~ S.Peelman's Top 50 Best Video Games of All Times 2023: ~
Another year, another top 50 list. These are S.Peelman's most favourite games of all-time. Games can be on this list simply because they are excellent and made an impression on me due to quality, but they can also be here because they gave me countless hours of fun, or had a deeper impact on myself as a person or as a gamer. The very best games did all of those things, and that is worth a lot.
When a game spans multiple consoles, only those on which I played the game are mentioned. The year of release is based on the PAL releases of the original game, which really only really makes a difference in a handful of older games.
| # | Title | Genre | Platform | Year | YoY | Guessed by |
| 50 | Resident Evil: Revelations | Survival horror | 3DS | 2012 | R | Mnementh |
| 49 | Dynamite Cop | Beat 'em up | DC | 1999 | ^2 | Pajderman |
| 48 | Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box) | Puzzle adventure | DS | 2009 | R | Veknoid_Outcast |
| 47 | Crazy Taxi | Arcade racing | DC | 2000 | R | Mnementh |
| 46 | Soccer | Sports | NES | 1987 | = | Veknoid_Outcast |
| 45 | SimCity 2000 | Construction simulation | Mac | 1993 | v4 | Darashiva |
| 44 | Wolfenstein 3D | First person shooter | Mac | 1994 | v9 | Machina |
| 43 | Star Wars Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire | Rail shooter | Mac | 1995 | v3 | drbunnig |
| 42 | Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness | Realtime strategy | Mac | 1996 | v12 | TruckOSaurus |
| 41 | Mega Man 2 | Action platform | NES | 1990 | v12 | Veknoid_Outcast |
| 40 | Total War: Rome II | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2013 | R | unguessed |
| 39 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Adventure | SNES, GBA | 1992 | v14 | drbunnig |
| 38 | Empire: Total War | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2009 | R | The_Liquid_Laser |
| 37 | Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds | Realtime strategy | PC | 2001 | ^1 | unguessed |
| 36 | Metroid Fusion | Action platform | GBA | 2002 | ^3 | Veknoid_Outcast |
| 35 | Pokémon Blue Version | Role-playing game | GB | 1999 | ^7 | UnderwaterFunktown |
| 34 | Age of Mythology | Realtime strategy | PC | 2003 | ^2 | UnderwaterFunktown |
| 33 | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | Rhythm | PS3 | 2007 | ^4 | UnderwaterFunktown |
| 32 | SimCity 3000 | Construction simulation | PC | 1999 | v17 | haxxiy |
| 31 | Super Mario Galaxy | 3D platform | Wii | 2007 | v8 | drbunnig |
| 30 | Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force | First person shooter | PC | 2000 | R | Machina |
| 29 | Motocross Madness | Arcade racing | PC | 1998 | ^3 | unguessed |
| 28 | Prince of Persia (1989) | Action platform | Mac, Mobile | 1992 | v12 | drbunnig |
| 27 | SimTower: The Vertical Empire | Construction simulation | Mac | 1994 | ^4 | Mnementh |
| 26 | Medieval II: Total War | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2006 | ^8 | unguessed |
| 25 | SoulCalibur | Fighting | DC | 1999 | ^3 | Darashiva |
| 24 | Rome: Total War | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2004 | ^9 | Machina |
| 23 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | 2D platform | NES, SNES, GBA | 1991 | v4 | drbunnig |
| 22 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Adventure | N64, GC, 3DS | 2000 | = | Veknoid_Outcast |
| 21 | The Operative: No One Lives Forever | First person shooter | PC | 2000 | ^5 | drbunnig |
| 20 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Action-adventure | PS3 | 2009 | ^4 | Pajderman |
| 19 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Adventure | GC, Wii, WiiU | 2006 | v1 | UnderwaterFunktown |
| 18 | GoldenEye 007 | First person shooter | N64 | 1997 | ^3 | UnderwaterFunktown |
| 17 | Call of Duty | First person shooter | PC | 2003 | ^10 | Mnementh |
| 16 | Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast | First person shooter | PC | 2002 | ^1 | drbunnig |
| 15 | Kula World (Rollaway) | Puzzle platformer | PS1 | 1998 | v2 | drbunnig |
| 14 | Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) | Rail shooter | N64, 3DS | 1997 | = | Jpcc86 |
| 13 | Astérix (Asterix: The Gallic Wars) | Turn-based strategy | PS1 | 1999 | ^7 | Darashiva |
| 12 | MediEvil | Adventure | PS1, PS4 | 1998 | = | Jpcc86 |
