Best Competitive

Team up with friends or take on foes in the games that fired up our competitive spirits this year.

This reimagining of the wildly popular MOBA uses intuitive controls, auto-attack options, and shorter matches to pull you right into the action. It’s the easiest, and fastest, way to pick up and play Riot’s iconic arena battler.

The universe’s greatest heroes collide in this open-world action RPG. Featuring a completely original multiversal story, console-quality visuals and incredibly slick combat mechanics, it definitely lives up to its name.

Pokémon Unite brings a breath of fresh air to a genre that’s notoriously hard to grasp. Its delightfully different approach results in fast, fluid battles with clear objectives that make it wonderfully accessible and immensely enjoyable to play.

Vanquish evil and build your ultimate hero in this roguelite adventure. No two runs of Rogue Land’s sprawling world are the same, and there’s a dizzying arsenal of skills and items for you to master. But be careful, one misstep and it’s all over.

Under its cutesy visuals lies a game of murder most foul as up to ten players work together to uncover the secret killer. Thanks to varied game modes with different roles, voice chat and sumptuous hand-drawn visuals, it’s social deduction at its best.