~ S.Peelman's Top 50 Best Video Games of All Times 2025: ~
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 | Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box) | Puzzle adventure | NDS | 2009 | R | |
| 49 | Step-On-It! | Puzzle platformer | macOS | 1996 | R | |
| 48 | SimCity2000 | Construction & management | macOS | 1993 | v5 | |
| 47 | Pokémon Blue Version | Role-playing game | GB | 1999 | v17 | |
| 46 | Dynamite Cop! | Beat-em up | DC | 1999 | = | |
| 45 | SoulCalibur | Fighting | DC | 1999 | v21 | |
| 44 | Super Metroid | Action platformer | SNES | 1994 | R | |
| 43 | Mario Kart Wii | Racing | Wii | 2008 | * | |
| 42 | Duck Hunt | Lightgun shooter | NES | 1987 | R | |
| 41 | Star Wars Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire | Rail shooter | macOS | 1995 | ^1 | |
| 40 | SimTower: The Vertical Empire | Construction & management | macOS | 1994 | v7 | |
| 39 | Total War: Rome II | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2013 | R | |
| 38 | Resident Evil: Revelations | Survival horror | N3DS | 2012 | v4 | |
| 37 | Age of Mythology | Real-time strategy | PC | 2002 | v11 | |
| 36 | Metroid Fusion | Action platformer | GBA | 2002 | ^5 | |
| 35 | Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness | Real-time strategy | macOS | 1995 | = | |
| 34 | Motocross Madness | Racing | PC | 1998 | v2 | |
| 33 | Medieval II: Total War | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2006 | v2 | |
| 32 | Uncharted II: Among Thieves | Action adventure | PS3 | 2009 | ^6 | |
| 31 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | 2D platformer | NES, SNES, GBA | 1991 | v8 | |
| 30 | Mega Man 2 | Action platformer | NES | 1991 | v3 | |
| 29 | Prince of Persia (1989) | Action platformer | macOS, Mobile | 1992 | v7 | |
| 28 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Adventure | SNES, GBA | 1992 | v3 | |
| 27 | Call of Duty | First-person shooter | PC | 2003 | ^1 | |
| 26 | Rome: Total War | Turn-based strategy | PC | 2004 | v5 | |
| 25 | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | Rhythm | PS3 | 2007 | R | |
| 24 | Super Mario Galaxy | 3D platformer | Wii | 2007 | ^13 | |
| 23 | SimCity3000 | Construction & management | PC | 1999 | ^13 | |
| 22 | Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force | First-person shooter | PC | 2000 | ^18 | |
| 21 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Adventure | N64, NGC, N3DS | 2000 | v2 | |
| 20 | GoldenEye 007 | First-person shooter | N64 | 1997 | ^27 | |
| 19 | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II | First-person shooter | PC | 1997 | ^1 | |
| 18 | Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64) | Rail shooter | N64, N3DS | 1997 | v4 | |
| 17 | The Operative: No One Lives Forever | First-person shooter | PC | 2000 | = | |
| 16 | Astérix (Asterix: The Gallic Wars) | Turn-based strategy | PS1 | 1999 | = | |
| 15 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Adventure | NGC, Wii, WiiU | 2006 | v2 | |
| 14 | Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast | First-person shooter | PC | 2002 | ^1 | |
| 13 | Kula World (Rollaway) | Puzzle platformer | PS1 | 1998 | ^5 | |
| 12 | MediEvil | Adventure | PS1 | 1998 | = | |
| 11 | Theme Hospital | Construction & management | PC | 1997 | = | |
| 10 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Adventure | WiiU, NS1 | 2017 | = | |
| 09 | Mario Kart 64 | Racing | N64 | 1997 | = | |
| 08 | SimCity 4 | Construction & management | PC | 2003 | = | |
| 07 | Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 | Construction & management | PC | 2002 | v1 | |
| 06 | Anno 1602 (1602 A.D.) | Construction & management | PC | 1998 | ^1 | |
| 05 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | Adventure | GB, GBC, NS1 | 1993 | = | |
| 04 | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | 2D Platformer | SNES, GBA | 1995 | = | |
| 03 | Super Mario 64 | 3D Platformer | N64, NDS | 1997 |  |
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| 02 | Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic | Role-playing game | PC, Mobile | 2003 |  |
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| 01 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Adventure | N64, NGC, 3DS | 1998 |  |
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 could have made it into the main list this year or have disappeared entirely and some could be new altogether. These will be added before the reveal of the top 3 of the main list.
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 | PlayStation | Philips Videopac G7000 | 1970s | ||||
| Super Nintendo | PlayStation 3 | Atari 2600 | 1980s | ||||
| Nintendo 64 | PlayStation 4 | 1990s | |||||
| Gamecube | PlayStation Vita | Windows PC | 2000s | ||||
| Wii | macOS | 2010s | |||||
| WiiU | 2020s | ||||||
| Switch | Mobile | Franchises (3 games or more) | |||||
| GameBoy/Color | SEGA | Star Wars | |||||
| GameBoy Advance | Mega Drive | The Legend of Zelda | |||||
| DS | Dreamcast | Mario | |||||
| 3DS | Total War | ||||||
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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.
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.
| Unguessed |
