Best Games Lists

The 76 Best Video Games of All Time lists that were used to calculate the Video Game Canon were pulled from a mixture of US-based and international publications. Most point their editorial focus solely on the game industry, though some are from general interest publications.

And not every Best Games list will fit neatly into the Video Game Canon. These unique perspectives on the Best Games of All Time are collected under the More Lists banner.

Dan Gutman and Shay Addams (1985)
The Greatest Games: The 93 Best Computer Games of All Time

Flux Magazine (1995)
The Top 100 Video Games

Hyper (1995)
Top 100 Video Games of All Time

Next Generation (1996)
Top 100 Games of All Time

Hyper (1999)
The Top 50 Games of All Time

Next Generation (1999)
The 50 Best Games of All Time

Edge (2000)
Top 100 Games to Play Now

Game Informer (2001)
Top 100 Games of All Time

GameSpy (2001)
Top 50 Games of All Time

Edge (2003)
Ten Top Tens

Entertainment Weekly/G4TV (2003)
The 100 Greatest Videogames

IGN (2003)
Top 100 Games

1UP (2004)
The Essential 50

The Age (2005)
The 50 Best Games

IGN (2005)
Top 100 Games

Yahoo! Games UK (2005)
The 100 Greatest Computer Games of All Time

Edge (2007)
The 100 Best Games of All Time

GamePro (2007)
The 52 Most Important Video Games of All Time

GameSpot (2003-2007)
The Greatest Games of All Time

IGN (2007)
Top 100 Games of All Time

Stuff UK (2008)
100 Greatest Games

Benchmark.pl (2009)
The Top 100 Best Games of the Twentieth Century

Edge (2009)
100 Best Games to Play Today

Empire Online (2009)
The 100 Greatest Games

Game Informer (2009)
Top 200 Games of All Time

IGN (2007-2009)
Videogame Hall of Fame

FHM (2010)
100 Greatest Games of All Time

GamesTM (2010)
100 Greatest Games of All Time

The Phoenix (2010)
Top 50 Games of All Time

Gamereactor (2011)
Top 100 All Time Best Games

Games Radar (2011)
100 Best Games of All Time

Stuff UK (2011)
100 Best Games Ever

1UP (2012)
The Essential 100

G4TV (2012)
Top 100 Video Games Of All Time

Games Radar (2012)
100 Best Games of All Time

Time (2012)
All-Time 100 Video Games

Electric Playground (2013)
Top 100 Games

Games Radar (2013)
100 Best Games of All Time

Gaming Bolt (2013)
Top 100 Greatest Video Game Ever Made

Hyper/PC and Tech Authority (2013)
100 Games to Play Before You Die

The Irish Times (2013)
The 50 Best Videogames of All Time

Games Radar (2014)
100 Best Games of All Time

Popular Mechanics (2014)
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time

Slant Magazine (2014)
100 Greatest Video Games of All Time

Stuff UK (2014)
Best Games Ever

Edge (2015)
The 100 Greatest Videogames

Games Radar (2015)
The 100 Best Games Ever

IGN (2015)
The Top 100 Video Games of All Time

Power Unlimited (2015)
Top 100 Best Video Games of All Time

Gamereactor (2016)
Top 100 All Time Best Games

GamesMaster (2016)
100 Games That Shook the World

Time (2016)
The 50 Best Video Games of All Time

Edge (2017)
The 100 Greatest Videogames

Jeux Video (2017)
Top 100 Best Games of All Time

Polygon (2017)
500 Best Games of All Time

Stuff UK (2017)
The 50 Greatest Games of All Time

Game Informer (2018)
The Top 300 Games of All Time

GamesTM (2018)
200 Greatest Games of All Time

Hyper (2018)
The 200 Games You Must Play

IGN (2018)
Top 100 Video Games of All Time

Slant Magazine (2018)
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time

IGN (2019)
Top 100 Video Games of All Time

Museum of Pop Culture (2019)
Top 100 Video Games of All Time

Popular Mechanics (2019)
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time

GamingBible (2020)
The Greatest Video Games of All Time

GQ Spain (2013-2020)
The 100 Best Video Games in History

Hardcore Gaming 101 (2020)
The 200 Best Video Games of All Time

Popular Mechanics (2019-2020)
The Best Video Game the Year You Were Born

Slant Magazine (2020)
The 100 Best Video Games of All Time

Games Radar (2021)
The 50 Best Games of All Time

IGN (2021)
The Top 100 Games of All Time

USA Today’s For The Win/GLHF (2022)
The 100 Best Video Games of All Time, Ranked

British GQ (2023)
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time, Ranked by Experts

Digital Trends (2023)
The 50 Best Video Games of All Time

Sports Illustrated/GLHF (2023)
The Best 100 Games of All Time, Ranked

Shacknews (2021-Ongoing)
Hall of Fame

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