My 50 greatest games of all time - 2022 edition
I'll link the titles to posts that explain more about the game. The platform contains the platform (or platforms) I played said game on, it may have been released on others. As I can't remember for all which year I played it, the year is the year of release of the game.
# | title | platform | year | creator |
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1. | Elden Ring | Xbox Series | 2022 | From Software |
2. | Pandora's Tower | Wii | 2011 | Ganbarion |
3. | Katamari Damacy | PS2/Switch/Stadia | 2004 | Namco |
4. | Heroes of Might and Magic III | Windows | 1999 | New World Computing/3DO |
5. | Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE | WiiU/Switch | 2016 | Atlus |
6. | Dragon Quest Builders 2 | Switch | 2018 | SquareEnix |
7. | Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land | PS2 | 2001 | Racjin/Atlus |
8. | Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl | 3DS | 2013 | Atlus/NIS America |
9. | Ōkami | PS2/Wii/Switch | 2006 | Clover Studio/Capcom |
10. | Star Wars: Dark Forces | DOS | 1995 | LucasArts |
11. | Xenoblade Chronicles | Wii/Switch | 2010 | Monolith Soft/Nintendo |
12. | Demon's Souls | PS3 | 2009 | From Software/Sony |
13. | Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories | Wii | 2009 | Cing |
14. | Baldur's Gate | Windows/Switch | 1998 | BioWare/Black Isle Studios/Interplay Entertainment |
15. | Octopath Traveler | Switch/Stadia | 2018 | Square Enix |
16. | Kid Icarus: Uprising | 3DS | 2012 | Sora/Nintendo |
17. | Day of the Tentacle | DOS | 1993 | LucasArts |
18. | The Secret of Monkey Island | DOS | 1990 | LucasArts |
19. | Baldur’s Gate III | Stadia | 2020 | Larian Studios |
20. | Fire Emblem Awakening | 3DS | 2012 | Intelligent Systems/Nintendo |
21. | Return to Zork | DOS | 1993 | Activision/Infocom |
22. | Deus Ex: Human Revolution | WiiU | 2011 | Eidos/Square Enix |
23. | Jagged Alliance | DOS | 1995 | Madlab Software/Sir-Tech |
24. | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Switch | 2017 | Nintendo |
25. | UFO: Enemy Unknown | DOS | 1994 | Mythos Games/MicroProse |
26. | A Short Hike | Switch/Linux | 2019 | Adam Robinson-Yu |
27. | Graveyard Keeper | Switch/Linux/Xbox One | 2018 | Lazy Bear Games/tinyBuild |
28. | Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn | Wii | 2007 | Intelligent Systems/Nintendo |
29. | Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth | 3DS | 2014 | Atlus |
30. | Wildermyth | Linux | 2021 | Worldwalker Games |
31. | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV | Switch | 2020 | Koei Tecmo |
32. | Grounded | Xbox Series | 2022 | Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios |
33. | Attack of the Friday Monsters! | 3DS | 2013 | Millenium Kitchen/Aquria/Level-5 |
34. | Odd Realm | Linux | 2019 | Unknown Origin Games |
35. | Starcraft/Brood War | Windows | 1998 | Blizzard Entertainment |
36. | Resident Evil: Revelations | 3DS/WiiU/Switch | 2012 | Capcom |
37. | Pillars of Eternity | Linux/Switch | 2015 | Obsidian Entertainment/Paradox Interactive |
38. | King’s Bounty II | Switch | 2021 | 1C Entertainment |
39. | Phoenix Point | Stadia | 2019 | Snapshot Games |
40. | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | 3DS | 2000 | Nintendo |
41. | Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana | Switch/Stadia | 2016 | Nihon Falcom/NIS America |
42. | Valkyria Chronicles 4 | Switch/Stadia | 2018 | Sega |
43. | Supaplex | DOS | 1991 | Think!Ware Development/Dream Factory/Digital Integration |
44. | Crusader Kings III | Xbox Series | 2020 | Paradox |
45. | Doom 64 | Switch/Stadia | 1997 | Midway |
46. | The Battle for Wesnoth | Linux | 2005 | David White and The Battle for Wesnoth Project |
47. | Project Zomboid | Linux | 2013 | The Indie Stone |
48. | The Elder Scrolls Online | Stadia/Xbox Series | 2014 | Zenimax Online Studios/Bethesda |
49. | Deathloop | Xbox Series | 2021 | Arkane/Bethesda |
50. | Descent | DOS | 1995 | Parallax Software/Interplay |
Here some statistics. As I played some games on multiple platforms, the platform numbers will add up to more than 50. As creators I list only these, which made multiple games I like.
entries | highest |
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platforms |
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Switch | 17 | #3 Katamari Damacy |
DOS | 8 | #10 Star Wars: Dark Forces |
Stadia | 8 | #3 Katamari Damacy |
3DS | 7 | #8 Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl |
Linux | 7 | #26 A Short Hike |
Xbox Series | 5 | #1 Elden Ring |
Wii | 5 | #2 Pandora's Tower |
PS2 | 3 | #3 Katamari Damacy |
Windows | 3 | #4 Heroes of Might and Magic III |
WiiU | 3 | #5 Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE |
PS3 | 1 | #12 Demon's Souls |
Xbox One | 1 | #27 Graveyard Keeper |
decades |
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90s | 12 | #4 Heroes of Might and Magic III |
00s | 8 | #3 Katamari Damacy |
10s | 22 | #2 Pandora's Tower |
20s | 8 | #1 Elden Ring |
creators |
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Nintendo | 6 | #11 Xenoblade Chronicles |
Atlus | 4 | #5 Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE |
Square Enix | 3 | #6 Dragon Quest Builders 2 |
LucasArts | 3 | #10 Star Wars: Dark Forces |
From Software | 2 | #1 Elden Ring |
NIS | 2 | #8 Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl |
Capcom | 2 | #9 Ōkami |
Bethesda | 2 | #48 The Elder Scrolls Online |
Paradox | 2 | #37 Pillars of Eternity |
Obsidian | 2 | #32 Grounded |
Intelligent Systems | 2 | #20 Fire Emblem Awakening |
Interplay | 2 | #14 Baldur's Gate |
This years honorable mentions:
- Balrum (2016, Linux)
- No Man's Sky (2016, Xbox Series)
- Diablo (1997, Windows)
- Cities: Skylines (2015, Xbox One)
- Falling Skies (2014, WiiU)
- Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia (2020, Switch)
The results of the guessing game can be found here.
Last edited by Mnementh - on 10 January 2023