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Best Sports games of 2016

The 9 best Sports games released in 2016, ranked from 2,346 critic and player ratings.

The best Sports game of 2016 is FIFA 17, with a critic score of 85/100 — updated September 2026.

How this ranking is built

  • Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
  • A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
  • Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
  • Release window covered: 2016.
  • 9 games are listed on this page, carrying 2,346 ratings between them.
  • Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.

Top 9

04 Punch Club Punch Club 2016 · 381 ratings Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon. Punch Club is a boxing tycoon management game with multiple branching story lines. Your goal is clear, but how you get there depends on whether you want to legitimately climb the rankings, or take the more ridiculous, shady route. Along the way you'll want to focus your talents. Will you take the Way of the Tiger, the Way of the Turtle, or the Way of the [other one?]? Your strength, accuracy and agility all depends on whichever Way enlightens your path. Do you have stripes, or flippers? And every decision will matter, especially in your social life. You'll be juggling friendships, love life, work, recreational time, relationships, and possible stardom, all alongside your gym time and fighting aligators. It's not all just pumping iron, you know. 73 /100 05 Steep Steep 2016 · 128 ratings Ride a massive open world of the Alps and Alaska, where the powder is always fresh and the run never ends.Defy and master the world’s most epic mountains on skis, wingsuit, snowboard, and in paraglide. Go solo or drop in side by side with other players. Record and share the most insane stunts ever captured, then challenge the world to beat your best tricks, ride your custom lines, and relive your most epic wipeouts. 73 /100 06 Golf With Your Friends Golf With Your Friends 2016 · 126 ratings Why have friends if not to play golf... with your friends! Nothing is out of bounds as you take on courses filled with fast paced, exciting, simultaneous mini golf for up to 12 players! 72 /100 07 Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 2016 · 134 ratings Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 is a sports video game developed by PES Productions and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The game is the sixteenth installment in the Pro Evolution Soccer series. 69 /100 08 WWE 2K17 WWE 2K17 2016 · 81 ratings Welcome to Suplex City, courtesy of cover Superstar Brock Lesnar! WWE 2K17 arrives as the reigning and defending flagship WWE video game franchise champion! WWE 2K17 features stunning graphics, ultra-authentic gameplay and a massive roster of WWE and NXT's popular Superstars and Legends. Experience the most authentic WWE gameplay ever, featuring thousands of new moves and animations, backstage and in-arena brawling, and the biggest roster of WWE and NXT Superstars and Legends to date. 61 /100 09 Pixel Puzzles Ultimate Pixel Puzzles Ultimate 2016 · 139 ratings Pixel Puzzles Ultimate, Bringing puzzles to the digital age. 60 /100
What is the best Sports game of 2016?

FIFA 17 currently tops the ranking with a score of 85/100 across 589 ratings. Ranking updated September 2026.

How is this ranking built?

Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.