Astro Bot Is The Best-Reviewed Game Of The Year So Far [Video]

Between new Warhammer 40K, Harry Potter, and soccer simulator games, September is shaping up to be a packed month on the gaming calendar. But the best-reviewed game of the month–and the year thus far–has just launched in the form of Astro Bot, a new adventure starring Sony’s adorable mechanical mascot. Astro Bot has been a critical smash-hit, as numerous reviews have praised it for being an exciting platformer that is a joy to play and uses the DualSense controller to create immersive gameplay. It also happens to have a ton of PlayStation cameos for fans.

On GameSpot’s sister site Metacritic, Astro Bot currently has a metascore of 94 from 113 reviews. That makes it the best-reviewed game of the yearon the review-aggregate platform, beating out strong GOTY contenders like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (92), Animal Well (91), and Balatro (90). This also puts Astro Bot …