Live ranking

The full ranking.

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

27 games Reset

  1. 1 Samurai Shodown 1993 · Fighting 1,627
  2. 2 Metal Slug 1996 · Platformer 1,621
  3. 3 Metal Slug 5 2003 · Platformer 1,565
  4. 4 Metal Slug 3 2000 · Platformer 1,553
  5. 5 Samurai Shodown III 1995 · Fighting 1,541
  6. 6 Bust-A-Move 1994 · Puzzle 1,532
  7. 7 The King of Fighters '97 1997 · Fighting 1,530
  8. 8 The King of Fighters '96 1996 · Fighting 1,518
  9. 9 Metal Slug X 1999 · Platformer 1,513
  10. 10 Metal Slug 4 2002 · Shoot 'em up 1,512
  11. 11 Art of Fighting 2 1994 · Fighting 1,508
  12. 12 Metal Slug 2 1998 · Platformer 1,507
  13. 13 The King of Fighters 2002 2002 · Fighting 1,492
  14. 14 The King of Fighters 2000 2000 · Fighting 1,489
  15. 15 Garou: Mark of the Wolves 1999 · Fighting 1,487
  16. 16 The King of Fighters 2001 2001 · Fighting 1,480
  17. 17 The King of Fighters '95 1995 · Fighting 1,475
  18. 18 Fatal Fury 2 1992 · Fighting 1,468
  19. 19 The King of Fighters 2003 2003 · Fighting 1,468
  20. 20 The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle 1999 · Fighting 1,460
  21. 21 Art of Fighting 1992 · Fighting 1,452
  22. 22 Windjammers 1994 · Sports 1,448
  23. 23 Fatal Fury 1991 · Fighting 1,435
  24. 24 Fatal Fury Special 1993 · Fighting 1,418
  25. 25 The King of Fighters '98 1998 · Fighting 1,413

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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.