The 10 Worst Video Games of 2020

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 17, 2020

Above are the lowest-scoring games released for any platform between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Games are ranked by Metascore (as of December 15, 2020) prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 7 reviews from professional critics are excluded. If a single title would have landed on the list multiple times due to low scores on more than one platform, we only included the lowest-scoring version.

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42 #10: The Elder Scrolls: Blades (Switch)

Sometimes games don't translate well to handheld devices, even when designed from scratch for smaller screens. That was the case for Bethesda's latest entry in its 26-year-old fantasy action-RPG franchise, Blades, which was deemed boring and tedious by reviewers.

“The Elder Scrolls: Blades is a bland and repetitive grind, a free-to-play mobile game all dressed up like a proper Elder Scrolls title but lacking in any of the adventure, exploration, wit or charm of a mainline entry in the franchise." —Nintendo Life

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