in our end-of-year rankings for 2023.