Insomniac Games has made acclaimed games across multiple franchises and eras, but the available catalog evidence supports a careful ranking of eight identifiable titles—not a defensible top ten. This list weighs Metacritic scores alongside release era and the breadth of the studio’s portfolio; it is an editorial selection, not a claim that critic scores settle which game is best.
How this ranking works
Metacritic’s developer catalog, as crawled in 2026, lists 36 Insomniac games and an average career score of 79. Its highest-scoring entry is Spyro: Year of the Dragon at 91, while Fuse is lowest at 62. Those figures provide one comparison point, not a complete measure of lasting appeal, franchise importance, or accessibility to a new player.
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The ranking below uses the listed Metascores as a reference and considers release era and representation across the studio’s catalog. The available evidence does not include enough title-specific descriptions or review details to support confident gameplay comparisons or placements for ten distinct games. Rather than fill the final two spots with guesses, this list includes the eight titles for which the catalog supplies a name and a score.
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Spyro: Year of the Dragon
Metascore: 91. This 1990s-era entry is the highest-rated game in Metacritic’s Insomniac developer catalog as crawled in 2026. Its position here recognizes that studio standouts predate the recent Marvel releases; the score alone cannot establish how well it suits a particular player today.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Metascore: 90; PlayStation 5; released October 20, 2023. It is the highest-scoring listed title among the recent games in this selection. The score and release details make it a strong modern starting candidate, though the catalog data does not establish whether it is the best first game for someone new to the series.
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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Metascore: 88; PlayStation 5; released June 10, 2021. This is the clearest high-rated option in the supplied evidence for readers who want to explore a non-Marvel Insomniac franchise on PS5.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man
Metascore: 87; PlayStation 4; released September 7, 2018. The earlier PS4 release ranks below its listed sequel by score. For a reader deciding where to begin with the three Marvel’s Spider-Man games identified in the studio’s catalog, it is the chronological starting point.
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Ratchet & Clank (2016)
Metascore: 85; PlayStation 4; released April 12, 2016. The catalog lists it below Rift Apart by score, offering another Ratchet & Clank entry from an earlier console generation.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Metascore: 85 on PlayStation 5, released November 11, 2020; 84 on PlayStation 4, released November 12, 2020. The platform-specific listings differ, so the PS5 score should not be applied to the PS4 version. Its place in the ranking reflects the PS5 listing.
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Stormland
Metascore: 81; PC; released November 14, 2019. It is the PC title in this selection, broadening the list beyond the console releases. The available catalog evidence supports its score and platform, but not a detailed comparison of its play style with the other entries.
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Sunset Overdrive
Metascore: 81 on Xbox One, released October 28, 2014; 83 on PC, released November 16, 2018. The PC listing scores two points higher than the Xbox One listing. Its inclusion reflects the studio’s portfolio beyond the franchises most visible in its current PlayStation-era catalog.
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Which Insomniac game should you play first?
- For a recent PS5 release: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has the highest listed score among the recent titles here.
- For Ratchet & Clank: choose between the PS5 Rift Apart listing and the PS4 Ratchet & Clank (2016) listing; the former has the higher score in the catalog.
- For the Marvel’s Spider-Man series: begin with Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018) if release order matters to you. The studio’s official catalog identifies three games in the series, but the supplied evidence does not establish a recommended play order beyond their dates.
- For a different platform: Sunset Overdrive has Xbox One and PC listings; Stormland is listed for PC.
Why this is not a full top ten
Insomniac’s official catalog also highlights Spyro the Dragon, Resistance, and other parts of its portfolio, but the evidence available here does not identify and score enough additional individual games to rank ten titles responsibly. Metacritic’s catalog names Fuse as its lowest-scoring entry, but provides no selected score detail for it in the comparison data. Adding it—or an unspecified Resistance game—to complete a ten-place list would create a ranking without a consistent, supported basis.
Metacritic scores and release details above are attributed to its developer catalog as crawled in 2026. The studio’s official catalog is the basis for the broader franchise scope. No detailed gameplay claims are made where the available evidence does not substantiate them.
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