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Game entry

Ori and the Blind Forest

2015 · Metroidvania, Platformer, Action-adventure, Puzzle · PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One · Microsoft Studios

Ori and the Blind Forest is ranked no. 112 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,827 and 71% of duels won. Its most contested head-to-head pits it against Batman: Arkham City: 21 wins to 21 across 42 duels. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 4 out of 233 (2015).

World rank

no. 112

ELO score

1,827

Wins

71%

Duels played

911

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About Ori and the Blind Forest

The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, an unlikely hero must journey to find his courage and confront a dark nemesis to save his home. Ori and the Blind Forest tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for Xbox One and PC. Featuring hand-painted artwork, meticulously animated character performance, and a fully orchestrated score, Ori and the Blind Forest explores a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.

The community says

I keep flip flopping on where this belongs because the traversal genuinely earns its praise, ability gating done right, but then the actual exploration layer…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,827 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

In the same genre

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  1. 1 Hollow Knight: Silksong2025 · Metroidvania 1,963
  2. 12 Ori and the Will of the Wisps2020 · Metroidvania 1,926
  3. 31 Super Metroid1994 · Metroidvania 1,880
  4. 35 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night1997 · Metroidvania 1,878
  5. 51 Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow2003 · Metroidvania 1,865

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Around this spot

The games Ori and the Blind Forest sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 109 Hollow Knight 1,829
  2. 110 Factorio 1,829
  3. 111 Batman: Arkham City 1,828
  4. 112 Ori and the Blind Forest 1,827
  5. 113 Bayonetta 1,827
  6. 114 XCOM 2 1,827
  7. 115 Chrono Trigger 1,826

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The standing

Where Ori and the Blind Forest ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Ori and the Blind Forest stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 4 out of 233 (2015).

Where Ori and the Blind Forest ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 112 5,035
Metroidvania 8 95
2010s 45 2,050
2015 4 233

The community

The debate

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  1. rowe_trystan

    I keep flip flopping on where this belongs because the traversal genuinely earns its praise, ability gating done right, but then the actual exploration layer feels thinner than the games it keeps getting compared to, like the map wants to be big but the world doesn't quite back it up.

  2. ComboNinja2

    And then my controller battery died right at the escape sequence. Never forgave that timing.

    RetroBard72

    Truly the game's finest emotional beat, a dead battery... poetic timing honestly

  3. GlitchByte51

    The movement is genuinely some of the best in the genre, though the story leans a bit thin.

  4. QuestRex5

    Why does this game keep getting ranked below stuff it clearly outpaces in atmosphere alone

    Gaudin1990

    Il est vraiment mieux classé que ça ailleurs, ou c'est propre à ce site ? Quelqu'un a des chiffres

  5. Cosmo_Runolfsdottir

    The soundtrack alone should bump it up fifty places, no argument needed!!

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