The worst games in 2021

Another year is coming to an end and websites and events are starting to post lists of the best titles. However, there are also those who want to share a list of the worst games released during the past year. 

Such reviews are often mixed with reviews, and review aggregator Metacritic recently provided a list of the 10 worst video games of 2021 based on average scores.

Metacritic's worst-rated games of 2021 are mostly games that many people may not even know about, such as Demon Skin and I Saw Black Clouds. 

But on this list there are also some popular games like the Nintendo Switch version of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition which has an average review score of only 47 points.

With numerous serious technical problems, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition had a disastrous debut. Out of all of them, the version released on the Nintendo Switch is undoubtedly the worst, it has an even more unstable performance compared to the PC, PlayStation and Xbox versions. 

And here is the list of the 10 worst games of 2021 according to Metacritic:

1. 10. Necromunda: Hired Gun – 49
2. 9. Demon Skin – 48
3. 8. Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace – 48
4. 7. I Saw Black Clouds – 48
5. 6. Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition – 47
6. 5. Of Bird and Cage – 44
7. 4. Chaos Taxi – 42
8. 3. Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood – 42
9. 2. Bali Wonderworld – 36
10. 1. eFootball 2022 – 25

In which eFootbal 2022 is the worst rated game with a series of serious technical problems upon release and many of them still exist to this day.

Samuel Daniel

Update 07 January 2022