Live ranking

The full ranking.

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

211 games Reset

  1. 1 Resident Evil 2 1998 · Horror 1,893
  2. 2 Resident Evil 4 2005 · Horror 1,892
  3. 3 Resident Evil 2 2019 · Horror 1,890
  4. 4 Silent Hill 2 2001 · Horror 1,868
  5. 5 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 2017 · Horror 1,833
  6. 6 Resident Evil 4 2023 · Horror 1,833
  7. 7 Alien: Isolation 2014 · Horror 1,820
  8. 8 Resident Evil Village 2021 · Horror 1,806
  9. 9 Silent Hill 1999 · Horror 1,797
  10. 10 Soma 2015 · Horror 1,791
  11. 11 Silent Hill 2 2024 · Horror 1,789
  12. 12 Silent Hill 3 2003 · Horror 1,781
  13. 13 Until Dawn 2015 · Horror 1,775
  14. 14 Resident Evil 1996 · Horror 1,763
  15. 15 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis 1999 · Horror 1,732
  16. 16 Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010 · Horror 1,692
  17. 17 Outlast 2013 · Horror 1,685
  18. 18 What Remains of Edith Finch 2017 · Horror 1,683
  19. 19 The Evil Within 2 2017 · Horror 1,677
  20. 20 Resident Evil 2014 · Horror 1,668
  21. 21 Layers of Fear 2016 · Horror 1,661
  22. 22 Silent Hill 4: The Room 2004 · Horror 1,654
  23. 23 The Forest 2018 · Horror 1,638
  24. 24 Resident Evil Code: Veronica X 2001 · Horror 1,636
  25. 25 Resident Evil 4 2005 · Horror 1,618

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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.