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- Thief: The Dark Project. Released Dec 1, 1998 | Top 100 Score 231.48.
- Outer Wilds. Released June 18, 2020 | Top 100 Score 230.4. Tyler C: A pure space exploration game that expertly balances melancholy and optimism. It's a humble story of community and curiosity, and finishes with one of the most poignant endings I’ve ever experienced in a game.
- The Sims 4. Released Sep 2, 2014 | Top 100 Score 233.19, demoted by Lauren Morton. Mollie: The Sims 4 continues to reign supreme in the life sim genre, but with nine years and $1000s of expansions, it's starting to come apart at the seams.
- Apex Legends. Released Feb 4, 2019 | Top 100 Score 229.97. Phil: I thought I was out, but somehow the call of Respawn's battle royale proved too great to resist.
- 15 Undertale
- 14 Bioshock
- 13 Apex Legends
- 12 Sid Meier’s Civilization II
- 11 Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- 10 Persona 5 Royal
- 9 Minecraft
- 8 World of Warcraft
- 7 Grand Theft Auto V
- 6 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Multiple Endings, Multiple Existential Crises
Who would have thought that a pixelated indie RPG would develop such a lasting presence in the gaming scene? Undertaleputs you into the shoes of a child exploring The Underground, a world beneath the surface of the earth, solving puzzles and making friends as you decide exactly what to do with all the monsters you’re facing. With a branching story path and multiple endings, your decisions in The Underground really matter. The game quickly earned a cult following and sealed its place on top PC...
Just One More Plasmid
Would you kindly give this iconic horror FPS the respect that it’s more than earned? Extremely heavy in its Ayn Rand references, in Bioshock, the 2007 smash success that launched a long-running and much-adored franchise, you make your way through Rapture, a once-idyllic underwater metropolis. By the time you find it, it’s overrun with genetic mutants and enormous protectors known as Big Daddies, and between eerie visuals, a tenseness that carries throughout, and a well-executed plot twist, th...
The Titanfall Battle Royale
Set in the same in-game sci-fi universe as the Titanfall series and featuring several characters from it, you take control over control of Legend characters as you break into teams to compete in battle royale deathmatches. Despite the game releasing as a surprise to fans who thought a direct Titanfall sequel was in the works, Apex Legends remains one of the most-played games of all time, with 25 million people jumping aboard in the first week and reaching its 100 million player in April 2021.
Just Watch Out For Gandhi
This staple PC game might not have been the first in the enduring Civilization series, nor the most recent, but it is the title that first gave the Civilization games their legacy. Your goal in them is simple: oversee your empire through time as you compete with other civilizations to complete your victory conditions. Scout the map, raise an army, settle a capital city, and race to be the first to win by getting to space, defeating everyone else, or surviving until the year 2020 (which probab...
Go Back To Your BG Roots
BioWare makes our list once again with this huge RPG sequel, and for good reason – not only is Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn great, but it’s jam-packed with 200–300 hours of content. As if you didn't get enough from Baldur's Gate 3, right? That was unheard of when the game was first released in 2000, but between the main story and all its dozens of side-quests, fans more than got their money’s worth with this game. Critics even offered high praise when the game came out as well, calling it,...
You'll Never See It Coming
While the vanilla version of Persona 5 launched in 2016 for PlayStation and was a contender for several Game of the Year awards, Persona 5 Royal, the enhanced re-release with additional content first came out in 2020 and took the fandom by storm, becoming Metacritic’s top game for the year. In it, you follow Joker, a wrongfully convicted teenager serving his sentence in Tokyo, as he and his rag-tag group of friends navigate the Metaverseto change the hearts of the entire country of Japan.
The Sandbox Sim That Started It All
The vice-grip that virtual block-building sandbox, Minecraft, had on the online gaming community when it first launched can’t ever truly be forgotten. The game released in beta back in 2009, and it received a steady stream of developer updates until Mojang released the final version in late 2011. The game sold over a million copiesin its first month alone, a number that’s only grown as the years progress and consistent updates keep it feeling fresh even more than a decade on.
A Longstanding MMO Classic
Almost two decades on from its release, World of Warcraft is still going strong with just shy of 10 million peoplestill playing at the time of writing this list. Events of the game follow what occurred in 2003’s Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, bringing players back into Azeroth once again and encouraging teamwork to bring down the monsters of the world, or even the other players. The game is easily one of the biggest and longest-lasting MMORPG titles, still boasting an impressive and loyal f...
The Biggest In A Larger-Than-Life Series
When you blend wacky and iconic protagonists, fast luxury cars, expensive bank heists, and the ability to totally troll people online, it’s no wonder at all that Grand Theft Auto V remains the most enduring title in the long-running series. In this installment, you follow retired (and presumed dead) thief Michael, street gangster Franklin, and all-around maniac Trevor through a completely open world that’s both beautiful and studded with dozens of activities to do as you wreak all kinds of ha...
Memes, Magic, And Mods
Long home to one of the most active modding communities online, Skyrim(as it’s most often shortened to) has spent over a decade now as one of the most prominent PC game for some. While how many platforms the game’s come out on becoming a meme itself by now, the game has more than made a name for itself in its genre. Lauded with praise for its versatile, engaging, and well-rounded approach to a classic genre, Skyrim remains one of the most beloved RPGs even today.
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Dec 31, 2021 · Updated: May 23, 2024 11:14 am. Posted: Dec 31, 2021 7:30 am. IGN’s Top 100 games list encompasses the best of the best throughout history, spanning generations of consoles, PCs, handhelds,...
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Nov 23, 1998 • Rated E. As a young boy, Link is tricked by Ganondorf, the King of the Gerudo Thieves. The evil human uses Link to gain access to the Sacred Realm, where he places his tainted hands on Triforce and transforms the beautiful Hyrulean landscape into a barren wasteland.
- SoulCalibur. Sep 8, 1999 • Rated T. This is a tale of souls and swords, transcending the world and all its history, told for all eternity... The greatest weapons-based fighter returns, this time on Sega Dreamcast.
- Grand Theft Auto IV. Apr 29, 2008 • Rated M. [Metacritic's 2008 Xbox 360 Game of the Year; Also known as "GTA IV"] What does the American Dream mean today?
- Super Mario Galaxy. Nov 12, 2007 • Rated E. [Metacritic's 2007 Wii Game of the Year] The ultimate Nintendo hero is taking the ultimate step ... out into space.
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- Outer Wilds. A homebrew NASA mission in a spaceboat made of wood, and certainly the PC game that's left the deepest mark on our memories in recent years.
- Return Of The Obra Dinn. The best game about an insurance man ever made. Obra Dinn is a first-person detective sim set aboard a ship in the 1800s that has been found mysteriously emptied of its crew (the skeletal remains of the captain and a few other notable corpses notwithstanding).
- Stardew Valley. Farming simulator with a whole life attached to it. You can happily spend every day growing carrots or wheat or flowers on your outskirts farm by this pixelly village, ambling into town once in a while to sell your beetroots and buy seeds for next season.
- Dark Souls: Remastered. The hard game. Let us not mince words, as Dark Souls will mince your body and bones. This is a grim-faced, fantasy action RPG where you will get hurt and often frustrated.
Mar 21, 2024 · Elden Ring is one of the best-reviewed games in modern history, and was crowned Game of the Year by IGN and The Game Awards in 2022. Now in 2024, we’re only a few months away from the first ...
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