Best Video Games for menu usability

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Best for menu usability

Pragmata

4.8 feature score

Highest scored product for this feature based on supporting review evidence.

Most evidence

Crimson Desert

7 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this feature.

Best overall product

Hades II

4.6 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this feature.

#1 Pragmata
4.8
1 review

Menu usability is praised for reducing friction, especially when checking materials and returning to the Shelter.

Pros: crash stability, bug frequency

Cons: accessibility options, map and navigation design

#2 Assassin's Creed Shadows
4.6
1 review

one review highlights clean, intuitive menus and clear upgrade-resource information.

Pros: polish, cross-save support

Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness

#3 South of Midnight
4.5
1 review

Menu usability is positive, with menus described as not overly complicated.

Pros: art direction, facial animations

Cons: onboarding experience, mission variety

#4 Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
4.5
9 reviews

Menu usability is mostly strong thanks to clean menus, tracking, and easy navigation, though the Arts menu’s single long list draws criticism.

Pros: crash stability, frame rate stability

Cons: facial animations

#5 Donkey Kong Bananza
4.2
2 reviews

Menu usability is positive where menus track materials, gems, fossils, and completion progress.

Pros: load times, movement feel

Cons: enemy variety, platforming precision

#6 The First Berserker: Khazan
4.2
2 reviews

Menu usability is positive, especially the practical enemy compendium and detailed pause-menu encyclopedia.

Pros: gameplay mechanics, value for money

Cons: multiplayer design, character development

#7 Forza Horizon 6
4.0
1 review

Menu usability evidence is limited but positive, with at least one reviewer saying the map looks cleaner than before.

Pros: replay value, level design

Cons: dialogue quality, writing quality

#8 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
3.8
2 reviews

Menus were viewed as improved overall, though at least one reviewer still found inventory and menu handling fiddly.

Pros: load times, haptic feedback integration

Cons: online stability, quest design

#9 Hades II
3.6
1 review

Menu usability has a small caveat: one reviewer liked the game overall but needed time to find inventory submenus.

Pros: world interactivity, side character depth

Cons: grind level

#10 Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
3.5
6 reviews

Menu usability is mixed: the Mental Map and Vault can be helpful for organizing clues, but some reviewers found them fiddly, cluttered, or clumsy.

Pros: faithfulness to franchise, load times

Cons: platforming precision, stealth mechanics

#11 Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
3.4
4 reviews

Menu usability improves in many places, but some reviewers still call certain menus clunky or hard to read.

Pros: handheld play suitability, gameplay mechanics

Cons: multiplayer design, companion AI

#12 Saros
3.4
1 review

Menu usability is adequate but imperfect, with one reviewer noting unclear equipment-screen navigation.

Pros: load times, fun factor

Cons: side character depth, facial animations

#13 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
3.3
4 reviews

Menu usability is mixed: some find menus easy to navigate, while others criticize controller-oriented paneling and dense UI.

Pros: core gameplay loop, emotional impact

Cons: family friendliness, checkpoint system

#14 Invincible VS
3.1
2 reviews

Menu usability has limited evidence: one preview could see the main menu layout, while another says interface pieces were still under development.

Pros: world interactivity, visual effects quality

Cons: age appropriateness, family friendliness

#15 Doom: The Dark Ages
3.0
2 reviews

Menu usability is mixed, with reviewers appreciating customization but criticizing unclear sliders or awkward melee switching.

Pros: load times, originality

Cons: multiplayer design, co-op experience

#16 Street Fighter 6
3.0
1 review

Menu usability can be confusing, especially around adding friends and joining games.

Pros: onboarding experience, animation quality

Cons: platforming precision, quest design

#17 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2.9
4 reviews

Menu usability is a recurring issue because Picto and skill lists can feel cluttered, awkward, or clunky.

Pros: world-building, crash stability

Cons: platforming precision, map and navigation design

#18 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2.9
2 reviews

Reviewer evidence is critical, with support including “A few menu loads and animations can chug or hitch visibly” and “lack of a way to save loadouts.”

Pros: crash stability, soundtrack quality

Cons: AI behavior, platform-specific feature support

#19 Diablo IV
2.8
1 review

Reviewer evidence is critical: menu usability reviewers mainly connect it to frustrations or weak spots, across the listed review evidence.

Pros: cross-play support, faithfulness to franchise

Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness

#20 Forza Horizon 5
2.8
1 review

Menus receive criticism for being messy or too numerous despite the game’s strengths elsewhere.

Pros: cross-play support, open-world design

Cons: cross-save support, tutorial quality

#21 Split Fiction
2.8
1 review

Menu usability evidence is limited to crossplay setup friction through outside apps and websites.

Pros: cross-play support, platforming precision

Cons: side character depth, matchmaking quality

#22 Ghost of Yōtei
2.7
1 review

Menu usability has a specific legibility complaint around gray text on a light gray background.

Pros: load times, art direction

Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness

#23 Dragon Ball FighterZ
2.7
4 reviews

Menu usability is widely criticized because the hub and lobby structure add extra steps to simple mode selection.

Pros: animation quality, frame rate stability

Cons: cross-play support, load times

#24 Monster Hunter Wilds
2.6
4 reviews

Menu usability split reviewers, with praise for radial menus but repeated complaints about confusing or unresponsive menu systems.

Pros: cross-play support, atmosphere

Cons: dialogue quality, mission design

#25 Mario Kart World Review
2.5
2 reviews

Menu usability has issues around bloated character/costume selection and unintuitive mode or map access.

Pros: load times, crash stability

Cons: narrative quality, value for money

#26 Elden Ring Nightreign
2.5
1 review

Menu usability is mixed, with helpful systems sometimes tucked away or limited.

Pros: emotional impact, animation quality

Cons: cross-play support, flying mechanics

#27 Silent Hill f
2.3
6 reviews

Menu usability was mixed, ranging from praise for inventory management to complaints about journal organization, limited inventory, and item-use restrictions.

Pros: originality, innovation

Cons: family friendliness, crash stability

#28 Crimson Desert
2.3
7 reviews

Menu usability is hurt by inventory management, storage limitations, and nested or messy menus.

Pros: visual effects quality, soundtrack quality

Cons: stealth mechanics, save system reliability

#29 Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
2.2
1 review

Menu usability has limited negative evidence around unclear progress/menu information for crystal collection.

Pros: bug frequency, frame rate stability

Cons: save system reliability, tutorial quality

#30 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
1.9
1 review

Room-match navigation was criticized for relying on a slow-moving cursor and feeling awkward.

Pros: gameplay mechanics, combat system

Cons: user interface design, menu usability