20 BEST PvE Games of 2022

While there are plenty of games out there that’ll have you test your mettle against others like you, sometimes you want the option to go up against the game itself and see if you’ll win. Or, you’ll want to tag-team the game with others to try and overcome the odds together. And in 2022? There are plenty of PVE titles to get your juices flowing. So check out our list of the top 15 PvE Games of 2022!

Disclaimer: The Outlast Trials, Endless Dungeon, Synced: Off Planet, Men of War II and RIPOUT was removed due to being delayed into 2023.

#20 Summoners War: Chronicles

Developer: Com2uS
Publisher: Com2uS
Platforms: PC
Release: November 09, 2022

After a new MMORPG experience, those of you might find some interest in Summoners War: Chronicles. This is a new free-to-play title that you can start up right now, and it takes place within the Summoners War universe. In particular, this game narrative is centered around the conflicts that left the world in a state of disarray. Here players are taking the role of a summoner where you’ll explore the different continents as you attempt to fight back the monsters that have emerged from various rifts of this world. Of course, being a free-to-play experience, you can find some microtransactions here with promotional offers. If you can look past that, you might find the game well worth sinking some hours into. 

#19 AdventureQuest 3D

Developer: Artix Entertainment, LLC
Publisher: Artix Entertainment, LLC
Platforms: PC
Release: October 28, 2022

AdventureQuest 3D is another free-to-play MMORPG that came out, which may be appealing. Right off the bat, an interesting component of this game is that it offers cross-platform gameplay. You can play with friends across PC and mobile platforms like Android or iOS. If you’re familiar with this franchise, you might recall AdventureQuest as it’s an older adobe flash-based RPG that came out back in 2002. With AdventureQuest 3D, players are tossed back into this universe when a new threat emerges. It’s up to you and your friends to heed the call for help and begin an adventure of uncovering the mysterious threat and ridding the world of its heinous clutches. 

#18 Temtem

Developers: Crema
Publishers: Humble Games
Platforms: PC PS5 Switch XSX|S
Release date: September06, 2022

Are you ready for a Poke-ripoff? Yes, we’re a bit mean there, but Temtem honestly is a ripoff of the legendary pocket monster franchise.

Don’t believe us? You’ll find yourself in a world where trainers go to an archipelago to capture monsters and then battle them in various ways. If you’re curious, one such way is to fight off the gym leaders of the world and collect badges.

You can also play against other players and their monsters, and you get the idea here, right? Still, if you’re looking for a new game to “catch’em all” in, this one will do that for you.

#17 The Callisto Protoco

Developers: Striking Distance Studios
Publishers: KRAFTON
Platforms: PC PS4 PS5 Xbox One XSX|S
Release date: December 02, 2022

One of the last significant games of 2022, The Callisto Protocol, puts you as a man who is wrongly imprisoned on a colony upon the moon of Jupiter.

You attempt to serve out your sentence when an outbreak of monsters shakes the colony to its core. Your mission is to get out of there alive and figure out what happened. You’ll have to use the weapons and items around you to fight back, including a gravity gun that can keep enemies away.

What really happened at the colony? Why were you put there in the first place? These answers and more await you.

#16 SD Gundam Battle Alliance

• Release date: August 25, 2022
• Developers: Artdink, Alvion
• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 5
• Publishers: BNE Entertainment, Namco Bandai Games America Inc.

Fans of the storied Gundam Wing anime franchise will now be able to pilot their own Mobile Suits in SD Gundam Battle Alliance. It’s a multiplayer action RPG in which players can fight enemies either alone or with friends. Along the way, players will be able to get their hands on new mobile suits and upgrade them. The Mobile Suits can wear and tear during battle, for some added authenticity. Story wise, the game takes place in G: Universe. That means that players will come across Gundam twists that are canon, including some of the most famous scenes from the anime.

#15 Ghost Watchers

• Developer: Renderise
• Publisher: Renderise
• Release date: July 28, 2022
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

Horror games have been thriving recently, and Ghost Watchers is one to look out for. Much like Phasmophobia, Ghost Watchers is an online cooperative horror experience. Players can work together to hunt for ghosts in haunted locations. Ghosts can be demons, vampire spirits, or even the souls of people who have committed suicide. There are a total of eight ghosts and several more demons to catch. You’ll need to put your thinking cap on as you work out the type of ghost you’re hunting using factors like age and mood. New ghosts and locations will be added over time too.

#14 Bravery and Greed

• Developer: Rekka Games
• Publisher: Team17
• Release date: 2022
• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows

Bravery and Greed is combining the beat ‘em up and roguelite genres into its own unique hook. Up to four players can choose their own classes and enjoy a deep combat system as they take on dungeons and brawl their way through enemies. A variety of co-op and competitive modes like Survival or PvP battles are available for local and online play, which adds some welcome replayability. Character classes like the Warrior, Rogue, or Wizard, each have their own combos and players will need to make use of these alongside parries, dodges, and more to take down powerful bosses in Adventure mode.

