Undertale
- All time rank:
- 78
- 2010s rank:
- 26
- 2015 rank:
- 4
- Developers:
- tobyfox
- Platforms:
- PC
- Year of release:
- 2015
- Genres:
- Adventure , Horror , Indie , Role-playing (RPG) , Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- IGDB Link:
- https://www.igdb.com/games/undertale
"A long time ago, two races ruled peacefully over the Earth: HUMANS and MONSTERS. One day, a terrible war broke out between the two races. After a long battle, the humans were victorious. They sealed the monsters underground with a magical spell.
In the year 201X, a small child scales Mt. Ebott. It is said that those who climb the mountain never return.
Seeking refuge from the rainy weather, the child enters a cave and discovers an enormous hole.
Moving closer to get a better look... the child falls in.
Now, our story begins."
A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface through hostile environments, all the while engaging with a turn-based combat system with puzzle-solving and bullet hell elements, as well as other unconventional game mechanics.
from IGDB.comAll Time Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| British GQ | The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts | 2023 | 74 |
| Game Informer | The Top 300 Games of All Time | 2018 | 275 |
| Gameswelt | Gameswelt Top 100 | 2016 | 65 |
| GAMINGbible | The Greatest Video Games Of All Time | 2020 | 84 |
| GamingBolt | Top 30 Video Games of All Time | 2022 | 19 |
| GLHF | The 100 best video games of all time, ranked | 2022 | 63 |
| The best 100 games of all time, ranked | 2023 | 64 | |
| Hardcore Gaming 101 | HG101 Presents: The 200 Best Video Games of All Time | 2020 | 1 |
| Hyper | The 200 Games You Must Play | 2018 | 1 |
| IGN | Top 100 Video Games of All Time | 2018 | 91 |
| Top 100 Video Games of All Time | 2019 | 91 | |
| The Top 100 Video Games of All Time | 2022 | 20 | |
| Polygon | The 500 best games of all time | 2017 | 130 |
| Popular Mechanics | The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time | 2019 | 62 |
| Power Up Gaming | The 100 Greatest Games Ever | 2016 | 38 |
| SVG | 98 Best Video Games Of All Time Ranked | 2022 | 61 |
| WatchMojo | Top 100 Best Video Games of All Time | 2023 | 30 |
Decade Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| BuzzFeed | The 20 Best Video Games Of The Decade, Ranked | 2019 | 10 |
| Den of Geek | 100 Best Games of the Decade | 2019 | 33 |
| DualShockers | The 50 Best Video Games of the Decade (2010-2019) | 2019 | 22 |
| Everyeye | I giochi del decennio: i migliori videogame dal 2010 al 2019 | 2019 | 2 |
| Fanbyte | Fanbyte’s Top 50 Games of the Decade | 2019 | 11 |
| Gamer.nl | De 100 beste games van het decennium | 2019 | 25 |
| GameSpew | The 50 Best Games of the Decade | 2019 | 50 |
| GamesRadar+ | The 100 best games of the decade | 2019 | 64 |
| GQ | The 17 Best Games That Shaped the Decade | 2019 | 1 |
| IGN | The Best Games of the Decade | 2020 | 1 |
| Paste | The 100 Best Videogames of the 2010s | 2019 | 17 |
| Polygon | The 100 best games of the decade (2010-2019) | 2019 | 52 |
| Slant Magazine | The 100 Best Video Games of the 2010s | 2019 | 31 |
| The Young Folks | The Young Folks’ Top 50 Video Games of the 2010s | 2019 | 7 |
| Tom's Guide | The 30 best games of the decade | 2019 | 19 |
| USgamer | USG's Top 100 Games of the Decade | 2020 | 9 |
Miscellaneous Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eurogamer | The top 10 games of the generation | 2020 | 11 |
| WatchMojo | Top 30 Video Games of the Decade | 2024 | 17 |
End of Year Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ars Technica | The best video games of 2015, as picked by the Ars editors | 2015 | 5 |
| CNET | The best video games of 2015 | 2015 | 1 |
| Digital Spy | Counting down the 20 best games of 2015 | 2015 | 19 |
| Eurogamer | Eurogamer's top 50 games of 2015 | 2016 | 41 |
| Game Developer | Gamasutra's Best of 2015: Top 10 Games of the Year | 2015 | 1 |
| GameSpot | Top 25 Games of 2015 | 2015 | 19 |
| Giant Bomb | Giant Bomb's 2015 Game of the Year Awards: Day Five Text Recap | 2016 | 7 |
| New York Game Awards | Big Apple Award for Best Game (2015) | 2016 | 2 |
| Paste | The 25 Best Videogames of 2015 | 2015 | 1 |
| Screen Rant | The Best 20 Video Games of 2015 | 2016 | 9 |
| The Guardian | The 25 best games of 2015 | 2015 | 11 |
| Time | Top 10 Video Games (2015) | 2015 | 1 |
| VentureBeat | The 10 best games of 2015 and GamesBeat’s Game of the Year | 2015 | 9 |
| WhatCulture | 20 Best Video Games Of 2015 | 2015 | 10 |