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The full ranking.
The best games of all time, ranked by community votes. Filter by genre, decade, platform or period.
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- 1 The Secret of Monkey Island 1990 · Point-and-click 1,837 −63
- 2 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 1991 · Point-and-click 1,824 −54
- 3 Day of the Tentacle 1993 · Point-and-click 1,815 +138
- 4 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 1992 · Point-and-click 1,814 +18
- 5 SimCity 2000 1993 · Simulation 1,810 −126
- 6 Quake II 1997 · FPS 1,799 =
- 7 Quake 1996 · FPS 1,720 +42
- 8 X-COM: UFO Defense 1994 · Strategy 1,717 −73
- 9 Myst 1993 · Point-and-click 1,698 +38
- 10 Mortal Kombat II 1994 · Fighting 1,685 −177
- 11 Mortal Kombat 1992 · Fighting 1,663 −46
- 12 Ghouls 'n Ghosts 1988 · Platformer 1,614 +72
- 13 Out of This World 1991 · Platformer 1,610 +725
- 14 Spy Hunter 1983 · Racing 1,604 +22
- 15 Golden Axe 1989 · Beat 'em up 1,584 +82
- 16 The Lion King 1994 · Platformer 1,575 +690
- 17 Disney's Aladdin 1993 · Platformer 1,572 +727
- 18 Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty 1992 · Strategy 1,562 −339
- 19 Paperboy 1984 · Arcade 1,560 +521
- 20 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 · Beat 'em up 1,553 +232
- 21 Flight of the Amazon Queen 1995 · Point-and-click 1,553 −190
- 22 Worms 1995 · Strategy 1,545 −24
- 23 Loom 1990 · Point-and-click 1,543 +1,886
- 24 Commando 1985 · Shoot 'em up 1,543 +54
- 25 Lemmings 1991 · Puzzle 1,539 +603
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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.