Ico cover art

Game entry

Ico

2001 · Platformer, Action-adventure, Puzzle · PlayStation 2 · Sony Computer Entertainment

Ico is ranked no. 102 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,836 and 75% of duels won. Of the 4 duels that pitted it against Assassin's Creed II, it has won 2 and lost 2. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 3 out of 104 (2001).

World rank

no. 102

ELO score

1,836

Wins

75%

Duels played

210

Join the debate · 54

About Ico

An action-adventure game in which a boy is abandoned and taken to a massive castle by his people. After exploring it for a while, he meets a girl who speaks a different language than him, then decides to get both of them out of the castle grounds by leading her along, in order to escape the shadow-like creatures that frequently try to kidnap the girl.

The community says

Sure, let's rank a PS2 game with a wonky camera above stuff built decades later with actual budgets, because apparently vibes outrank everything else on this…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,836 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

In the same genre

All Platformer games →
  1. 25 Super Mario Galaxy 22010 · Platformer 1,884
  2. 46 Super Mario World1990 · Platformer 1,871
  3. 48 Super Mario Bros.1985 · Platformer 1,867
  4. 75 Limbo2010 · Platformer 1,848
  5. 90 Cuphead2017 · Platformer 1,842

Keep exploring

All-time best platformer games Ranking of PlayStation games Top games on PlayStation 2 Greatest games of the 2000s The best games of 2001 Best games in the Ico series

Around this spot

The games Ico sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 99 Assassin's Creed II 1,837
  2. 100 Pokémon Emerald Version 1,837
  3. 101 Wolfenstein: The New Order 1,836
  4. 102 Ico 1,836
  5. 103 Red Dead Redemption 1,833
  6. 104 God of War III 1,833
  7. 105 Tekken 7 1,833

More games from Sony Computer Entertainment

Released in 2001

The standing

Where Ico ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Ico stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 3 out of 104 (2001).

Where Ico ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 102 5,035
Platformer 6 620
2000s 27 1,308
2001 3 104

The community

The debate

54 comments

Posting requires an account: log in or sign up.

  1. Craig_2007

    Sure, let's rank a PS2 game with a wonky camera above stuff built decades later with actual budgets, because apparently vibes outrank everything else on this site.

    PixelPilot1995

    Seeing it still climb duels after two decades feels like proof this whole ranking thing isn't just nostalgia talking.

  2. CosmoHunter49

    the castle itself felt like a character to me, more than most actual characters in games from that era. i was maybe thirteen when a friend lent me his copy and i remember just walking around not doing anything for a while, just looking at the place.

  3. LootPlayer95

    Oh sure, let's put a nineteen year old PS2 game against Assassin's Creed II and act surprised when people argue about mechanics for three pages.

    SaveLegend2

    Funny thing is I had that exact three page argument with a friend once, mechanics versus mood, we never settled it either.

  4. Rudolph_2

    Its win rate says more than its rank does honestly.

    Camille_25

    Le taux de victoire c'est bien beau mais je le trouve surtout mal placé, j'ai eu le même réflexe en voyant le chiffre.

    rowe_trystan

    True, though I check that win rate more than the rank, honestly, every single duel I click into.

    SilentRunner

    ¿Alguien más recuerda más partidas que victorias reales, o solo yo perdí la cuenta de tantas veces que me atraparon las sombras?

    Arnaude_40

    Ce fameux taux de victoire, moi il me rappelle surtout les soirs où je recommençais le même passage en boucle avec ma sœur qui regardait sans rien dire, jusqu'à ce qu'on y arrive enfin.

  5. LuckyHunter

    Compared to Portal 2 this feels ancient in terms of mechanics, but compared to Limbo the two almost feel like siblings from different generations arguing about the same idea.

    IronDragon41

    Ancient mechanics, sure, but Limbo owes it a debt it never really paid back.

    RogueLegend

    Ce duel avec Limbo revient tout le temps mais franchement le silence n'a pas le même poids dans les deux, ici il sert la relation entre les deux personnages...

    PedroHunter

    Con Portal 2 al lado ya se nota el paso del tiempo, y con Limbo la comparación tampoco lo favorece tanto como dicen.

    VinylAce25

    Camera fights back at times.

See the whole Ico debate →

Vote on a duel