Marvel's Wolverine scores 77 on Metacritic — Sony's weakest PS5 exclusive since Concord
Marvel's Wolverine, Insomniac Games' long-awaited PS5 exclusive, launched September 15 to a collective shrug from critics. The game sits at 77 on Metacritic — Insomniac's lowest score in roughly a decade — placing it 19th out of 20 first-party PlayStation Studios PS5 releases. Only Concord, Sony's $40 million multiplayer catastrophe that shut down after 14 days and sold around 25,000 copies, ranks lower at 62.
The verdict
Reviewers weren't hostile — just underwhelmed. GamesRadar+ described the game as limited in scope, with a story that loses coherence and combat that peaks too early. Giant Bomb handed it 5/10. The recurring complaint: a linear, third-person action design that feels out of step with where the genre has moved. For a studio that delivered Spider-Man 2 at 90 and God of War Ragnarök at 94, a 77 lands as a notable stumble.
Here's where Wolverine sits against the full slate of PlayStation Studios PS5 releases:
- Astro Bot — 94 - God of War Ragnarök — 94 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2 — 90 - The Last of Us Part II Remastered — 90 - The Last of Us Part I — 89 - Horizon Forbidden West — 88 - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart — 88 - Saros — 87 - Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection — 87 - Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered — 87 - Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut — 87 - Gran Turismo 7 — 87 - Returnal — 86 - Ghost of Yotei — 86 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales — 85 - Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered — 85 - Astro's Playroom — 83 - Days Gone Remastered — 78 - Marvel's Wolverine — 77 - Concord — 62
