The 10 best games of 2022 (so far) – The A.V. Club

(Clockwise from lower left to right) Tunic (Image: Andrew Shouldice), Card Shark (Image: Devolver Digital), Elden Ring (Image: Bandai-Namco), Kirby And The Forgotten Land (Image: Nintendo), The Quarry (Image: 2K Games)Graphic: Allison Corr

2022 has been a quieter year for gaming than most; outside a few high-profile releasesand one massive, medium-sweeping bulldozer courtesy of FromSoftwaremajor releases (at least, from the big-budget studios) have been few and far between.

But that, of course, only calls for deeper curation, and so The A.V. Club is here with a look at the best games published in the first half of 2022, whether smaller indie titles, Elden Ring, or big-budget games forced to exist in the unfortunate shadow of Elden Ring. Our list runs the gamut from open world epics to small-scale emotional adventures, and from obscurity-soaked love letters to the latest adventures of everyones favorite pink vore monster. But all our picks are united by one thing: These were the games we likedand whyin the first half of 2022.

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