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The full ranking.

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

22 games Reset

  1. 1 Tetris 1989 · Puzzle 1,858
  2. 2 Mega Man 2 1989 · Platformer 1,793
  3. 3 Super Mario Land 1989 · Platformer 1,751
  4. 4 Prince of Persia 1989 · Platformer 1,623
  5. 5 Golden Axe 1989 · Beat 'em up 1,584
  6. 6 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 · Beat 'em up 1,553
  7. 7 Disney's DuckTales 1989 · Platformer 1,547
  8. 8 The Revenge of Shinobi 1989 · Platformer 1,516
  9. 9 Castlevania: The Adventure 1989 · Platformer 1,502
  10. 10 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure 1989 · Point-and-click 1,499
  11. 11 SimCity 1989 · Sandbox 1,498
  12. 12 Populous 1989 · Strategy 1,482
  13. 13 Tetris 1989 · Puzzle 1,475
  14. 14 Strider 1989 · Platformer 1,462
  15. 15 Final Fight 1989 · Beat 'em up 1,445
  16. 16 Buster Bros. 1989 · Shoot 'em up 1,438
  17. 17 Adventures of Lolo 1989 · Puzzle 1,419
  18. 18 Shadow of the Beast 1989 · Platformer 1,391
  19. 19 Batman 1989 · Platformer 1,379
  20. 20 Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle 1989 · Platformer 1,348
  21. 21 North & South 1989 · Strategy 1,342
  22. 22 Batman: The Video Game 1989 · Platformer 1,319

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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.