| 11 | Theme Hospital | Construction simulation | PC | 1997 | = | drbunnig |
| 10 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Adventure | WiiU, SW | 2017 | = | drbunnig |
| 09 | Mario Kart 64 | Arcade racing | N64 | 1997 | v1 | UnderwaterFunktown |
| 08 | SimCity 4 | Construction simulation | PC | 2003 | ^1 | Jpcc86 |
| 07 | RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 | Construction simulation | PC | 2002 | v1 | UnderwaterFunktown |
| 06 | Anno 1602 (1602 A.D.) | Construction simulation | PC | 1998 | ^1 | unguessed |
| 05 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | Adventure | GB, GBC, SW | 1993 | = | drbunnig |
| 04 | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | 2D platform | SNES, GBA | 1995 | = | drbunnig |
| 03 | Super Mario 64 | 3D platform | N64, DS | 1997 |  |
drbunnig |
| 02 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Role-playing game | PC, Mobile | 2003 |  |
UnderwaterFunktown |
| 01 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Adventure | N64, GC, 3DS | 1998 |  |
UnderwaterFunktown |
Honourable mentions:
Great games, but not enough to make it into the list. Some have in years past, but have since fallen out, some come in and out, and some have never been featured. Some honourable mentions of last year have made it into the main list this year or have disappeared entirely and some are new. These will be added before the reveal of the top 3 of the main list.
- 51: Anno 1404 (alternate name: Dawn of Discovery)
- 52: Star Wars: Dark Forces
- 53: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
- 54: Virtua Tennis
- 55: Blast Corps
- 56: Dungeon Keeper
- 57: Luigi's Mansion 2 (alternate name: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon)
- 58: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- 59: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- 60: Child of Light
Platform statistics:
Under here are some statistics like the amount of games from the main list by platform (counted by a game's original platform only) for each platform I own. The number of games in a "franchise" includes all games regardless of genre or sub-series. These will be added as each new entry gets revealed.
| Nintendo | Sony | Others | Decades | ||||
| Nintendo | 3 | Playstation | 3 | Philips Videopac G7000 | 0 | 1970s | 0 |
| Super Nintendo | 2 | Playstation 3 | 2 | Atari 2600 | 0 | 1980s | 1 |
| Nintendo 64 | 6 | Playstation 4 | 0 | 1990s | 26 | ||
| Gamecube | 1 | Playstation Vita | 0 | Windows PC | 17 | 2000s | 20 |
| Wii | 1 | macOS | 6 | 2010s | 3 | ||
| WiiU | 1 | 2020s | 0 | ||||
| Switch | 0 | Mobile | 0 | Franchises (3 games or more) | |||
| GameBoy/Color | 2 | SEGA | The Legend of Zelda | 6 | |||
| GameBoy Advance | 1 | Mega Drive | 0 | Total War | 4 | ||
| DS | 1 | Dreamcast | 3 | Sim | 4 | ||
| 3DS | 1 | Mario (*except Yoshi's Island) | 4 | ||||
| Star Wars | 4 |
List statistics:
Here are some statistics from the main list like most featured genre, or highest new game. These will be added after the end of the event, when the #1 game has been posted.
- Oldest video game: #46: Soccer, NES, 1987
- Newest video game: #10: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, WiiU, 2017
- Number of newcomers: 0
- Highest newcomer: -
- Number of re-entries: 6
- Highest re-entry: #30: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, PC, 2000
- Biggest climb year-on-year: #17: Call of Duty, PC, 2003 (#27 > #17)
- Biggest drop year-on-year: #32: SimCity 3000, PC, 1999 (#15 > #32)
- Most games of year: 1997, 1998, 1999; 5 games
- Most represented generation: 6th; GameCube, Dreamcast, GameBoy Advance, PC + macOS (releases during 6th console generation); 15 games
- Number of genres: 19
- Most represented genre: Construction simulation, Adventure; 7 games
- Average age of all games: 24 years; 2000.0 (=January 2000)
Correct guesses:
Here will be a ranking of people's correct guesses in the Discussion Thread, and number of games that went unguessed. These will be added up each time someone correctly guesses a next entry in the list.
| drbunnig | 13 |
| UnderwaterFunktown | 9 |
| Veknoid_Outcast | 5 |
| Mnementh | 4 |
| Machina | 3 |
| Darashiva | 3 |
| Jpcc86 | 3 |
| Pajderman | 2 |
| TruckOSaurus | 1 |
| The_Liquid_Laser | 1 |
| haxxiy | 1 |
| Unguessed | 5 |
