My Favorite Games of All Time (Definitive)

Kind of ranked, to whatever extent I can possibly rank how influential pieces of art have been on me (very very very loosely and subject to change on a minute-by-minute basis)

Abzu
Abzu
Alan Wake II
Alan Wake II
Amnesia: The Bunker
Amnesia: The Bunker
Anatomy
Anatomy
Anthology of the Killer
Anthology of the Killer
The Beginner's Guide
The Beginner's Guide
Bloodborne
Bloodborne
Blood: Fresh Supply
Blood: Fresh Supply
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
Chibi-Robo!
Chibi-Robo!
Control
Control
Dark Souls
Dark Souls
Dark Souls III
Dark Souls III
Darkwood
Darkwood
Deadly Premonition Origins
Deadly Premonition Origins
Dead Space
Dead Space
Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2
Death Stranding: Director's Cut
Death Stranding: Director's Cut
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
Doom
Doom
Doom
Doom
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
Dread Delusion
Dread Delusion
EarthBound
EarthBound
Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise
Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise
Franken
Franken
FTL: Faster Than Light
FTL: Faster Than Light
Glitchhikers
Glitchhikers
Hunt: Showdown
Hunt: Showdown
Hylics
Hylics
Ico
Ico
Jet Set Radio Future
Jet Set Radio Future
Katamari Damacy Reroll
Katamari Damacy Reroll
Killer7
Killer7
Killer is Dead: Nightmare Edition
Killer is Dead: Nightmare Edition
King's Field II
King's Field II
Kowloon High-School Chronicle
Kowloon High-School Chronicle
The Last Guardian
The Last Guardian
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Lethal League Blaze
Lethal League Blaze
Lisa: The Painful
Lisa: The Painful
Little King's Story
Little King's Story
The Long Dark
The Long Dark
Lunacid
Lunacid
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - HD Edition
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metro 2033
Metro 2033
Metro: Last Light
Metro: Last Light
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Mysteries Under Lake Ophelia
Mysteries Under Lake Ophelia
No More Heroes
No More Heroes
No More Heroes III
No More Heroes III
Off
Off
Off-Peak
Off-Peak
Orchids to Dusk
Orchids to Dusk
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Paper Mario
Paper Mario
Paratopic
Paratopic
Pathologic Classic HD
Pathologic Classic HD
Planescape: Torment
Planescape: Torment
Prey
Prey
Rain World
Rain World
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
Rune Factory Frontier
Rune Factory Frontier
Secret Little Haven
Secret Little Haven
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
A Short Hike
A Short Hike
Silent Hill
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill 4: The Room
The Silver Case
The Silver Case
Siren
Siren
Soma
Soma
Space Funeral
Space Funeral
Stars Die
Stars Die
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Super Metroid
Super Metroid
Super Paper Mario
Super Paper Mario
Thief II: The Metal Age
Thief II: The Metal Age
Transistor
Transistor
Umurangi Generation
Umurangi Generation
Vanquish
Vanquish
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The New Order
World of Horror
World of Horror
Yakuza
Yakuza

6 Comments


4 months ago

Many games I'm not familiar with!
It gives me a lot of inspiration for my next game to play tho 😄

Really cool to see Silent Hill 3 so high on your list, and I'm glad to see love for Super Paper Mario!
I want to play Shadow of the Colossus so badly, but it's only available on PS4 unfortunately..

4 months ago

@Armakeen I'm excited to see what you play next!!! And yeah it's kind of surprising how inaccessible SotC is for how much impact it had on the industry, I emulated it and Ico without any issues but I've also heard a lot of people have trouble with performance, which is really annoying. I hope we start seeing more official emulation like Nintendo's doing, there's just so much stuff you just can't play anymore if you don't have a solid PC and the know-how :((((

3 months ago

You have really interesting taste as always though I respect that, a lot more fun to look at over the big titles you'd expect from most. If there's anything this list tells me, I need to explore the indie scene more.

3 months ago

@Septns thank you!!! I love trying to hit a good contrast in the art I approach, and I have a lot of mutuals who develop indies, so I'm always stacking up more weird stuff and then filling in the gaps with AAAs when I have excess time.
I'm still embarrassed for not including some stuff here, like I see Chulip as a core game for me but I haven't technically played it myself yet so I can't place it accurately. There are a TON of games that will definitely break the list once I inevitably get to them (re: my 100+ retro backlog I just haven't made enough time for).

3 months ago

Chulip would def be right at home on here boss, you also strike me as an Illbleed lifer

3 months ago

@_YALP I can almost guarantee Illbleed will be somewhere in the top 30, that shit's RIGHT up my alley


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