Top 100 Games(Running List)

This is my current Top 100 Favorite Games of All Time. I will be updating this annually every year by referencing my honorable mentions and including new games I played the year before that are worth making the cut. Notes will provide previous rankings of games in past years.

2023:

New Additions: Dragon Quest 11, Disco Elysium, Mass Effect 2, God of War Ragnarok, Xenoblade 3, Stardew Valley, Mass Effect 3, Papers Please, Obra Dinn,Yoshi's Wooly World, FE Radiant Dawn

Moved to HMs: Oregon Trail(95), Gravity Rush 2, Grim Fandango, Game & Watch Gallery 2, Cursed Crusade, LOTR 3rd Age, Superstar Saga, Wild Arms, MK Armageddon, FE 3 Houses Last of Us Part II

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1 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 1
2023: 1

Yearly Change: +/- 0

2 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 2
2023: 2

Yearly Change: +/- 0

3 Super Mario Bros. 3

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 3
2023: 3

Yearly Change: +/- 0

4 Pokémon Blue Version

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 4
2023: 4

Yearly Change: +/- 0

5 Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 5
2023: 5

Yearly Change: +/- 0

6 Shadow of the Colossus

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 6
2023: 6

Yearly Change: +/- 0

7 Hitman: Blood Money

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 7
2023: 7

Yearly Change: +/- 0

8 Chrono Trigger

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 8
2023: 8

Yearly Change: +/- 0

9 Final Fantasy IX

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 9
2023: 9

Yearly Change: +/- 0

10 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 10
2023: 10

Yearly Change: +/- 0

11 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 12
2023: 11

Yearly Change: +1

12 Batman: Arkham City

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 13
2023: 12

Yearly Change: +1

13 Night in the Woods: Weird Autumn Edition

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 11
2023: 13

Yearly Change: - 2

14 Persona 3 FES

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 14
2023: 14

Yearly Change: +/- 0

15 Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 15
2023: 15

Yearly Change: +/- 0

16 Kingdom Hearts II

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 16
2023: 16

Yearly Change: +/- 0

17 Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 20
2023: 17

Yearly Change: +3

18 Pokémon HeartGold Version

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 17
2023: 18

Yearly Change: - 1

19 Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 19

Yearly Change: Ranked 19th

20 Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 20

Yearly Change: Ranked 20

21 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - HD Edition

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 19
2023: 21

Yearly Change: -2

22 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 18
2023: 22

Yearly Change: -4

23 Persona 4 Golden

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 21
2023: 23

Yearly Change: -2

24 Red Dead Redemption

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 24
2023: 24

Yearly Change: +/- 0

25 Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 27
2023: 25

Yearly Change: +2

26 Donkey Kong Country Returns

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 23
2023: 26

Yearly Change: -3

27 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 26
2023: 27

Yearly Change: -1

28 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 22
2023: 28

Yearly Change: -6

29 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 28
2023: 29

Yearly Change: -1

30 Persona 5

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 25
2023: 30

Yearly Change: -5

31 Super Mario Galaxy

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 30
2023: 31

Yearly Change: -1

32 Valkyria Chronicles

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 32
2023: 32

Yearly Change: +/- 0

33 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 33
2023: 33

Yearly Change: +/- 0

34 Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 34
2023: 34

Yearly Change: +/- 0

35 Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 35
2023: 35

Yearly Change: +/- 0

36 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 38
2023: 36

Yearly Change: +2

37 Super Smash Bros. Melee

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 37
2023: 37

Yearly Change: +/- 0

38 Marvel's Spider-Man

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 39
2023: 38

Yearly Change: +1

39 NBA Live 2003

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 31
2023: 39

Yearly Change: -8

40 Mass Effect 2

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 40

Yearly Change: Ranked 40

41 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 43
2023: 41

Yearly Change: +2

42 Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 49
2023: 42

Yearly Change: +7

43 Ōkami

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 48
2023: 43

Yearly Change: +5

44 Catherine

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 29
2023: 44

Yearly Change: -15

45 Final Fantasy VI

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 41
2023: 45

Yearly Change: -4

46 God of War Ragnarök

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unrakned
2023: 46

Yearly Change: Ranked 46

47 Ghost of Tsushima

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 56
2023: 47

Yearly Change: +9

48 Portal 2

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 67
2023: 48

