Nintendo Drops Out Of Metacritics Top 20 Game Publisher Rankings For 2024

Metacritic has published its 15th annual game publisher rankings, which ranks various game publishers by their average critic review scores for 2024.

This time, Nintendo has placed 22nd in the rankings out of the 37 listed publishers, with an average Metascore of 76 across the 13 games they released that year. This would be considered a “Generally Favorable” score, but this is the lowest Nintendo has placed in Metacritic’s rankings so far.

This result is perhaps unsurprising, given that 2024 was a more quiet year for Nintendo without any major breakout hits aside from the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake, Super Mario Party, and The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom.

On the other hand, in an amusing twist, Nintendo’s former biggest rival SEGA snagged the Number 1 spot this year, with an 82.9 across the 12 games they released in 2024. Other publishers in the upper echelon of the rankings include Capcom, Microsoft, and Sony.

You can check out the full list below:

Ranking	Publisher
37	Fulqrum Publishing
36	Nacon/Daedalic
35	PQube
34	Perp Games
33	THQ Nordic
32	Humble Games
31	Atari
30	Maximum Entertainment
28 (tie)	Secret Mode
28 (tie)	3D Realms
27	Bandai Namco
26	Team17
25	Konami
24	NIS America
23	Electronic Arts
22	Nintendo
21	Super Rare Games
20	Plaion
19	Idea Factory
18	Ubisoft
17	ININ Games
16	Red Art Games
15	Digital Eclipse
14	Plug In Digital
13	Devolver Digital
12	Take-Two Interactive
11	Kepler Interactive
10	Annapurna Interactive
9	Microsoft
8	Raw Fury
6 (tie)	Square Enix
6 (tie)	Gamera Games
5	Focus Entertainment
4	Sony
3	Aksys Games
2	Capcom
1	SEGA

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