Consider yourself lucky if you have access to AAA games. If this is the first time you hear about the term, AAA games is a classification used in the video gaming industry to signify high-profile, high-budget games that are usually produced and distributed by larger, more well-known publishers. When you look for and buy these types of games from the store, they will also usually be more expensive.
All the games released by mid-sized and major game developers worldwide are called AAA games or triple-A games.
In other words, any game released by big developers like Rockstar Games, Ubisoft, Naughty Dog, CD Projekt Red, and other significant brands is considered an AAA title. Every AAA game has a massive budget and is published by the major developers.
On the contrary, games published by small-time developers are referred to as indie games. If you are into RPG stuff, then you have probably heard of them.
For instance, the game Among Us is an indie title. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds or PUBG is also not considered an AAA game.
On the other hand, Minecraft has once been an indie game, but after Microsoft took over, it has been recognized as an AAA game ever since.
Without further ado, here are 15 of the best AAA games you should be playing right now.
Top 15 AAA Games You Should Be Playing Now
The Last of Us Part II
Release Date: June 19th, 2020
Developer: Naughty Dog
Genre: Action/Adventure
Supported Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
Set five years after The Last of Us, launched in 2013, The Last of Us Part II focuses on two playable characters in the post-apocalyptic United States whose lives intertwine. The first is Ellie, who sets out for revenge after suffering a tragedy. The second is Abby, a soldier who becomes involved in a conflict between a religious cult and her militia. The game can be played from a third-person perspective. It also allows the player to fight human enemies and cannibalistic zombie-like creatures. This is with the use of improvised weapons, firearms, and stealth.
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Release Date: August 18th, 2020
Developer: Asobo Studio
Genre: Adventure/Simulation
Supported Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
Designers Bruce Artwick, Damien Cuzacq, and Rob Brown designed Microsoft Flight Simulator, among the longest-running, best-known, iconic, and most comprehensive home flight simulator programs on the market right now. Some of the game’s features include exploring the world, earning your wings, and testing your skills.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Release Date: March 20th, 2020
Developer: Nintendo
Genre: Adventure/Simulation
Supported Platforms: Nintendo Switch
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the player controls a character who moves to a deserted island after buying a getaway package from Tom Nook. He or she also accomplishes assigned tasks and develops the island as they wish. They can gather and craft items, customize the island, and develop it into a community of anthropomorphic animals.
Ghost Of Tsushima
Release Date: July 17th, 2020
Developer: Sucker Punch Productions
Genre: Action/Adventure
Supported Platforms: PlayStation 4
In this game, the player controls Jin Sakai, a samurai, on a quest to protect Tsushima Island (not fictional) during the first Mongol invasion of Japan. Jin must choose between his warrior code to fight honorably and pragmatically, but in despicable ways, that can defeat the Mongols with minimal casualties.
Ghost of Tsushima features a large open world that can be explored on foot or horseback. When facing enemies, players can choose whether to engage in a direct confrontation with enemies with Jin’s katana or become a legendary warrior known as “the Ghost,” who uses stealth tactics to assassinate opponents.
Crysis Remastered
Release Date: September 18th, 2020
Developer: Crytek
Genre: Action/First-person Shooter
Supported Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
The classic first-person shooter from Crytek is back with this action-packed gameplay, sandbox world, and thrilling epic battles you loved the first time around. Now, the game has remastered graphics optimized for a new generation of hardware.
Resident Evil 3 Remake
Release Date: April 3rd, 2020
Developer: Capcom
Genre: Action/Adventure
Supported Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
Every now and then, game developers remake games to improve their gameplay further. In the Resident Evil 3 remake, players control former elite agent Jill Valentine and mercenary Carlos Oliveira as they attempt to find a vaccine and escape from the city during a viral outbreak. The game is played from a third-person perspective, and requires the player to solve puzzles and defeat monsters while getting pursued by a creature called Nemesis.
Watch Dogs: Legion
Release Date: October 29th, 2020
Developer: Ubisoft
Genre: Action/Adventure
Supported Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows
Set within a fictionalized representation of a futuristic and dystopian London, the story of Watch Dogs: Legion follows the hacker syndicate DedSec as they seek to clear their names after being framed for a series of terrorist bombings. DedSec also attempts to liberate London’s citizens from the control of Albion, an oppressive private military company that turned the city into a surveillance state after the bombings.
Call Of Duty: Warzone
Release Date: March 10th, 2020
Developer: Activision
Genre: Action/First-person Shooter
Supported Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
At launch, the game features two main modes: Battle Royale and Plunder. Call of Duty: Warzone introduces a new in-game currency system that may be used at “Buy Stations” in and around the map. “Loadout” drops are an example of where Cash can be traded for limited access to the custom classes of players.
Players may also utilize Cash to buy items like “killstreaks” and gas masks. Cash can be found by looting buildings and killing players that have Cash on them. At launch, Warzone only offered Trios, a squad capacity consisting of three players. However, in its free post-launch content updates, Solos, Duos, and Quads have all been added to the game.
Here are the rest of the best AAA games on our list. A little later on, you will also be learning about bonus AAA games or those given with honorable mentions.
Baldur’s Gate 3
Valorant
Marvel’s Avengers
DOOM Eternal
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Minecraft Dungeons
Bonus AAA Games: Honorable Mentions
There are AAA games that may not be part of the top 15 but deserve honorable mentions. Here they are.
Cyberpunk 2077
Release Date: December 10th, 2020
Developers: CD Projekt RED, CD Projekt
Genres: Role-playing, Adventure, Shooter, Fighting
Supported Platforms: Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows
Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Release Date: November 13th, 2020
Developers: Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox
Genre: Action/First-person Shooter
Supported Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Release Date: November 10th, 2020
Developer: Ubisoft
Genres: Adventure, Fighting game, Action role-playing, Shooter, Platform
Supported Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, Google Stadia, Microsoft Windows, Amazon Luna
