Shooter
Wolfenstein: Youngblood

The latest installment in this influential and long-running franchise invites a pair of teen girls to unleash M-rated carnage.

Arcade/Platform
Stranger Things 3: The Game

As its title suggestion, this old-school homage mirrors the latest season of Netflix’s hit series.

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Star Wars: Battlefront II

Battlefront II may be based on our culture’s favorite space opera, but this game doesn’t sing.

Sim
Zoo Tycoon

Here’s a game where you can build up a zoo just so you can wash the hippos and feed the …

Action/Adventure, Puzzle
Outer Wilds

Outer Wilds is tricky and rewarding, but this space exploration game comes with an unexpected twist.

Action/Adventure
The Sinking City

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft might be drawn to this game. But what they’ll find is a grinding, grotesque and goopy …

Arcade/Platform
Team Sonic Racing

Can Sonic give Mario a run for his money?

Combat
Mortal Kombat 11

Mortal Kombat may not be as controversial as it once was. But that’s not because this bloody franchise has cleaned …

Arcade/Platform
Cuphead

This run-and-gun platformer is delightful to look at but a difficult game to play.

Action/Adventure, Shooter
Prey

A handful of content changes could have kept this compelling sci-fi actioner from crossing the M-rated line.

Action/Adventure
Generation Zero

This robot-battling adventure game doesn’t quite add up to the sum of its parts.

Combat
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

This ninja-themed combat title from the makers of the Dark Souls franchise is punishing in every sense of the word.

Shooter
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

This third-person shooter is better than its predecessor, but that doesn’t necessarily make it a better target for your gaming …

Horror/Suspense
Devil May Cry 5

The latest DMC entry is a stylish-but-brainless, hack-and-slash demonic gore-fest.

Sports
Dead or Alive 6

Some major adjustments give gamers more control over this franchise’s content issues—though they’re not gone completely.