#13 Little Noah: Scion of Paradise

• Release date: June 28, 2022
• Publisher: Cygames
• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
• Developers: Cygames, Grounding Inc.

Little Noah: Scion of Paradise is a 2D roguelite dungeon crawler that looks simple and addictive. A genius alchemist called Noah and her cat Zipper must explore ancient ruins to find secrets. Players can create plenty of different teams and combo attacks from over 40 potential recruitable allies called Lilliputs. Dungeons change with each playthrough, offering a new experience on each run. You’ll need to make use of your allies and various items to take on dangerous bosses. While exploring, mana can be collected to upgrade different elements of your airship, and those can power up your character for future runs.

#12 Aegis Descent

• Developer: Traega Entertainment
• Publisher: Traega Entertainment
• Release date: July 8, 2022
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

Aegis Descent is a vehicle-based shooter with roguelite elements. WW2 is on the verge of ending, but a secret testing facility falls under attack from aliens and it’s up to WW2’s skilled pilots to fight back using a new prototype hover tank called the Aegis. Frantic gameplay lets players shoot and dodge incoming fire, and it only expands as the game continues. Each run will task you with choosing your own route through the underground tunnels, and there are new classes, weapons, and perks that can be unlocked and implemented into your loadout along the way.

#11 Arma Reforger

• Release date: May 13, 2022
• Developer: Bohemia Interactive
• Publisher: Bohemia Interactive
• Platforms: Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5

The Arma series offers immersive first-person Cold War combat, and developer Bohemia Interactive has stated that Arma Reforger is a “test bed” for features and mechanics that could appear in future entries. A mid-Atlantic Island spanning 51 square kilometers provides a massive playground for two large teams to go to war. As a US or Soviet Army soldier, players can capture points and use teamwork in combination with their chosen weaponry and vehicles to bring down their opponents. If you don’t want to fight on the front lines, players can also become Game Masters and guide their team to victory.

#10 Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II Remastered

• Release date: July 20, 2022
• Developers: Black Isle Studios, Interplay Entertainment, Square One Games Inc.
• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Publishers: Interplay Entertainment

Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II gives RPG fans a slick hack-and-slack adventure with a strong dungeon-crawling focus. As one of five heroes, players can use a collection of spells and weapons to take on hordes of deadly monsters like Ghouls, Golems, and Hobgoblins. The legendary city known as Baldur’s Gate needs to be reclaimed from the threat of dark sorcery in a classic Dungeons & Dragons-style fantasy story. There are over 80 levels to fight your way through either solo or with a friend, and plenty of hidden locations, secret characters, and items are waiting to be found.

#9 The Cycle: Frontier

• Release date: June 8, 2022
• Developer: YAGER
• Publisher: YAGER
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

On the lush but forsaken world of Fortuna III, everything carries a great risk. The Cycle: Frontier is a PvPvE game in which players must explore an alien world full of monsters to obtain precious resources. Along the way, you’ll encounter both monsters and fellow players trying to steal your treasure. You have to escape alive to keep what you find, so each expedition is a tense risk-reward game of deciding when you should head to an evac ship. Outside of exploration, players can use their findings to upgrade gear, obtain new equipment, and complete contracts to unlock new options in combat.

#8 Tiny Tina’s Wonderland

• Developer: Gearbox Software
• Publisher: 2K Games
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, PC
• Release Date: March 2022

In 2022, as it was before…there ain’t no rest for the wicked.

Tiny Tina’s Wonderland is set within the realm of Borderlands and is actually a spinoff of the DLC that came from Borderlands 2 via “Tiny Tina’s Assault On The Dragon Keep”. Plus, it’s Borderlands, so you know you’re going to have fun here.

In it you’ll be able to make your own customizable character across six classes, and in a twist, you’ll get to actually mix and match things from the various classes to suit your playstyle.

Plus, as this is the Borderlands universe, you can expect all sorts of epic powers, weapons, and bad guys to kill en masse and without having a guilty conscience.

Given the success of Borderlands 3, it’s not surprising that they’re trying to milk this cow, but this game might just surprise everyone with how good it is.

#7 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

• Developer: Fatshark
• Publisher: Fatshark
• Platforms: Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
• Release Date: 2022

The Warhammer universe is very vast. It goes beyond video games and has a very loyal fanbase that tries out a lot of what they make. And Warhammer 40,000: Darktide might just be the next big thing they try when it comes out later this year.

If you don’t know what this particular one is about, it’s a, “visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium.”

