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. 1 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2017 · Action-adventure 1,962
  2. 2 Divinity: Original Sin II 2017 · RPG 1,925
  3. 3 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 2017 · Racing 1,921
  4. 4 NieR: Automata 2017 · Action RPG 1,889
  5. 5 Hollow Knight 2017 · Metroidvania 1,853
  6. 6 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard 2017 · Horror 1,833
  7. 7 Tekken 7 2017 · Fighting 1,825
  8. 8 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 2017 · Action-adventure 1,820
  9. 9 Assassin's Creed Origins 2017 · Action RPG 1,819
  10. 10 Little Nightmares 2017 · Platformer 1,812
  11. 11 Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age 2017 · JRPG 1,810
  12. 12 Super Mario Odyssey 2017 · Platformer 1,801
  13. 13 Doki Doki Literature Club! 2017 · Visual novel 1,785
  14. 14 Horizon Zero Dawn 2017 · Action RPG 1,775
  15. 15 Nioh 2017 · Action RPG 1,775
  16. 16 Sonic Mania 2017 · Platformer 1,772
  17. 17 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus 2017 · FPS 1,762
  18. 18 Cuphead 2017 · Platformer 1,753
  19. 19 Life is Strange: Before the Storm 2017 · Adventure 1,739
  20. 20 Prey 2017 · FPS 1,733
  21. 21 A Hat in Time 2017 · Platformer 1,728
  22. 22 Uncharted: The Lost Legacy 2017 · TPS 1,725
  23. 23 Night in the Woods 2017 · Platformer 1,711
  24. 24 Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition 2017 · RPG 1,694
  25. 25 What Remains of Edith Finch 2017 · Horror 1,683

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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.