Live ranking
The full ranking.
The best games of all time, ranked by community votes. Filter by genre, decade, platform or period.
223 games Reset
- 1 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2017 · Action-adventure 1,962 =
- 2 Divinity: Original Sin II 2017 · RPG 1,925 +6
- 3 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 2017 · Racing 1,921 +4
- 4 NieR: Automata 2017 · Action RPG 1,889 +172
- 5 Hollow Knight 2017 · Metroidvania 1,853 −4
- 6 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 2017 · Horror 1,833 −1
- 7 Tekken 7 2017 · Fighting 1,825 −23
- 8 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 2017 · Action-adventure 1,820 +41
- 9 Assassin's Creed Origins 2017 · Action RPG 1,819 −37
- 10 Little Nightmares 2017 · Platformer 1,812 +403
- 11 Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age 2017 · JRPG 1,810 +12
- 12 Super Mario Odyssey 2017 · Platformer 1,801 −176
- 13 Doki Doki Literature Club! 2017 · Visual novel 1,785 +48
- 14 Horizon Zero Dawn 2017 · Action RPG 1,775 +148
- 15 Nioh 2017 · Action RPG 1,775 +21
- 16 Sonic Mania 2017 · Platformer 1,772 +197
- 17 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus 2017 · FPS 1,762 +42
- 18 Cuphead 2017 · Platformer 1,753 −176
- 19 Life is Strange: Before the Storm 2017 · Adventure 1,739 +100
- 20 Prey 2017 · FPS 1,733 −103
- 21 A Hat in Time 2017 · Platformer 1,728 +20
- 22 Uncharted: The Lost Legacy 2017 · TPS 1,725 +55
- 23 Night in the Woods 2017 · Platformer 1,711 −67
- 24 Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition 2017 · RPG 1,694 −202
- 25 What Remains of Edith Finch 2017 · Horror 1,683 −300
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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.