A little while ago, the question of what the video game canon would be popped into my head, and so I looked to see if there was a list. There were a couple, but none I really agreed with (although this one was pretty good, so credit for some of the entries) so here's my stab at it.

Even though "canon" is typically just refers to the best of something, with this list I wanted a mix of historically important, critically acclaimed, and what's just generally big in the gaming space, so there may some games on here that aren't necessarily the peak of the medium but are instead simply more-or-less well regarded. Additionally, some franchises here I know the names of but am less familiar with, so I may have opted to chose the first entry instead of the best one. If that's the case, any fans here can let me know what the actual best entry in that series is and I'll switch it out.