You’ll be fighting a corrupted cult and have to use both your own skills and the skills of those you play with in order to survive. You’ll be able to select your character and loadout, and building off of what was done in Vermintide, you’ll have to balance melee and gunplay in order to kill all the enemies in front of you…and behind you…and surrounding you.

Good luck.

#6 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunter

• Publisher: Frontier Foundry
• Developer: Complex Games
• Platform(s): Microsoft Windows
• Release Date: 2022

Ready for another Warhammer title? Too bad if not, because another one is coming out this year via Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunter. A very long name for a potentially very long game.

Unlike the last one though, this game is about you leading a squad in a tactical turn-based RPG. Your enemy is The Bloom, an infectious race that will be able to destroy whole planets…which is bad. Thus why you need to stop them.

What’s more, like a good RPG should, your choices will matter. You’ll be venturing across multiple planets to stop The Bloom, but you can’t stop them in all the places you’ll find them in. So you’ll need to pick and choose whom to save, and what worlds to salvage.

You’ll upgrade your party and your base to ensure you can handle The Bloom and their near-endless waves.

The universe is counting on you, good luck.

#5 Zenith: The Last City

• Developer: Ramen VR.
• Publisher: Ramen VR.
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
• Release Date: January 27th, 2022

VR is getting more and more traction no matter how you look at it, and Zenith: The Last City is aiming to take that to new heights as they’re pushing to make this game one that is both VR in terms of controls, but MMO in terms of scope.

You’ll get to explore this world via your own eyes (literally) and then make new friends along the way as you journey throughout the land and fight enemies and make yourself home.

You can explore dungeons, join up with groups and fight bosses, and much more.

Yes, we know that VR isn’t for everyone, nor does everyone have VR. But if you do have one, and you’re willing to take a chance, Zenith: The Last City might be the one you take a chance on.

#4 V Rising

• Publisher: Stunlock Studios
• Developers: Stunlock Studios, Stunlock Studios AB
• Platform: Microsoft Windows
• Release Date: TBA

What’s better than fighting monsters? BEING the monster. In V Rising, you’ll awaken as a vampire who needs to conquer, and that’s exactly what you’ll do. You’ll go out into the world and suck the blood from your victims in order to get stronger. Then, you’ll start to build your castle so that you can truly reign over the living without mercy.

And you can team up with your fellow vampires to further get the job done.

As you grow, you’ll gain new abilities, and be able to fortify your castle to improve all that you are. But remember, you are a vampire, and the light is your enemy. Evade the day and rule the night until all are under your command.

In short, this game ain’t gonna suck. Get it?

#3 Overprime

• Publishers: Netmarble F&C, Netmarble
• Developer: Netmarble F&C Team SoulEve
• Platform: Microsoft Windows
• Release Date: January 21, 2022

Let’s switch things up and head to the world of MOBAs shall we? Overprime is a title that released in January, and it features two squads of players going up against one another so that they can try to destroy each others base.

Naturally, such a title will have a selection of heroes to choose from in order to fit your playstyle. And as such, you’ll need to make sure your team is balanced and in sync in order to win…or get crushed like a bunch of freaking noobs.

The will feature multiple modes and is aiming to have more characters come via updates. So while it’s just starting its life, it could be one that lasts quite a while.

#2 Monster Hunter Rise

• Developer: Capcom
• Publisher: Capcom
• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC
• Release Date: March 26th, 2021

A little surprised to see this game on the list? Well, you shouldn’t because Monster Hunter, especially with its last few iterations, is one of the ultimate PVE franchises out there. This game is here to test your skills and push you to new heights as you fight monsters many times your size and strength level, and bring them down with your weapons. All so you can collect parts from them and then make even MORE weapons and armors to fight other beings out there.

Monster Hunter Rise is the latest installment in the franchise, and it debuted on the Nintendo Switch to great effect and then was ported over to the PC.

This game plays like most other Monster Hunter titles, but has a verticality and movement ability that was made for the Switch.

Plus, not only is there a lot of content for you to enjoy right now, but there’s a major DLC expansion in Sunbreak coming this Summer that will surely keep you hunting.

#1 Gotham Knights

• Developer: WB Games Montréal
• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, PC
• Release Date: 2022

Last, but certainly not least, is the highly-anticipated Gotham Knights title. This comes from WB Montreal, who helped out on the Arkham franchise and is now giving us its own “spiritual successor” to it with this game.

In it, Batman has died, and the city is now under siege from all sorts of classic villains. You’ll have the option to play as either Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood, or Robin in order to fight crimes and save the city from the Court of Owls.

Anyone who knows the Arkham franchise knows that this title will be brimming with action, huge setpieces, surprise twists, and more. Also, WB Montreal notes that you’ll be able to customize what your character plays like as you upgrade them in order to make you even more connected with the game.

We don’t have a release date yet, but we’ll get it this year hopefully.