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~ 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
02 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Role-playing game PC, Mobile 2003
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
      Last edited by S.Peelman - on 01 January 2026