Mnementh on 12 November 2023
My 50 greatest games of all time - 2023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Baldur's Gate III | Windows | 2023 | Larian Studios |
| 2. | Elden Ring | Xbox Series | 2022 | From Software |
| 3. | Heroes of Might and Magic III | Windows | 1999 | New World Computing/3DO |
| 4. | Katamari Damacy | PS2/Switch | 2004 | Namco |
| 5. | Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl | 3DS | 2013 | Atlus/NIS America |
| 6. | Xenoblade Chronicles | Wii/Switch | 2010 | Monolith Soft/Nintendo |
| 7. | Pandora's Tower | Wii | 2011 | Ganbarion |
| 8. | Dragon Quest Builders 2 | Switch | 2018 | SquareEnix |
| 9. | Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE | WiiU/Switch | 2016 | Atlus |
| 10. | Ōkami | PS2/Wii/Switch | 2006 | Clover Studio/Capcom |
| 11. | Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories | Wii | 2009 | Cing |
| 12. | Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land | PS2 | 2001 | Racjin/Atlus |
| 13. | Star Wars: Dark Forces | DOS | 1995 | LucasArts |
| 14. | Demon’s Souls | PS3 | 2009 | From Software |
| 15. | Rise to Ruins | Linux/Windows | 2019 | Raymond Doerr |
| 16. | Kid Icarus: Uprising | 3DS | 2012 | Sora/Nintendo |
| 17. | 20 Minutes Till Dawn | Windows | 2022 | flanne |
| 18. | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Switch | 2017 | Nintendo |
| 19. | Wildermyth | Linux | 2021 | Worldwalker Games |
| 20. | Baldur's Gate | Windows/Switch | 1998 | BioWare/Black Isle Studios/Interplay Entertainment |
| 21. | Fire Emblem Awakening | 3DS | 2012 | Intelligent Systems/Nintendo |
| 22. | Return to Zork | DOS | 1993 | Activision/Infocom |
| 23. | Day of the Tentacle | DOS | 1993 | LucasArts |
| 24. | Graveyard Keeper | Switch/Linux/Xbox One | 2018 | Lazy Bear Games/tinyBuild |
| 25. | The Secret of Monkey Island | DOS | 1990 | LucasArts |
| 26. | Jagged Alliance | DOS | 1995 | Madlab Software/Sir-Tech |
| 27. | UFO: Enemy Unknown | DOS | 1994 | Mythos Games/MicroProse |
| 28. | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV | Switch | 2020 | Koei Tecmo |
| 29. | Octopath Traveler | Switch | 2018 | Square Enix |
| 30. | Deus Ex: Human Revolution | WiiU | 2011 | Eidos/Square Enix |
| 31. | Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn | Wii | 2007 | Intelligent Systems/Nintendo |
| 32. | A Short Hike | Switch/Linux | 2019 | Adam Robinson-Yu |
| 33. | Hogwarts Legacy | Xbox Series | 2023 | Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games |
| 34. | Against the Storm | Windows | 2022 | Eremite Games/Hooded Horse |
| 35. | Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth | 3DS | 2014 | Atlus |
| 36. | Vampire Survivors | Xbox Series/ Windows/ Switch | 2021 | Poncle |
| 37. | Resident Evil: Revelations | 3DS/WiiU/Switch | 2012 | Capcom |
| 38. | Phoenix Point | Stadia | 2019 | Snapshot Games |
| 39. | Attack of the Friday Monsters! | 3DS | 2013 | Millenium Kitchen/Aquria/Level-5 |
| 40. | Songs of Conquest | Windows | 2022 | Lavapotion/Coffee Stain |
| 41. | StarCraft/Brood War | Windows | 1998 | Blizzard Entertainment |
| 42. | Grounded | Xbox Series | 2022 | Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios |
| 43. | Deathloop | Xbox Series | 2021 | Arkane/Bethesda |
| 44. | Pikmin 4 | Switch | 2023 | Nintendo |
| 45. | Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana | Switch | 2016 | Nihon Falcom/NIS America |
| 46. | Project Zomboid | Linux | 2013 | The Indie Stone |
| 47. | Crusader Kings III | Xbox Series | 2020 | Paradox |
| 48. | Slice & Dice | Windows | 2021 | tann |
| 49. | Doom 64 | Switch | 1997 | Midway |
| 50. | Descent | DOS | 1995 | Parallax Software/Interplay |
Look also for my honorable mentions.
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 |
|---|
| platforms |
|---|
| Switch | 16 | #4 Katamari Damacy |
| Windows | 10 | #1 Baldur's Gate III |
| DOS | 7 | #13 Star Wars: Dark Forces |
| 3DS | 6 | #5 Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl |
| XBox Series | 6 | #2 Elden Ring |
| Wii | 5 | #6 Xenoblade Chronicles |
| Linux | 5 | #15 Rise to Ruins |
| WiiU | 3 | #9 Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE |
| PS2 | 3 | #4 Katamari Damacy |
| Stadia | 1 | #38 Phoenix Point |
| Xbox One | 1 | #24 Graveyard Keeper |
| PS3 | 1 | #14 Demon's Souls |
| decades |
|---|
| 90s | 11 | #3 Heroes of Might and Magic III |
| 00s | 6 | #4 Katamari Damacy |
| 10s | 19 | #5 Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl |
| 20s | 14 | #1 Baldur's Gate III |
| creators |
|---|
| Nintendo | 6 | #6 Xenoblade Chronicles |
| Atlus | 4 | #5 Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl |
| LucasArts | 3 | #13 Star Wars: Dark Forces |
| Square Enix | 3 | #8 Dragon Quest Builders 2 |
| Interplay | 2 | #20 Baldur's Gate |
| Intelligent Systems | 2 | #21 Fire Emblem Awakening |
| Capcom | 2 | #10 Ōkami |
| From Software | 2 | #2 Elden Ring |
See the results of the guessing game.
Last edited by Mnementh - on 04 January 2024
