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The best Media Molecule games
The 5 best games from Media Molecule, ranked from 1,330 critic and player ratings.
The best Media Molecule game is LittleBigPlanet, with a critic score of 96/100. Updated September 2026.
- Ranked releases span 2008 to 2015.
- Average critic score across the 5 ranked games: 86/100.
- 1,330 critic and player ratings behind this ranking.
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: 1970 to 2026.
- 5 games are listed on this page, carrying 1,330 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Top 5
01
LittleBigPlanet
Welcome to LittleBigPlanet – a world of infinite possibilities, where imagination becomes reality and the powers of creation are firmly in your hands. If you can think of it, you can create it if you can create it, you can share it if you can share it, you can play it – and watch our colorful LittleBigPlanet grow and diversify! It’s a new kind of game that unleashes the creativity in everyone. Design your own character and play over 50 awesome developer levels packed with dangers to navigate, races to win and puzzles to solve. As you play you will learn the skills to build a world of your own by earning creative tools and collecting hundreds of items. Use these items and tools to shape amazing levels of your own, featuring puzzles, challenges, and enemies of your own design. When you are ready, go online to access the LBP community and Share your creations for everyone to play. LittleBigPlanet is a world with no limits – a world that’s yours to shape, build and explore.
96
/100
02
LittleBigPlanet 2
LittleBigPlanet 2 is a puzzle platformer video game centered around user-generated content, first announced on May 8th, 2010 in the June 2010 issue of gaming magazine Game Informer. The game was developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for the PlayStation 3 console, and is the last major Little Big Planet game in the series to be produced by Media Molecule, as the sequel, Little Big Planet 3 would be produced by Sumo Digital, Tarsier Studios, and The Station. Unlike the original LittleBigPlanet which was marketed as a "Platform game", LittleBigPlanet 2 was marketed as a "Platform for Games". The game is 100% backwards compatible with all user-created content (including personal profiles) from the first game. It is a direct sequel to LittleBigPlanet, and the third game in the series. The disc also features Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves, a ModNation Racers demo, as well as a PlayStation Network tutorial video.
94
/100
03
Tearaway
Explore a spectacular world held entirely in your hands. Embark on a unique adventure from the creative minds behind LittleBigPlanet with your new friend, the adventurous Iota or the intrepid Atoi - a papercraft messenger from another dimension with a unique message to deliver - to you!
87
/100
LittleBigPlanet
Welcome to LittleBigPlanet – a world of infinite possibilities, where imagination becomes reality and the powers of creation are firmly in your hands. If you can think of it, you can create it if you can create it, you can share it if you can share it, you can play it – and watch our colorful LittleBigPlanet grow and diversify! It’s a new kind of game that unleashes the creativity in everyone. Design your own character and play over 50 awesome developer levels packed with dangers to navigate, races to win and puzzles to solve. As you play you will learn the skills to build a world of your own by earning creative tools and collecting hundreds of items. Use these items and tools to shape amazing levels of your own, featuring puzzles, challenges, and enemies of your own design. When you are ready, go online to access the LBP community and Share your creations for everyone to play. LittleBigPlanet is a world with no limits – a world that’s yours to shape, build and explore.
96
/100
02
LittleBigPlanet 2
LittleBigPlanet 2 is a puzzle platformer video game centered around user-generated content, first announced on May 8th, 2010 in the June 2010 issue of gaming magazine Game Informer. The game was developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for the PlayStation 3 console, and is the last major Little Big Planet game in the series to be produced by Media Molecule, as the sequel, Little Big Planet 3 would be produced by Sumo Digital, Tarsier Studios, and The Station. Unlike the original LittleBigPlanet which was marketed as a "Platform game", LittleBigPlanet 2 was marketed as a "Platform for Games". The game is 100% backwards compatible with all user-created content (including personal profiles) from the first game. It is a direct sequel to LittleBigPlanet, and the third game in the series. The disc also features Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves, a ModNation Racers demo, as well as a PlayStation Network tutorial video.
94
/100
03
Tearaway
Explore a spectacular world held entirely in your hands. Embark on a unique adventure from the creative minds behind LittleBigPlanet with your new friend, the adventurous Iota or the intrepid Atoi - a papercraft messenger from another dimension with a unique message to deliver - to you!
87
/100
04
Tearaway Unfolded
Journey through a vibrant, living papery world, with a plucky messenger who has a unique message to deliver - to you! Choose to guide either atoi or iota on this adventure, each a bold courier with an expressive personality and a unique message for you locked away inside their envelope head. In order to read it though, they're going to need your help to deliver it!
81
/100
05
LittleBigPlanet Karting
Give full throttle to your imagination and join Sackboy and Sackgirl on the starting grid for a kart racing adventure like no other. Fire up your engines, jump behind the steering wheel and take on your friends and foes in breathtakingly unpredictable battles through an ever-changing world of content. Are you ready? LittleBigPlanet Karting combines the excitement and fun of a racing game with the ability to create any race you can imagine. Take advantage of simple and powerful creation tools to easily build your own tracks, design unique power-ups or customise your karts. Want to race a boxing glove through a land made of cheese? And then fire pizzas from your kart? You got it. Just watch out for those skull shaped hovercrafts. And flaming snakes. And whatever else is out there... Battle your friends online via PlayStation Network or in the same room using the split-screen mode, complete challenges or dive into the community to discover new player-created courses. No two tracks are ever the same, so you will never run out of new places to do battle. Race the unexpected and leave the real world in the dust!
73
/100
Tearaway Unfolded
Journey through a vibrant, living papery world, with a plucky messenger who has a unique message to deliver - to you! Choose to guide either atoi or iota on this adventure, each a bold courier with an expressive personality and a unique message for you locked away inside their envelope head. In order to read it though, they're going to need your help to deliver it!
81
/100
05
LittleBigPlanet Karting
Give full throttle to your imagination and join Sackboy and Sackgirl on the starting grid for a kart racing adventure like no other. Fire up your engines, jump behind the steering wheel and take on your friends and foes in breathtakingly unpredictable battles through an ever-changing world of content. Are you ready? LittleBigPlanet Karting combines the excitement and fun of a racing game with the ability to create any race you can imagine. Take advantage of simple and powerful creation tools to easily build your own tracks, design unique power-ups or customise your karts. Want to race a boxing glove through a land made of cheese? And then fire pizzas from your kart? You got it. Just watch out for those skull shaped hovercrafts. And flaming snakes. And whatever else is out there... Battle your friends online via PlayStation Network or in the same room using the split-screen mode, complete challenges or dive into the community to discover new player-created courses. No two tracks are ever the same, so you will never run out of new places to do battle. Race the unexpected and leave the real world in the dust!
73
/100
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Media Molecule game?
LittleBigPlanet currently tops the ranking with a score of 96/100 across 270 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.