Yearly Change: +19

49 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 40
2023: 49

Yearly Change: -9

50 Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 44
2023: 50

Yearly Change: -6

51 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 51
2023: 51

Yearly Change: +/- 0

52 Bloody Trapland

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 54
2023: 52

Yearly Change: +2

53 Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 53

Yearly Change: Ranked 53

54 Undertale

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 42
2023: 54

Yearly Change: -12

55 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 47
2023: 55

Yearly Change: -8

56 Final Fantasy VII

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 55
2023: 56

Yearly Change: -1

57 God of War

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 36
2023: 57

Yearly Change: -21

58 Dust: An Elysian Tail

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 46
2023: 58

Yearly Change: -12

59 Yakuza 0

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 60
2023: 59

Yearly Change: +1

60 Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 68
2023: 60

Yearly Change: +8

61 Stardew Valley

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 61

Yearly Change: Ranked 61

62 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 75
2023: 62

Yearly Change: +13

63 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 57
2023: 63

Yearly Change: -6

64 Dark Souls

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 45
2023: 64

Yearly Change: -19

65 Metal Gear Solid

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 66
2023: 65

Yearly Change: +1

66 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 52
2023: 66

Yearly Change: -14

67 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 71
2023: 67

Yearly Change: +4

68 The Last of Us

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 85
2023: 68

Yearly Change: +17

69 Batman: Arkham Asylum - Game of the Year Edition

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 86
2023: 69

Yearly Change: +17

70 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 63
2023: 70

Yearly Change: -7

71 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 76
2023: 71

Yearly Change: +5

72 The Last Story

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 72
2023: 72

Yearly Change: +/- 0

73 Tales of Monkey Island

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 74
2023: 73

Yearly Change: +1

74 Bastion

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 58
2023: 74

Yearly Change: -16

75 Pokémon Ruby Version

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 50
2023: 75

Yearly Change: -25

76 Kingdom Hearts

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 65
2023: 76

Yearly Change: -11

77 Mark of the Ninja

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 82
2023: 77

Yearly Change: +5

78 Mass Effect 3

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 78

Yearly Change: Ranked 78

79 Yakuza Kiwami

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 70
2023: 79

Yearly Change: -9

80 Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 59
2023: 80

Yearly Change: -21

81 Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 78
2023: 81

Yearly Change: -3

82 Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 62
2023: 82

Yearly Change: -20

83 WWF WrestleMania 2000

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 64
2023: 83

Yearly Change: -19

84 Papers, Please

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 84

Yearly Change: Ranked 84

85 Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 95
2023: 85

Yearly Change: +10

86 To the Moon

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 73
2023: 86

Yearly Change: -13

87 Trauma Center: Second Opinion

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 88
2023: 87

Yearly Change: +1

88 Return of the Obra Dinn

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 88

Yearly Change: Ranked 88

89 Final Fantasy X

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 91
2023: 89

Yearly Change: +2

90 Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 77
2023: 90

Yearly Change: -13

91 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 81
2023: 91

Yearly Change: -10

92 Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 87
2023: 92

Yearly Change: -5

93 Gone Home

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 61
2023: 93

Yearly Change: -32

94 Pokémon Platinum Version

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 83
2023: 94

Yearly Change: -11

95 MVP Baseball 2005

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 93
2023: 95

Yearly Change: -2

96 Super Paper Mario

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 84
2023: 96

Yearly Change: -12

97 Owlboy

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 97
2023: 97

Yearly Change: +/- 0

98 Flower

Yearly Ranking:
2022: 69
2023: 98

Yearly Change: -29

99 Yoshi's Woolly World

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 99

Yearly Change: Ranked 99

100 Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Yearly Ranking:
2022: Unranked
2023: 100

Yearly Change: Ranked 100

2 Comments

Zangril

1 year ago

New list looking good! We gained some great games on this year's list but sadly we lost a few fan favorite games.

Doaks

1 year ago

A sad reality when I have almost 200 games that could make the list! I'm sure every year I shall see a few cycle in and out haha.

Doaks

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Last updated:

Feb 8, 2023