10 Most Overrated Video Games Of The Decade (So Far)
These games are good, but they aren't THAT good!
2025 officially kicks off the second half of the decade, making now the perfect time to look back on the prior five years to see just how well – or poorly – the eighth console generation came to a close and the ninth console generation got going.
Undoubtedly, this decade’s given gamers some truly amazing offerings, such as Alan Wake 2, Spider-Man 2, God of War: Ragnarök, and Elden Ring. At the same time, though, many players endured some truly awful ones, too, including Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Forspoken, Babylon’s Fall, and of course, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum.
But what about the projects that land somewhere in the middle, delivering good (if not great) experiences that simply don’t deserve the massive amounts of industry praise and consumer love they’ve received?
Well, wonder no longer, because that’s what this list will dive into by discussing the 10 most overrated video games of the decade (so far).
To reiterate, none of these picks are bad or even mediocre. On the contrary, they’re still superb creations that come highly recommended. It’s just that they’re not quite as revolutionary, immaculate, and/or overwhelmingly enjoyable as critics and casual gamers might have you believe.
10. Resident Evil Village
2017’s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard was precisely the shot in the arm the series needed. In addition to being the franchise’s first mainline foray into first-person POV, its likeable new protagonist (Ethan Winters) and backwoods locations resulted in the scariest and freshest Resident Evil journey in years.
Its sequel – 2021’s Resident Evil Village – was a solid continuation that felt like both a direct successor to Biohazard and a spiritual successor to the masterpiece that is Resident Evil 4.
After all, it leaned into gothic horror by bringing Ethan to a snowy European village (where he fights werewolves, deranged villagers, and aristocratic castle dwellers). Consequently, it won multiple Game of the Year awards, and some people still champion it over Biohazard as a top-tier part of the saga.
Although it’s good, it’s not that good.
Primarily, it’s much easier than Biohazard, with wonky A.I. and Ethan’s ridiculous ability to live through anything making it a breeze to survive any situation. On that note, Ethan’s less interesting and perceptive than before, and there are numerous story contrivances and inconsistencies that yield a less polished, frightening, serious, and compelling narrative and setting.
Even the big baddies pale in comparison to what preceded them.