List of video games listed among the best
This is a list of video games that video game journalists or magazines have considered among the best of all time in lists dedicated to selecting the best games. Each game is included on at least six separate best-of lists from different publications, as chosen by their editorial staffs and solicited experts.
Publications
The reference numbers in the notes section show which of the 54 selected publications list the game.1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die – 2013The Age – 2005Collider – 2020Dexerto – 2024, 2025Digital Trends – 2023Digitally Downloaded – 2016Electric Playground Network – 2013Edge – 2000, 2009, 2015, 2017Electronic Fun with Computers & Games – 1984Empire – 2009Entertainment Weekly – 2003Esquire – 2018, 2019, 2020FHM – 2010Flux – 1995G4 – 2012GamesMaster – 1994, 1996Gamecenter – 2000Game Informer – 2009, 2018Game On! From Pong to Oblivion – 2006GameSpot – 2000, 2007GameSpy – 2001Gamereactor – 2011, 2017, 2022GamesRadar+ – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021GamesTM – 2010, 2015, 2018Gameswelt – 2012, 2016GamingBolt – 2013, 2022, 2023, 2024GQ – 2013, 2023The Greatest Games – 1985Hardcore Gaming 101 – 2015, 2020Hyper – 1995, 1997, 1999IGN – 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021The Independent – 1999, 2025The Irish Times – 2013Jeuxvideo.com – 2011, 2017Mashable – 2020Multiplayer.it - 2025Next Generation – 1996, 1999Parade – 2023Polygon – 2017Popular Mechanics – 2014, 2019Power Unlimited – 2015PPE – 2021Rolling Stone - 2025Screen Rant – 2024Slant Magazine – 2014, 2018, 2020Stuff – 2008, 2014, 2017 – 2001Sydney Morning Herald – 2002The Times – 2023Time – 2012, 2016Total Games Network – 1999USA Today / Sports Illustrated – 2022, 2023, 2024TheWrap – 2017Yahoo! – 2005