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title: Comparing Critical Reception of Video Games and TV Adaptations
date: 2025-05-23T12:00:00-05:00
author: Nick Lorang
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[](https://www.lemonly.com/work)# [Lemonly](https://www.lemonly.com/work?client=lemonly) Comparing Critical Reception of Video Games and TV Adaptations 

 [Microcontent](https://www.lemonly.com/work?category=microcontent)Do video games make good TV shows? We compared critic scores of video game franchises and their small-screen adaptations to see which adaptations leveled up and which were game over.

Illustrations bring these beloved video game characters to life, and bar charts make the comparison clear. Starting with Netflix's *Arcane* (2021) — the best-reviewed TV adaptation among these twelve video game franchises — and continuing with critically acclaimed hits like HBO's *The Last of Us* (2023), the list also features some critical flops like the widely panned *Halo* (2022) and *Resident Evil* (2022) that didn't live up to their source material.

Source: Metacritic | [View source data](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E_-b1TtDjdGH-71FRCOCbJscRPoVmQxgv0rBnvGSPC4/edit?usp=sharing)

 

   

 

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## **Video game adaptations in TV**

**Metacritic scores for video games/series and their TV adaptations**

**TV Series****Year****Network****Metacritic Score (TV Series)****Metacritic Score\* (Video Game)***Arcane*2021Netflix8678*Devil May Cry*2025Netflix7783*Cyberpunk: Edgerunners*2022Netflix8086*Knuckles*2024Paramount+6169*Castlevania*2017Netflix7180*Fallout*2024Prime Video7383*The Last of Us*2023HBO8394*Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft*2024Netflix6582*The Witcher*2019Netflix6487*Twisted Metal*2023Peacock5582*Halo*2022Paramount+6191*Resident Evil*2022Netflix5383*\*Video game scores averaged from main game series or primary source material where available.*

*Source: Metacritic*

 

 

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