Sega takes Capcom’s crown as Metacritic’s highest-rated publisher of 2024

Review aggregation website Metacritic has revealed the results of its 15th annual Game Publisher Rankings.

Sega topped the list, which was determined based on the quality of publishers’ releases in 2024.

The Japanese company released a number of critically acclaimed games last year including Metaphor: ReFantazio, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

Sega topped the latest annual rankings ahead of Capcom, which was Metacritic’s highest-rated publisher of 2023, and Aksys Games.

2022’s winner, Sony, was ranked at No.4, five places ahead of 2021’s top-rated publisher, Microsoft. Meanwhile Nintendo, which last took the top spot in 2014, ranked at No.22.

Publishers were ranked using a points system, calculated (as in previous years) according to four factors, according to Metacritic.

The most weight was given to the average Metascore for their games, but also taken into account were the percentage of scored titles with good reviews (score of at least 75), the percentage of scored products with bad reviews (49 or lower), and the number of “great” games released (90 or higher).

Only publishers with five or more distinct titles released in 2024 were eligible to be included in the rankings, which don’t take into account mobile games.

The top 10 publishers are listed below, along with their points score, average Metascore and previous year’s ranking.

1) Sega (325.5 points) – 82.9 (last year: 9th)
2) Capcom (323.1 points) – 82.1 (last year: 1st)

3) Aksys Games (318.1 points) – 78.8 (last year: 7th)
4) Sony (314 points) – 80.9 (last year: 13th)
5) Focus Entertainment (309.6 points) – 79.1 (last year: 18th)
6) Gamera Games (303.5 points) – 80.2 (last year: n/a)
6) Square Enix (303.5 points) – 78.5 (last year: 19th)
8) Raw Fury (301.1 points) – 78.5 (last year: 2nd)
9) Microsoft (301 points) – 79.4 (last year: 15th)
10) Annapurna Interactive (298.7 points) – 79.2 (last year: 5th)