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The full ranking.
The best games of all time, ranked by community votes. Filter by genre, decade, platform or period.
69 games Reset
- 1 Hotline Miami 2012 · Shoot 'em up 1,794 +122
- 2 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 2015 · Shoot 'em up 1,681 −172
- 3 Alien Swarm 2010 · Shoot 'em up 1,615 −167
- 4 Battle City 1985 · Shoot 'em up 1,581 −5
- 5 Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike 1994 · Shoot 'em up 1,547 +77
- 6 Combat 1977 · Shoot 'em up 1,545 −85
- 7 Commando 1985 · Shoot 'em up 1,543 +54
- 8 Super Animal Royale 2021 · Shoot 'em up 1,528 −173
- 9 Zombies Ate My Neighbors 1993 · Shoot 'em up 1,526 +174
- 10 Halo: Spartan Strike 2015 · Shoot 'em up 1,518 −500
- 11 Postal: Redux 2016 · Shoot 'em up 1,517 −225
- 12 Not a Hero 2015 · Shoot 'em up 1,515 −419
- 13 Metal Slug 4 2002 · Shoot 'em up 1,512 +425
- 14 SuperHot VR 2016 · Shoot 'em up 1,507 −33
- 15 Dead Nation 2010 · Shoot 'em up 1,495 −233
- 16 Contra Force 1992 · Shoot 'em up 1,490 −569
- 17 Resogun 2013 · Shoot 'em up 1,489 +151
- 18 Defender 1981 · Shoot 'em up 1,489 +455
- 19 Future Cop: LAPD 1998 · Shoot 'em up 1,488 +161
- 20 Ikaruga 2001 · Shoot 'em up 1,485 −343
- 21 Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil 2002 · Shoot 'em up 1,484 +1,218
- 22 Galaxian 1979 · Shoot 'em up 1,477 −802
- 23 Asteroids 1979 · Shoot 'em up 1,475 −142
- 24 ShellShock Live 2019 · Shoot 'em up 1,464 −542
- 25 Alienation 2016 · Shoot 'em up 1,457 +595
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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.