The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the talk of the town when it came out on Nintendo Switch in May 2023, and after all the glowing reviews it received, it quickly became a frontrunner for Game of the Year. The latest mainline installment in the Zelda franchise is not only one of the most acclaimed Nintendo games ever made, it's also one of the highest-rated games of all time. On OpenCritic, it sits at a 96/100 Top Critic Average and has a 97% Critic Approval rating. Meanwhile, on Metacritic, the game has a Metascore of 96 and a user score of 8.8/10. The only Zelda games that have higher ratings than Tears of the Kingdom are 2017's Breath of the Wild and 1998's Ocarina of Time.