Alright, here's the breakdown of my whole list, diving all the games on my list by platform, developer, decade and so on. If you want to see my whole list you can find it HERE.
- First, a quick look at the games that dropped off from the list this year:
- Dragon Quest VIII: The Journey of the Cursed King (PS2) - #50 last year
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (PC) - #48 last year
- Mega Man 4 (NES) - #47 last year
- Rogue Galaxy (PS2) - #46 last year
- Tekken 5 (PS2) - #43 last year
- And the games that replaced them:
- God of War 2018 (PS4) - #48
- A Plague Tale: Innocence (PS4) - #42
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd (PC) - #40
- Tales of Berseria (PS4) - #33
- Stardew Valley (PC) - #32
Games by Platform: (by their original platform or the one I played it on first)
| Sony (35 games) | Nintendo (5 games) | Xbox (1 game) | PC (9 games) |
PS1: 6 games Highest rank: #1 (Final fantasy IX) | NES: 1 game Highest rank: #31 (Super Mario Bros 3) | Xbox 360: 1 game Highest rank: #39 (Lost Odyssey) | Highest rank: #3 (Freespace 2) |
PS2: 5 games Highest rank: #6 (Shadow of the Colossus) | SNES: 2 games Highest rank: #17 (Final Fantasy VI) | ||
PS3: 12 games Highest rank: #4 (Dark Souls) | Switch: 2 games Highest rank: #38 (Breath of the Wild) | ||
PS4: 12 Games Highest rank: #8 (Bloodborne) |
Developers:
| Squaresoft / Square Enix | 7 games | Highest: Final Fantasy IX (#1) |
| Nihon Falcom | 6 games | Highest: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (#7) |
| FromSoftware | 4 games | Highest: Dark Souls (#4) |
| Naughty Dog | 3 games | Highest: The Last of Us (#12) |
| Nintendo | 3 games | Highest: Super Mario Bros. 3 (#31) |
| Game Arts | 2 games | Highest: Grandia (#24) |
Franchises:
- Final Fantasy: 6 games
- The Legend of Heroes: 6 games
- Dark Souls: 3 games
- Uncharted: 2 games
- Grandia: 2 games
Decades:
1990s: 9 games 2000s: 11 games 2010s: 29 games 2020s: 1 game
Biggest Climbs:
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II (+18)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (+9)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (+5)
I replayed the whole series this year, so there were a lot of changes on their rankings.
Biggest drops:
- Command & Conquer (-10)
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (-7)
- Batman: Arkham City, Kingdom Hearts 2, Metal Gear Solid 3 (-6)
Other Stuff:
- The oldest game on the list is Super Mario Bros. 3, released in 1991 in Europe.
- The newest is Final Fantasy VII remake, released in 2020.
- The year with the most entries is 2017 (going by European release dates), with seven games. The highest ranking of them is Horizon Zero Dawn at #16
- Finally, there is a chance that next year Final Fantasy will no longer be the most represented franchise on my list, which would be the first time that has ever happened.
And that's a wrap. I've written way too much already, so hope that was at least somewhat interesting to read for some of you.
