Live ranking

The full ranking.

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

454 games Reset

  1. 1 Metro Exodus 2019 · FPS 1,931
  2. 2 Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game 1997 · RPG 1,922
  3. 3 Red Dead Redemption 2 2018 · Action-adventure 1,900
  4. 4 Resident Evil 4 2005 · Horror 1,900
  5. 5 Baldur's Gate III 2023 · RPG 1,890
  6. 6 Celeste 2018 · Platformer 1,870
  7. 7 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 2019 · Action-adventure 1,863
  8. 8 Doom II: Hell on Earth 1994 · FPS 1,863
  9. 9 Batman: Arkham City 2011 · Action-adventure 1,856
  10. 10 Batman: Arkham Asylum 2009 · Action-adventure 1,850
  11. 11 Doom Eternal 2020 · FPS 1,849
  12. 12 Cyberpunk 2077 2020 · Action RPG 1,848
  13. 13 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 2017 · Horror 1,847
  14. 14 Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag 2013 · Action-adventure 1,831
  15. 15 Assassin's Creed Origins 2017 · Action RPG 1,824
  16. 16 Little Nightmares 2017 · Platformer 1,817
  17. 17 SimCity 2000 1993 · Simulation 1,810
  18. 18 The Secret of Monkey Island 1990 · Point-and-click 1,809
  19. 19 Resident Evil Village 2021 · Horror 1,806
  20. 20 Hitman 2016 · TPS 1,803
  21. 21 Into the Breach 2018 · Strategy 1,800
  22. 22 Hitman 2 2018 · TPS 1,798
  23. 23 Far Cry 4 2014 · FPS 1,797
  24. 24 Hotline Miami 2012 · Shoot 'em up 1,794
  25. 25 Hitman 3 2021 · TPS 1,788

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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.