Best games
Best games of 2012
The 163 best games released in 2012, ranked from 12,905 critic and player ratings.
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: 2012.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 12,905 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 3
101
Shoot Many Robots
75
/100
102
S
Clash of Clans
75
/100
103
Scribblenauts Unlimited
75
/100
104
LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
75
/100
105
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
75
/100
106
Nihilumbra
75
/100
107
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
74
/100
108
Deponia
74
/100
109
DiRT Showdown
74
/100
110
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
74
/100
111
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
74
/100
112
Tokyo Jungle
74
/100
113
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
74
/100
114
They Bleed Pixels
74
/100
115
Guild Wars 2
74
/100
116
LittleBigPlanet Karting
73
/100
117
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
73
/100
118
Gotham City Impostors
73
/100
119
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
73
/100
120
The Room
73
/100
121
Syndicate (2012)
73
/100
122
Hard Reset Extended Edition
73
/100
123
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
73
/100
124
Titan Attacks!
73
/100
125
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard
73
/100
126
Dear Esther
72
/100
127
A New Beginning - Final Cut
72
/100
128
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
71
/100
129
ASURA'S WRATH
71
/100
130
Double Dragon: Neon
71
/100
131
Warlock - Master of the Arcane
71
/100
132
Subway Surfers
71
/100
133
King Oddball
71
/100
134
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
70
/100
135
Papo & Yo
70
/100
136
Home
69
/100
137
Of Orcs and Men
69
/100
138
Receiver
69
/100
139
Binary Domain
68
/100
140
Lollipop Chainsaw
68
/100
141
C
Resident Evil 6
67
/100
142
Long Live The Queen
67
/100
143
S
Sniper Elite V2
67
/100
144
I Am Alive
66
/100
145
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
66
/100
146
Silent Hill: Downpour
66
/100
147
Little Inferno
65
/100
148
Guns of Icarus Online
64
/100
149
HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
64
/100
150
The Amazing Spider-Man
64
/100
Shoot Many Robots
75
/100
102
S
Clash of Clans
75
/100
103
Scribblenauts Unlimited
75
/100
104
LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
75
/100
105
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
75
/100
106
Nihilumbra
75
/100
107
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
74
/100
108
Deponia
74
/100
109
DiRT Showdown
74
/100
110
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
74
/100
111
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
74
/100
112
Tokyo Jungle
74
/100
113
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
74
/100
114
They Bleed Pixels
74
/100
115
Guild Wars 2
74
/100
116
LittleBigPlanet Karting
73
/100
117
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
73
/100
118
Gotham City Impostors
73
/100
119
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
73
/100
120
The Room
73
/100
121
Syndicate (2012)
73
/100
122
Hard Reset Extended Edition
73
/100
123
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
73
/100
124
Titan Attacks!
73
/100
125
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard
73
/100
126
Dear Esther
72
/100
127
A New Beginning - Final Cut
72
/100
128
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
71
/100
129
ASURA'S WRATH
71
/100
130
Double Dragon: Neon
71
/100
131
Warlock - Master of the Arcane
71
/100
132
Subway Surfers
71
/100
133
King Oddball
71
/100
134
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
70
/100
135
Papo & Yo
70
/100
136
Home
69
/100
137
Of Orcs and Men
69
/100
138
Receiver
69
/100
139
Binary Domain
68
/100
140
Lollipop Chainsaw
68
/100
141
C
Resident Evil 6
67
/100
142
Long Live The Queen
67
/100
143
S
Sniper Elite V2
67
/100
144
I Am Alive
66
/100
145
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
66
/100
146
Silent Hill: Downpour
66
/100
147
Little Inferno
65
/100
148
Guns of Icarus Online
64
/100
149
HELL YEAH! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
64
/100
150
The Amazing Spider-Man
64
/100