List of video games listed among the best

The following video games have been considered among the best of all time by video game journalists or magazines in lists dedicated to selecting the best games. Each game is included on at least six separate best-of lists from different publications (inclusive of all time periods, platforms and genres), as chosen by their editorial staffs and solicited experts.

List

Publications

The reference numbers in the notes section show which of the 55 selected publications list the game.

• 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die – 2013
• The Age – 2005
• Collider – 2020
• Digital Trends – 2023
• Digitally Downloaded – 2016
• Electric Playground Network – 2013
• Edge – 2000, 2009, 2015, 2017
• Electronic Fun with Computers & Games – 1984
• Empire – 2009
• Entertainment Weekly – 2003
• Esquire – 2018, 2019, 2020
• FHM – 2010
• Flux – 1995
• ' – 2025
• G4 – 2012
• GamesMaster – 1994, 1996
• Gamecenter – 2000
• Game Informer – 2009, 2018
• Game On! From Pong to Oblivion – 2006
• GameSpot – 2000, 2007
• GameSpy – 2001
• Gamereactor – 2011, 2017, 2022
• GamesRadar+ – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021
• GamesTM – 2010, 2015, 2018
• Gameswelt – 2012, 2016
• GamingBolt – 2013, 2022, 2023, 2024
• GQ – 2013, 2023
• The Greatest Games – 1985
• Hardcore Gaming 101 – 2015, 2020
• Hyper – 1995, 1997, 1999
• IGN – 2003, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021
• The Independent – 1999, 2025
• The Irish Times – 2013
• Jeuxvideo.com – 2011, 2017
• Mashable – 2020
• ' - 2025
• Nettavisen - 2024
• Next Generation – 1996, 1999
• Parade – 2023
• Polygon – 2017
• Popular Mechanics – 2014, 2019
• Power Unlimited – 2015
• PPE – 2021
• Rolling Stone - 2025
• Screen Rant – 2024
• Slant Magazine – 2014, 2018, 2020
• Stuff – 2008, 2014, 2017
• ' – 2001
• Sydney Morning Herald – 2002
• The Times – 2023
• Time – 2012, 2016
• Total Games Network – 1999
• USA Today / Sports Illustrated – 2022, 2023, 2024
• TheWrap – 2017
• Yahoo! – 2005