Live ranking

The full ranking.

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

166 games Reset

  1. 1 Guilty Gear: Strive 2021 · Fighting 1,825
  2. 2 Resident Evil Village 2021 · Horror 1,806
  3. 3 Metroid Dread 2021 · Metroidvania 1,804
  4. 4 Valheim 2021 · Action RPG 1,798
  5. 5 It Takes Two 2021 · Platformer 1,777
  6. 6 Inscryption 2021 · Card & Board 1,776
  7. 7 Hitman 3 2021 · TPS 1,773
  8. 8 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 2021 · Platformer 1,722
  9. 9 Forza Horizon 5 2021 · Racing 1,677
  10. 10 Diablo II: Resurrected 2021 · Action RPG 1,664
  11. 11 Little Nightmares II 2021 · Platformer 1,642
  12. 12 Far Cry 6 2021 · FPS 1,622
  13. 13 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 2021 · Horror 1,608
  14. 14 Alan Wake Remastered 2021 · TPS 1,604
  15. 15 Returnal 2021 · Roguelite 1,602
  16. 16 Deathloop 2021 · FPS 1,588
  17. 17 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2021 · Action-adventure 1,584
  18. 18 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - The Definitive Edition 2021 · Action-adventure 1,581
  19. 19 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD 2021 · Action-adventure 1,575
  20. 20 Pokémon Brilliant Diamond 2021 · JRPG 1,574
  21. 21 Death Stranding: Director's Cut 2021 · Action-adventure 1,563
  22. 22 Age of Empires IV 2021 · Strategy 1,562
  23. 23 New Pokémon Snap 2021 · Simulation 1,562
  24. 24 Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut 2021 · Action RPG 1,560
  25. 25 NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... 2021 · Action RPG 1,559

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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.