Best games
Best games of 2016
The 224 best games released in 2016, ranked from 12,267 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: 2016.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 12,267 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 4
151
No Man's Sky
74
/100
152
The Flame in the Flood
73
/100
153
Punch Club
73
/100
154
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
73
/100
155
Hard Reset Redux
73
/100
156
Project Highrise
73
/100
157
Turmoil
73
/100
158
Steep
73
/100
159
Golf With Your Friends
72
/100
160
Layers of Fear
72
/100
161
A
Dead by Daylight
72
/100
162
Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
72
/100
163
Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel
72
/100
164
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood
72
/100
165
Street Fighter V
72
/100
166
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
71
/100
167
Bound
71
/100
168
Grow Up
71
/100
169
SHENZHEN I/O
71
/100
170
Just Dance 2017
71
/100
171
Who's Your Daddy
71
/100
172
Super Mario Run
70
/100
173
Resident Evil 0
70
/100
174
Human: Fall Flat
70
/100
175
Bad North
70
/100
176
GOD EATER RESURRECTION
70
/100
177
Lost Castle
70
/100
178
Glass Masquerade
70
/100
179
Aragami
70
/100
180
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
69
/100
181
Battleborn
69
/100
182
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
69
/100
183
99Vidas
69
/100
184
Farming Simulator 17
69
/100
185
The Walking Dead: Michonne
68
/100
186
Job Simulator
68
/100
187
Mafia III
68
/100
188
C
LEGO Marvel's Avengers
68
/100
189
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
67
/100
190
This is the Police
66
/100
191
UNO
66
/100
192
Fortified
66
/100
193
Prominence Poker
65
/100
194
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
64
/100
195
ADR1FT
64
/100
196
MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY
63
/100
197
Cossacks 3
63
/100
198
Pokémon Go
63
/100
199
The Playroom VR
63
/100
200
Transmissions: Element 120
62
/100
No Man's Sky
74
/100
152
The Flame in the Flood
73
/100
153
Punch Club
73
/100
154
The Deadly Tower of Monsters
73
/100
155
Hard Reset Redux
73
/100
156
Project Highrise
73
/100
157
Turmoil
73
/100
158
Steep
73
/100
159
Golf With Your Friends
72
/100
160
Layers of Fear
72
/100
161
A
Dead by Daylight
72
/100
162
Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
72
/100
163
Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel
72
/100
164
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood
72
/100
165
Street Fighter V
72
/100
166
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
71
/100
167
Bound
71
/100
168
Grow Up
71
/100
169
SHENZHEN I/O
71
/100
170
Just Dance 2017
71
/100
171
Who's Your Daddy
71
/100
172
Super Mario Run
70
/100
173
Resident Evil 0
70
/100
174
Human: Fall Flat
70
/100
175
Bad North
70
/100
176
GOD EATER RESURRECTION
70
/100
177
Lost Castle
70
/100
178
Glass Masquerade
70
/100
179
Aragami
70
/100
180
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
69
/100
181
Battleborn
69
/100
182
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
69
/100
183
99Vidas
69
/100
184
Farming Simulator 17
69
/100
185
The Walking Dead: Michonne
68
/100
186
Job Simulator
68
/100
187
Mafia III
68
/100
188
C
LEGO Marvel's Avengers
68
/100
189
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
67
/100
190
This is the Police
66
/100
191
UNO
66
/100
192
Fortified
66
/100
193
Prominence Poker
65
/100
194
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
64
/100
195
ADR1FT
64
/100
196
MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY
63
/100
197
Cossacks 3
63
/100
198
Pokémon Go
63
/100
199
The Playroom VR
63
/100
200
Transmissions: Element 120
62
/100