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Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake tops Metacritic’s 2026 game rankings
Nintendo’s Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake leads Metacritic’s game rankings for 2026 so far.
The ranking places it above other games released this year.
It is the year’s highest-reviewed game to date, according to the ranking.
Metacritic has also placed the remake among its all-time top 30 games.
That gives the game recognition both among this year’s releases and across the site’s historical rankings.
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Nintendo’s Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has become the highest-reviewed game of 2026 so far on Metacritic.
The remake has a Metacritic rating of 96 and an OpenCritic rating of 95.
Its Metacritic score is below the 99 earned by the 1998 Nintendo 64 original but above the 94 for Ocarina of Time 3D.
Reviewers broadly praised the remake’s updates, while some raised concerns about its art style and particular changes.
VGC reported that the remake had also entered Metacritic’s all-time top 30.
- Who
- Nintendo, which made the remake, and critics reviewing it.
- What
- The Ocarina of Time remake topped Metacritic’s 2026 game rankings so far. VGC also reported it entered Metacritic’s all-time top 30.
- When
- November 4, 2026, when the articles were published.
- Where
- Metacritic’s game rankings; the remake is for Nintendo Switch 2.
- Why
- Its reviews gave it a Metacritic rating of 96, the highest for a game in 2026 so far.
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- Metacritic rating
- 96
- OpenCritic rating
- 95
- Nintendo 64 original Metacritic rating
- 99
- Ocarina of Time 3D Metacritic rating
- 94
- Remake platform
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Published
- November 4, 2026
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