The 200 Best Video Games of All Time
Publication Region: North America
Published: December 5, 2015 (Original Edition) / March 14, 2020 (Bonus Edition)
Cut-Off: December 31, 2019
Unranked list. “The 200 Best Video Games of All Time” was first published in 2015. An additional 18 titles were added as part of a “Bonus Edition” in 2020.
Original Edition
- Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
- Alien Vs Predator (1994 – Capcom)
- Alpha Centauri
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
- Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- Barkley: Shut Up and Jam Gaiden
- Batsugun
- Battle Garegga
- Bayonetta 2
- Bionic Commando (1987) / Bionic Commando Rearmed (2009)
- Blood
- Bloodborne
- Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
- Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
- Bubble Bobble
- Bug Princess 2 (AKA Mushihimesama Futari)
- Bulletstorm
- Burnout 3: Takedown
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Cave Story
- Chrono Trigger
- Civilization IV
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
- Company of Heroes
- Contra: Shattered Soldier
- Cosmology of Kyoto
- Crash Bandicoot: Warped
- Crusader Kings II
- Crysis
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Darkstalkers 3
- Day of the Tentacle
- Demon’s Crest
- Deus Ex
- Devil’s Crush
- Diablo II
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
- Doom (1993)
- Double Dragon (1987) / Double Dragon Advance (2003)
- Dragon Force
- Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
- Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
- Dust: An Elysian Tail
- EarthBound
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Elite Beat Agents
- Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
- F-Zero X
- Fallout 2
- Fantasy Zone II (1987) / Fantasy Zone II DX (2008)
- FEAR: First Encounter Assault Recon
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Final Fantasy V
- Final Fantasy VI (AKA Final Fantasy III [US])
- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
- Freedom Fighters
- Freespace 2
- Front Mission 5: Scars of the War
- Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves
- Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
- Gimmick
- God Hand
- Gradius Gaiden
- Grim Fandango
- Guardian Heroes
- The Guardian Legend
- Guilty Gear XX
- Gunstar Heroes
- Half-Life 2
- Heroes of Might and Magic III
- Hitman: Blood Money
- Homeworld
- Hotline Miami
- Ikaruga
- Jagged Alliance 2
- Jet Grind Radio (AKA Jet Set Radio)
- Joust
- Killer 7
- The King of Fighters 2002
- Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
- The Last Blade 2
- The Last Express
- The Last of Us
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- Legacy of the Wizard
- Legend of Grimrock II
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
- Lemmings
- Mappy
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
- Mega Man Legends
- Mega Man X
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
- Metal Slug 3
- Metroid Prime
- Mind Forever Voyaging, A
- Mirror’s Edge
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
- MUSHA
- Nier
- Nights Into Dreams
- Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors
- Ninja Gaiden (1988)
- Ninja Gaiden (2004)
- Okami
- The Operative: No One Lives Forever
- Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
- Out of This World (AKA Another World)
- OutRun 2 (2003) / OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006)
- Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
- Panzer Dragoon Saga
- Perfect Dark
- Phantasy Star IV
- Pirates!
- Planescape: Torment
- Portal 2
- Prince of Persia
- Psychonauts
- Punch-Out!! (2009)
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Quest For Glory: Shadow of Darkness
- R-Type Delta
- Realms of Arkania: Star Trail
- Red Dead Redemption
- Resident Evil 4
- Rogue Legacy
- Rome: Total War
- Saturn Bomberman
- Sexy Parodius
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Shenmue II
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
- Shinobi
- Shock Troopers
- Shovel Knight
- Silent Hill
- SimCity 4
- Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
- Snatcher
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
- Sonic CD
- Soul Calibur II
- Space Channel 5 Part 2
- Space Harrier
- Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
- SSX 3
- STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
- Star Control II
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Dark Forces II
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter
- StarCraft
- SteinsGate
- Street Fighter Alpha 3
- Street Fighter III
- Streets of Rage 2
- Strider
- Suikoden II
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
- Super Meat Boy
- Super Metroid
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- SWAT 4
- System Shock 2
- Terranigma
- Thief II: The Metal Age
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
- Total Annihilation
- Trials of Mana (AKA Seiken Densetsu 3)
- Turrican II: The Final Fight
- Twinkle Star Sprites
- TxK
- The Typing of the Dead
- Ultima VII: The Black Gate
- Valkyria Chronicles
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
- Violent Storm
- Virtua Fighter 5
- Volgarr the Viking
- Windjammers
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
- Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap
- The World Ends With You
- Worms Armageddon
- X-COM: UFO Defense (AKA UFO: Enemy Unknown)
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- Yakuza 4
- Ys: The Oath in Felghana
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Bonus Edition
- 428: Shibuya Scramble
- Alien: Isolation
- Batman: Arkham City
- Celeste
- Crazy Taxi
- Donkey Kong ’94
- Doom (2016)
- Dragon Quest Builders 2
- Dragon’s Dogma
- The House in Fata Morgana
- Killer Instinct (2013)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Life Is Strange
- Lode Runner
- Nex Machina
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Undertale
- Valkyrie Profile