Live ranking

The full ranking.

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

47 games Reset

  1. 1 Pac-Man 1980 · Arcade 1,722
  2. 2 Nintendo Land 2012 · Arcade 1,582
  3. 3 Paperboy 1984 · Arcade 1,560
  4. 4 Arkanoid 1986 · Arcade 1,549
  5. 5 WarioWare: Touched! 2004 · Arcade 1,529
  6. 6 WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! 2003 · Arcade 1,526
  7. 7 Super Bomberman 1993 · Arcade 1,524
  8. 8 Hogan's Alley 1984 · Arcade 1,517
  9. 9 Ghostbusters 1984 · Arcade 1,516
  10. 10 Pokémon Pinball 1999 · Arcade 1,515
  11. 11 Duck Hunt 1984 · Arcade 1,510
  12. 12 Luftrausers 2014 · Arcade 1,501
  13. 13 WarioWare: Get It Together! 2021 · Arcade 1,496
  14. 14 Fruit Ninja 2010 · Arcade 1,484
  15. 15 WarioWare Gold 2018 · Arcade 1,484
  16. 16 Clu Clu Land 1984 · Arcade 1,472
  17. 17 Wild Guns 1994 · Arcade 1,470
  18. 18 Dragon's Lair 1983 · Arcade 1,468
  19. 19 Agar.io 2015 · Arcade 1,467
  20. 20 Snake 1998 · Arcade 1,467
  21. 21 Super Bomberman 3 1995 · Arcade 1,465
  22. 22 Ms. Pac-Man 1982 · Arcade 1,460
  23. 23 BurgerTime 1982 · Arcade 1,459
  24. 24 Operation Wolf 1987 · Arcade 1,457
  25. 25 198X 2019 · Arcade 1,452

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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.