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Lists of best video games of all time are commonly produced by outlets that cover video games, as well as professional writers and critics. Game scholars Kretzschmar & Raffel (2023), for instance, observe that “Almost every video game site will eventually have multiple web pages of the ‘Best Video Games Ever Made.'” Some outlets periodically update their lists to reflect new games and shifting opinions on older games. Each list reflects a publication’s differing set of values as to what makes a given game “best”. For example, ”Hardcore Gaming 101”{{nobold|’s overview illustrates these differing approaches, saying, “”IGN” and other mainstream sites tend to focus on newer releases at the expense of gaming’s history,” with its list aiming instead to “give a broad overview of many different types of games across the medium’s history”; conversely, ”IGN”}}’s 2021 list says its entries are chosen based on “how great a game it was when it launched, how fun it is to still play today, and how much the game reflects the best in its class.” Nevertheless, each list characterizes all of its entries specifically as “best”, or the synonym “greatest”. |
Lists of best video games of all time are commonly produced by outlets that cover video games, as well as professional writers and critics. Game scholars Kretzschmar & Raffel (2023), for instance, observe that “Almost every video game site will eventually have multiple web pages of the ‘Best Video Games Ever Made.'” Some outlets periodically update their lists to reflect new games and shifting opinions on older games. Each list reflects a publication’s differing set of values as to what makes a given game “best”. For example, ”Hardcore Gaming 101”{{nobold|’s overview illustrates these differing approaches, saying, “”IGN” and other mainstream sites tend to focus on newer releases at the expense of gaming’s history,” with its list aiming instead to “give a broad overview of many different types of games across the medium’s history”; conversely, ”IGN”}}’s 2021 list says its entries are chosen based on “how great a game it was when it launched, how fun it is to still play today, and how much the game reflects the best in its class.” Nevertheless, each list characterizes all of its entries specifically as “best”, or the synonym “greatest”. |
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This list’s entries are compiled from 96 different best-games lists, representing 54 unique publications. This body of sources is not complete, but grows as new lists are periodically produced and older lists are rediscovered. |
This list’s entries are compiled from 96 different best-games lists, representing 54 unique publications. This body of sources is not complete, but grows as new lists are periodically produced and older lists are rediscovered. |
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Latest revision as of 12:40, 23 January 2026
This is a list of video games that video game journalists and other outlets have listed among the best of all time. The games are included on at least three best-of lists from different publications. All included lists consider the medium of video games in its entirety, as of the time of their publication, with no restrictions by time period, genre, or platform. The games are chosen by each publication’s editorial staff, sometimes including solicited outside opinions.
Lists of best video games of all time are commonly produced by outlets that cover video games, as well as professional writers and critics. Game scholars Kretzschmar & Raffel (2023), for instance, observe that “Almost every video game site will eventually have multiple web pages of the ‘Best Video Games Ever Made.'” Some outlets periodically update their lists to reflect new games and shifting opinions on older games. Each list reflects a publication’s differing set of values as to what makes a given game “best”. For example, Hardcore Gaming 101‘s overview illustrates these differing approaches, saying, “IGN and other mainstream sites tend to focus on newer releases at the expense of gaming’s history,” with its list aiming instead to “give a broad overview of many different types of games across the medium’s history”; conversely, IGN‘s 2021 list says its entries are chosen based on “how great a game it was when it launched, how fun it is to still play today, and how much the game reflects the best in its class.” Nevertheless, each list characterizes all of its entries specifically as “best”, or the synonym “greatest”.
This list’s entries are compiled from 96 different best-games lists, representing 54 unique publications. This body of sources is not complete, but grows as new lists are periodically produced and older lists are rediscovered. The “Notes” column beside each entry quotes where the game in question was explicitly named as the singular best game of all time by a given source.
