Our "Quarterly Reports" provide a handy list of the 25 best games for each platform, both for the current year so far and for all time. There's a separate report for each platform, and they will be updated again during the first week in July.

Best-reviewed Xbox 360 games of 2013 (as of April 1st)

	Game		Publisher	Metascore
1		BioShock Infinite	2K Games	94
		This early game of the year contender—the third installment in the BioShock series—might be tough to beat as 2013 progresses. The PC version scored even higher.
2	Pinball FX 2: Star Wars Pinball		Microsoft Game Studios	87
3	Tomb Raider		Square Enix	86
4	DmC: Devil May Cry		Capcom	86
5	Bit.Trip Presents...Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien		Aksys Games	86
6	Mass Effect 3: Citadel		Electronic Arts	84
7	Darkstalkers Resurrection		Capcom	82
8	Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance		Konami	82
9	Terraria		505 Games	81
10	Skulls of the Shogun		Microsoft Game Studios	81
11	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14		EA Sports	80
12	Gears of War: Judgment		Microsoft Game Studios	79
13	Dead Space 3		Electronic Arts	78
14	Crysis 3		EA Games	76
15	Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Revolution		Activision	75
16	Assassin's Creed III - The Infamy		Ubisoft	73
17	Anarchy Reigns		Sega	73
18	Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds		5pb	72
19	Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams		bitComposer Games	72
20	Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt		2K Games	72
21	Retro City Rampage		Vblank	71
22	The Cave		Sega	70
23	Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3		Namco Bandai	70
24	DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall		Capcom	68
25	Hitman HD Trilogy		Square Enix	68
... and the worst-reviewed:
36	Aliens: Colonial Marines		Sega	48
37	Dead Space 3: Awakened		Electronic Arts	48
38	MLB 2K13		2K Games	48
39	Omerta: City of Gangsters		Kalypso	42
40	The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct		Activision	33

Includes games released between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 with at least seven reviews in our database. Note that games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding. The Metascore is a weighted average of critic reviews on a scale of 0 (bad) to 100 (good). All scores are from April 1, 2013.

Best-reviewed Xbox 360 games of all time

Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a symbol.

	Game	Publisher	Metascore
1	Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)	Rockstar Games	98
2	BioShock (2007)	2K Games	96
3	The Orange Box (2007)	EA Games	96
4	Mass Effect 2 (2010)	Electronic Arts	96
5	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)	Bethesda Softworks	96
6	Red Dead Redemption (2010)	Rockstar Games	95
7	Portal 2 (2011)	Valve Software	95
8	Batman: Arkham City (2011)	Warner Bros. Interactive	94
9	Gears of War (2006)	Microsoft Game Studios	94
10	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)	2K Games	94
11	BioShock Infinite (2013)	2K Games	94
12	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)	Activision	94
13	Halo 3 (2007)	Microsoft Game Studios	94
14	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)	Activision	94
15	Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (2010)	Namco Bandai	93
16	Braid (2008)	Number None Inc.	93
17	Street Fighter IV (2009)	Capcom	93
18	Fallout 3 (2008)	Bethesda Softworks	93
19	Gears of War 2 (2008)	Microsoft Game Studios	93
20	Mass Effect 3 (2012)	Electronic Arts	93
21	Rock Band 3 (2010)	MTV Games	93
22	Guitar Hero II (2007)	RedOctane	92
23	Rock Band (2007)	MTV Games/Electronic Arts	92
24	Forza Motorsport 3 (2009)	Microsoft Game Studios	92
25	Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009)	Eidos Interactive	92

Games with fewer than 7 reviews are not eligible for inclusion.

For a complete list of all Xbox 360 high (and low) scores, visit Metacritic's Xbox 360 section.