Comparing the 2022 releases of game publishers
The following table summarizes the results detailed in our main article.
| Metascore | Good Games | Bad Games | Great Games | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Avg. | Pts. | % | Pts. | % | Pts. | # | Pts. | Total Pts. | |
| 1 | Sony | 85.6 | 128.4 | 100% | 100.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 338.4 |
| 2 | Paradox Interactive | 81.8 | 122.7 | 100% | 100.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 322.7 |
| 3 | Activision Blizzard | 76.5 | 114.8 | 90% | 90.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 304.8 |
| 4 | Focus Entertainment | 80.0 | 120.0 | 79% | 79.5 | 0% | 100.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 304.5 |
| 5 | Take-Two Interactive | 78.9 | 118.3 | 86% | 85.7 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 304.0 |
| 6 | Capcom | 78.6 | 117.9 | 81% | 81.3 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 299.2 |
| 7 | Sega | 79.3 | 119.0 | 71% | 70.6 | 0% | 100.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 294.6 |
| 8 | Annapurna Interactive | 79.2 | 118.8 | 75% | 75.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 293.8 |
| 9 | Humble Games | 76.8 | 115.2 | 73% | 72.7 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 287.9 |
| 10 | Devolver Digital | 78.3 | 117.5 | 68% | 68.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 285.5 |
| 11 | Red Art Games | 74.9 | 112.4 | 70% | 70.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 282.4 |
| 12 | Nintendo | 78.6 | 117.9 | 63% | 62.5 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 280.4 |
| 13 | Aksys Games | 77.2 | 115.8 | 60% | 60.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 275.8 |
| 14 | Atari | 76.8 | 115.2 | 60% | 60.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 275.2 |
| 15 | WayForward | 73.8 | 110.6 | 63% | 62.5 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 273.1 |
| 16 | Raw Fury | 75.1 | 112.7 | 60% | 60.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 272.7 |
| 17 | Electronic Arts | 74.9 | 112.4 | 57% | 57.1 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 269.5 |
| 18 | Digerati Distribution | 75.0 | 112.4 | 56% | 55.6 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 268.0 |
| 19 | Plug in Digital | 72.1 | 108.2 | 55% | 54.5 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 262.8 |
| 20 | Spike Chunsoft | 74.2 | 111.3 | 50% | 50.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 261.3 |
| 21 | 505 Games | 74.0 | 111.0 | 50% | 50.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 261.0 |
| 22 | XSeed Games | 73.7 | 110.6 | 50% | 50.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 260.6 |
| 23 | ININ/United Games | 74.0 | 110.9 | 43% | 42.9 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 253.8 |
| 24 | Bandai Namco | 72.5 | 108.7 | 40% | 39.5 | 0% | 100.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 253.2 |
| 25 | Thunderful | 71.1 | 106.7 | 46% | 46.2 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 252.8 |
| 26 | Square Enix | 73.1 | 109.6 | 46% | 46.0 | 4% | 96.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 251.6 |
| 27 | tinyBuild | 71.1 | 106.6 | 50% | 50.0 | 6% | 94.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 251.1 |
| 28 | Team17 | 72.4 | 108.6 | 39% | 38.9 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 247.5 |
| 29 | Arc System Works | 71.3 | 107.0 | 38% | 37.5 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 244.5 |
| 30 | SNK | 72.6 | 108.8 | 33% | 33.3 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 242.2 |
| 31 | Microids | 69.9 | 104.9 | 35% | 35.3 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 240.2 |
| 32 | NIS America | 71.7 | 107.5 | 26% | 26.1 | 0% | 100.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 238.6 |
| 33 | Saber Interactive | 70.8 | 106.2 | 31% | 31.3 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 237.5 |
| 34 | Plaion | 68.7 | 103.1 | 34% | 34.3 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 237.4 |
| 35 | Idea Factory | 69.2 | 103.8 | 33% | 33.3 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 237.2 |
| 36 | Maximum Games | 71.3 | 107.0 | 27% | 27.3 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 234.3 |
| 37 | THQ Nordic | 69.0 | 103.5 | 33% | 33.3 | 4% | 96.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 233.1 |
| 38 | Ubisoft | 70.9 | 106.3 | 26% | 26.3 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 232.6 |
| 39 | PQube | 69.9 | 104.8 | 21% | 21.4 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 226.2 |
| 40 | Nacon | 69.3 | 104.0 | 21% | 21.1 | 5% | 94.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 219.8 |
| 41 | No More Robots | 67.2 | 100.8 | 13% | 12.5 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 213.3 |
| 42 | Freedom Games | 68.1 | 102.2 | 17% | 16.7 | 8% | 91.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 210.5 |
| 43 | Ratalaika Games | 65.8 | 98.7 | 0% | 0.0 | 0% | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 198.7 |
| 44 | Assemble Entertainment | 63.5 | 95.2 | 33% | 33.3 | 33% | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 195.2 |
| 45 | PlayWay/Ultimate Games | 58.4 | 87.6 | 0% | 0.0 | 17% | 83.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 170.9 |
Only publishers releasing at least 5 scored, distinct titles in 2022 are eligible. Points for average Metascore are awarded at 1.5 x the average (with a maximum of 150 points possible). Points for good % and bad % are awarded based on a maximum of 100 each. Points for "great" games are awarded as bonus points (5.0 points per unique title). To qualify as "great," a game must have a Metascore of at least 90 and have at least 7 critic reviews. iOS games are excluded. If a game has different publishers in different geographic regions, only the North American publisher is counted. But if a game's physical release has a different publisher than its digital release, the game counts toward both publishers' totals. Calculations are based on Metascores as of March 9, 2023.
View our previous Game Publisher Rankings:
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