Top 10 Editors Picks of 2021
Before that, we announced Game informantOfficial ‘s Top 10 games of 2021, but that list doesn’t paint the whole picture. That list was compiled after an uphill battle that lasted several hours as we struggled to put our shared favorites into an official list. Unfortunately, many of our favorite games of the year couldn’t make it to the official Top Ten, which is why we’ve rounded up the top games exclusively for this editor.
Below you’ll see each editor’s top 10 games of the year. Check out our personal favorites and see which employee tastes suit you best. While you’re here, drop your own top 10 in the comments!
Andrew Reiner editor
- Halo Infinite
- It takes two
- Deathloop
- Psychonauts 2
- Forza Horizon 5
- Metroid Dread
- Profit
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Resident Evil Village
Matt Miller Magazine Content Director
- Halo Infinite
- Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
- Fate 2
- Forza Horizon 5
- Back to 4 health
- Deathloop
- Artistic escape
- Metroid Dread
- Profit
- Griftlands
Ben Reeves Director of Online Content
- Deathloop
- Resident Evil Village
- Metroid Dread
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- The Forgotten City
- Encode
- Psychonauts 2
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
- Chicory: A colorful story
Kimberley Wallace Editing feature
- Resident Evil Village
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Deathloop
- Psychonauts 2
- Tales of Arise
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Persona 5 strikers
- Shin Megami Tensei DRAW
- Back to 4 health
- Nier Replicant
Brian Shea Senior Editor
- Forza Horizon 5
- Deathloop
- Halo Infinite
- Profit
- Far Cry 6
- Encode
- Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
- Metroid Dread
- The Forgotten City
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Daniel Tack Senior Editor
- Profit
- Library Ruina
- Little Nightmare II
- Monster Hunter Story 2
- Wildermyth
- Forza Horizon 5
- Resident Evil Village
- Scarlet Nexus
- Shin Megami Tensei DRAW
- Melvor Idle
Blake Hester Senior Associate Editor
- Resident Evil Village
- Hitman 3
- Deathloop
- Resident Evil 4 VR
- Death Stranding Director’s Cut
- Fortnite
- Psychonauts 2
- Back to 4 health
- Halo Infinite
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
Jason Guisao deputy editor
- Tales of Arise
- Nier Replicant
- Halo Infinite
- Forza Horizon 5
- Deathloop
- Profit
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Psychonauts 2
- Death Stranding Director’s Cut
- Legendary version of Mass Effect
Marcus Stewart deputy editor
- Psychonauts 2
- Door of death
- Before your eyes
- Deathloop
- Resident Evil Village
- It takes two
- Chicory: A colorful story
- The Forgotten City
- Profit
- Encode
John Carson deputy editor
- Metroid Dread
- Encode
- Halo Infinite
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Door of death
- Profit
- Guilty Gear -Strive-
- Loop Hero
- Diablo II: Resurrection
- Dodgeball Academy
Jill Grodt deputy editor
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Black
- It takes two
- Door of death
- Darkest Dungeon 2
- Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
- Encode
- Valheim
- Artistic escape
- New Pokémon Snap
Wesley LeBlanc deputy editor
- Encode
- Profit
- Halo Infinite
- Deathloop
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
- Forza Horizon 5
- Before your eyes
- Resident Evil Village
- Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life
- Door of death
Alex Stadnik Video Editor
- Halo Infinite
- Psychonauts 2
- Metroid Dread
- Resident Evil Village
- Before your eyes
- Profit
- Deathloop
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Little Nightmare II
Alex Van Aken Video Editor
- Deathloop
- Halo Infinite
- Door of death
- Resident Evil Village
- Hitman 3
- Encode
- The Forgotten City
- Pokémon Unite
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
- Loop Hero
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