Live ranking

The full ranking.

The best games of all time, ranked by community votes. Filter by genre, decade, platform or period.

5,000 games

  1. 1 Portal 2 2011 · Puzzle 1,993
  2. 2 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 1997 · Metroidvania 1,983
  3. 3 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2017 · Action-adventure 1,961
  4. 4 Final Fantasy X 2001 · JRPG 1,960
  5. 5 Metal Gear Solid 1998 · Action-adventure 1,951
  6. 6 Bloodborne 2015 · Action RPG 1,935
  7. 7 Mass Effect 2 2010 · Action RPG 1,930
  8. 8 Half-Life 1998 · FPS 1,929
  9. 9 Red Dead Redemption 2 2018 · Action-adventure 1,928
  10. 10 Stardew Valley 2016 · Simulation 1,925
  11. 11 Persona 5 2016 · JRPG 1,925
  12. 12 Divinity: Original Sin II 2017 · RPG 1,925
  13. 13 Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game 1997 · RPG 1,922
  14. 14 Fallout: New Vegas 2010 · Action RPG 1,921
  15. 15 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003 · Action RPG 1,921
  16. 16 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 2017 · Racing 1,921
  17. 17 Ico 2001 · Platformer 1,915
  18. 18 Metro Exodus 2019 · FPS 1,913
  19. 19 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2004 · Action-adventure 1,912
  20. 20 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1991 · Action-adventure 1,911
  21. 21 Dark Souls III 2016 · Action RPG 1,910
  22. 22 Final Fantasy VII 1997 · JRPG 1,908
  23. 23 BioShock 2007 · FPS 1,902
  24. 24 Diablo II 2000 · Action RPG 1,900
  25. 25 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 2004 · Action-adventure 1,900

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FAQ

Questions about the ranking

How is this ranking established?

The ranking comes solely from player votes, in duels between two games. Each vote updates an ELO score, the rating system used in chess: every game starts at 1,500 points and its score moves duel after duel.

How often is the ranking updated?

Continuously: every duel voted immediately adjusts the score of the two games involved. The badge on the right shows how each game's rank moved over the past seven days.

How many games take part in the ranking?

5,000 games, selected for their fame, face off in duels. The full GameForever catalogue covers tens of thousands of titles, across every era and platform.

How can I see the best games by genre, decade or platform?

Use the filters at the top of the page: genre (RPG, FPS, platformer, strategy...), decade and platform (PC, PlayStation, Nintendo, Xbox, SEGA). Filters combine, and the selection is numbered from 1, from the highest ranked down; each game's world rank stays shown on its own entry. The period filter instead ranks on the points gained recently, from 7 days to 12 months (all time by default).

Why can an indie game finish ahead of a blockbuster?

The ELO score measures neither sales nor budget, but the preferences expressed in duels. An indie game that regularly wins its match-ups against higher-ranked titles climbs mechanically, owing nothing to its production budget.