Top 10 Metacritic Game Publisher Rankings for 2022 Have Been Announced!

It's time again for the top 10 publishers! For the 13th year in a row, Metacritic has calculated the last 12 months of game releases to decide, once and for all, who the best publisher for 2022 is! With an intricate scoring system and a rule of five or more distinct titles released, it's time to see who was the winner! Yes, this rule means that last year's winner — Microsoft — is unable to participate this year.

Here were the top 10 publishers for 2022, their average Meta Score, and their new position relative to last year!

• #10. Devolver Digital — Avg. 78.3 (#11 last year)
• #9. Humble Games — Avg. 76.8 (#3 last year)
• #8. Annapurna Interactive — Avg. 79.2 (#18 last year)
• #7. Sega (including Atlus) — Avg. 79.3 (#8 last year)
• #6. Capcom — Avg. 78.6 (#6 last year)
• #5. Take-Two Interactive (including 2K, Private Division, and Rockstar) — Avg. 78.9 (#27 last year)
• #4. Focus Entertainment (including The Arcade Crew, Blackmill, Deck13, and DotEmu) — Avg. 80.0 (#17 last year)
• #3. Activision Blizzard — Avg. 76.5 (#4 last year)
• #2. Paradox Interactive — Avg. 81.8 (N/A)
• #1. Sony Interactive Entertainment — Avg. 85.6 (#2 last year)

Sony takes the crown with a staggering 85.6 average score, which is no surprise with the previously-exclusive titles coming to PC, including God of War (2018) and Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, but also because of its sequel to its 2018 game of the year — and 2022 game-of-the-year nominee — God of War Ragnarok!

Congratulations to Sony Interactive Entertainment for such a great year! May we see another successful one with Returnal and The Last of Us Part I coming to PC this year, alongside Marvel's Spider-Man 2's tentative September release!