Français 
English
Español The community says
People rank Civilization V way higher and it's a slower, gentler game overall, funny how that works.
Game entry
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
2010 · Strategy · PC, Mac · Blizzard Entertainment
After 364 duels settled by the community, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty stands no. 218 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,781 ELO points and 73% of wins. Sid Meier's Civilization V is the rival it has faced most: 7 duels, 3 wins and 4 losses. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 8 out of 146 (2010).
World rank
no. 218
ELO score
1,781
Wins
73%
Duels played
364
About StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a science fiction real-time strategy game and the sequel to the original StarCraft. Set four years after the events of Brood War, the game revolves around three species: the Terrans, the Zerg, and the Protoss. The single-player campaign focuses on the Terrans, following Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion. The campaign is non-linear, with players taking missions for money and using those funds to buy additional units and upgrades between missions aboard the battlecruiser Hyperion.
The game features competitive multiplayer with a matchmaking ladder system, a map editor for user-created content, and support for three playable races with distinct units and abilities. Wings of Liberty has been free-to-play since November 2017 and was followed by two expansion packs: Heart of the Swarm, focusing on the Zerg, and Legacy of the Void, focusing on the Protoss.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,781 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Sid Meier's Civilization V 43% 7 duels played · 39 points behind
- against Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 0% 4 duels played · 67 points behind
- against Stardew Valley 25% 4 duels played · 92 points behind
- against Overwatch 0% 4 duels played · 177 points ahead
- against Fire Emblem 100% 3 duels played · 130 points ahead
In the same genre
All Strategy games →
Keep exploring
Greatest strategy games
All-time best PC games
Greatest Mac games
Top games of the 2010s
Best games of 2010
The StarCraft games, ranked
Around this spot
The games StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty sits between in the world ranking.
- 215 Inscryption 1,782
- 216 Kirby's Adventure 1,782
- 217 Borderlands 2 1,781
- 218 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty 1,781
- 219 The Witness 1,781
- 220 Hades 1,780
- 221 Yakuza 0 1,780
More games from Blizzard Entertainment
The standing
Where StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 8 out of 146 (2010).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 218 | 5,035 |
| Strategy | 16 | 336 |
| 2010s | 86 | 2,050 |
| 2010 | 8 | 146 |
The community
The debate
28 comments
FramePlayer
People rank Civilization V way higher and it's a slower, gentler game overall, funny how that works.
QuestRunner25
I keep going back and forth on this one, because on one hand the campaign missions are genuinely creative and they throw new mechanics at you constantly, but on the other hand the multiplayer has this wall where if you're not already good you just get stomped over and over, and I think that scares a lot of people off from ever seeing what makes the game actually interesting in the first place.
Berge70
I feel like every ranking thread about this game turns into the same argument, over and over.
Antonette_77
Watched my brother play the campaign for weeks straight.
FrameSamurai2
La gestion des unités et le nervering du clic sont autrement plus exigeants que sur Age of Empires II, où le rythme laisse plus de marge pour réfléchir. Face à Civilization V, la comparaison n'a même pas de sens, ce sont deux vitesses complètement différentes.
GlitchBard2
Deux abandons sur une soirée, ça résume bien pourquoi la campagne ne fait pas l'unanimité autour d'une table.