A new, definitive way to play through the entire Kingdom Hearts series launches this week. Kingdom Hearts Collection 1-3 releases on all major platforms, and three days before its arrival, it is off to an incredibly positive start.
Reviews for the collection have started to drop and, as it stands, the games currently have a 90 on Metacritic. Not only does that make it one of the highest-rated games of 2026, but it's the highest aggregate score a Kingdom Hearts game has ever received on the platform.
Much like The Witcher 3 Remastered, the new Kingdom Hearts Collection won’t be eligible for Game of the Year awards. However, to rank number one in a series that is so beloved is an even greater honor and really goes to show just how well this collection plays. The 90 it has on Metacritic is a full three points more than Kingdom Hearts 2’s, a game that has held onto the record of highest-rated game in the series for 20 years, and the latest entry, Kingdom Hearts 3, which scored an 83.
What makes the collection’s series high even more impressive is that every reviewer so far has played...
