Live ranking

The full ranking.

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

626 games Reset

  1. 1 Stardew Valley 2016 · Simulation 1,930
  2. 2 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003 · Action RPG 1,921
  3. 3 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2004 · Action-adventure 1,912
  4. 4 Portal 2007 · Puzzle 1,899
  5. 5 Resident Evil 4 2005 · Horror 1,870
  6. 6 Dead Cells 2018 · Metroidvania 1,863
  7. 7 Limbo 2010 · Platformer 1,860
  8. 8 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons 2013 · Action-adventure 1,854
  9. 9 Gris 2018 · Platformer 1,848
  10. 10 XCOM: Enemy Unknown 2012 · Strategy 1,843
  11. 11 SoulCalibur 1998 · Fighting 1,837
  12. 12 Grim Fandango Remastered 2015 · Point-and-click 1,831
  13. 13 Balatro 2024 · Roguelite 1,828
  14. 14 Little Nightmares 2017 · Platformer 1,817
  15. 15 Slay the Spire 2019 · Roguelite 1,808
  16. 16 Rome: Total War 2004 · Strategy 1,808
  17. 17 Into the Breach 2018 · Strategy 1,800
  18. 18 Hotline Miami 2012 · Shoot 'em up 1,794
  19. 19 The Walking Dead 2012 · Point-and-click 1,793
  20. 20 Half-Life 2 2004 · FPS 1,792
  21. 21 Katana Zero 2019 · Platformer 1,791
  22. 22 Doki Doki Literature Club! 2017 · Visual novel 1,785
  23. 23 Company of Heroes 2006 · Strategy 1,785
  24. 24 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords 2004 · Action RPG 1,782
  25. 25 Terraria 2011 · Sandbox 1,778

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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.