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The full ranking.
The best games of all time, ranked by community votes. Filter by genre, decade, platform or period.
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- 1 Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game 1997 · RPG 1,922 +126
- 2 Dungeon Keeper 1997 · Strategy 1,894 +39
- 3 Doom II: Hell on Earth 1994 · FPS 1,863 +49
- 4 The Secret of Monkey Island 1990 · Point-and-click 1,837 −67
- 5 Command & Conquer 1995 · Strategy 1,830 +179
- 6 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 1991 · Point-and-click 1,827 −44
- 7 Day of the Tentacle 1993 · Point-and-click 1,820 +150
- 8 SimCity 2000 1993 · Simulation 1,810 −125
- 9 Doom 1993 · FPS 1,781 −160
- 10 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 1996 · Strategy 1,774 +107
- 11 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 1992 · Point-and-click 1,771 −102
- 12 Tomb Raider 1996 · Platformer 1,756 +122
- 13 Mega Man X 1993 · Platformer 1,747 +73
- 14 Quake 1996 · FPS 1,720 +50
- 15 X-COM: UFO Defense 1994 · Strategy 1,717 −72
- 16 Theme Hospital 1997 · Strategy 1,707 −52
- 17 Mortal Kombat II 1994 · Fighting 1,688 −172
- 18 Mortal Kombat 1992 · Fighting 1,663 −52
- 19 Duke Nukem 3D 1996 · FPS 1,658 −379
- 20 Descent 1995 · FPS 1,616 −85
- 21 Sam & Max Hit the Road 1993 · Point-and-click 1,614 −36
- 22 Full Throttle 1995 · Point-and-click 1,609 −38
- 23 Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness 1995 · Strategy 1,604 +471
- 24 System Shock 1994 · Action RPG 1,604 −25
- 25 Spy Hunter 1983 · Racing 1,604 +13
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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.