Tetris

All time rank:
3
1980s rank:
1
1984 rank:
1
Developers:
Alexey Pajitnov
Platforms:
Retro
Year of release:
1984
Genres:
Arcade , Puzzle
IGDB Link:
https://www.igdb.com/games/tetris--4
from igdb.com

The original version of Tetris was created by Alexey Pajitnov for the Elektronika-60 computer. It was never released commercially. It was also playable on the successor DVK-1 and DVK-2 computers, although it is unknown whether that is a different version, or simply the same code running on a different computer. Minor visual differences are present, but the gameplay is the exact same.

from IGDB.com

All Time Lists

Publication List Year Rank
Benchmark.pl TOP-100 best games of the 20th century 2009 1
British GQ The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts 2023 3
Collider The Greatest and Most Influential Video Games of All Time 2020 1
Digital Trends The 50 best video games of all time 2023 1
Digitally Downloaded The top 100 of all time! 2016 56
Edge Top 100 Games to Play Now 2000 4
The 100 Greatest Videogames 2015 6
The 100 Greatest Videogames 2017 7
The 100 Best Games To Play Today 2009 7
Empire The 100 Greatest Games 2009 28
Entertainment Weekly We rank the 100 greatest early video games 2003 3
EP Daily Top 100 Games & Movies Of All Time! 2013 14
Esquire The (Real) Greatest Video Games of All-Time 2018 1
The 15 Best Video Games of All Time, Ranked 2020 3
FHM FHM's 100 Greatest Games of All Time 2010 21
Flux The Top 100 Video Games 1995 30
G4 Top 100 Video Games of All Time 2012 5
Game Informer The Top 300 Games of All Time 2018 3
The Top 200 Games Of All Time 2009 3
Gamereactor Gamereactor's Top 100 bedste spil nogensinde 2017 26
Best Ever: Spel 2022 38
Game Reactor top 100 2011 40
GamesMaster Top 100 Games of All Time 1996 7
The All Time Top 100 Ever 1994 18
GameSpot The Greatest Games of All Time 2003 1
GameSpot's 100 Games of the Millennium 2000 39
GameSpy GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time 2001 19
GamesRadar+ The 100 best games of all time 2011 2
The 100 best games of all time 2012 2
The 100 Best Games of All-Time 2015 23
The 50 best games of all time 2021 7
GamesTM 100 Greatest Games of All Time 2015 1
The 200 Greatest Games of All Time 2018 10
100 Greatest Games Of All Time 2010 1
Gameswelt Gameswelt Top 100 2012 49
GAMINGbible The Greatest Video Games Of All Time 2020 11
GLHF The 100 best video games of all time, ranked 2022 19
The best 100 games of all time, ranked 2023 18
GQ Spain Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia 2020 11
Hyper The Top 50 Games of All Time 1999 11
The 200 Games You Must Play 2018 1
Top 100 Video Games of All Time 1995 1
The 50 Best Games Ever! 1997 1
IGN The Top 100 Games of All Time 2007 2
IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time 2003 4
IGN's Top 100 Games 2005 3
Top 100 Games of All Time 2015 10
Top 100 Video Games of All Time 2018 7
Top 100 Video Games of All Time 2019 7
The Top 100 Video Games of All Time 2022 28
Jeuxvideo Top 100 des meilleurs jeux de tous les temps 2017 97
Les 100 meilleurs jeux de tous les temps 2011 25
Next Generation The Fifty Best Games of All Time 1999 2
Top 100 Games of All Time 1996 2
Parade We Ranked the 25 Best Video Games of All Time 2023 4
PC and Tech Authority 100 games to play before you die 2013 1
Polygon The 500 best games of all time 2017 1
Popular Mechanics The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time 2019 35
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time 2014 33
Power Unlimited Top 100 Beste Video Games Aller Tijden 2015 3
Slant Magazine 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time 2014 31
The 100 Best Video Games of All Time 2020 5
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time 2018 10
Stuff Stuff's Best Games Ever: The 50 greatest games of all time 2017 5
Countdown of top 100 games 2011 9
100 Greatest Games 2008 26
SVG 98 Best Video Games Of All Time Ranked 2022 40
The Age The 50 best games 2005 40
The Irish Times The 50 best videogames of all time 2013 3
The Phoenix The Top 500 Games of All Time 2010 9
The Times 20 best video games of all time — ranked by an expert jury 2023 4
Time All-TIME 100 Video Games 2012 1
The 50 Best Video Games of All Time 2016 1
WatchMojo Top 20 Video Games of All Time 2020 2
Top 100 Best Video Games of All Time 2023 11
Yahoo! UK The 100 Greatest Computer Games of All Time 2005 1

All Time Lists

Benchmark.pl
TOP-100 best games of the 20th century
1
2009
British GQ
The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts
3
2023
Collider
The Greatest and Most Influential Video Games of All Time
1
2020
Digital Trends
The 50 best video games of all time
1
2023
Digitally Downloaded
The top 100 of all time!
56
2016
Edge
Top 100 Games to Play Now
4
2000
Edge
The 100 Greatest Videogames
6
2015
Edge
The 100 Greatest Videogames
7
2017
Edge
The 100 Best Games To Play Today
7
2009
Empire
The 100 Greatest Games
28
2009
Entertainment Weekly
We rank the 100 greatest early video games
3
2003
EP Daily
Top 100 Games & Movies Of All Time!
14
2013
Esquire
The (Real) Greatest Video Games of All-Time
1
2018
Esquire
The 15 Best Video Games of All Time, Ranked
3
2020
FHM
FHM's 100 Greatest Games of All Time
21
2010
Flux
The Top 100 Video Games
30
1995
G4
Top 100 Video Games of All Time
5
2012
Game Informer
The Top 300 Games of All Time
3
2018
Game Informer
The Top 200 Games Of All Time
3
2009
Gamereactor
Gamereactor's Top 100 bedste spil nogensinde
26
2017
Gamereactor
Best Ever: Spel
38
2022
Gamereactor
Game Reactor top 100
40
2011
GamesMaster
Top 100 Games of All Time
7
1996
GamesMaster
The All Time Top 100 Ever
18
1994
GameSpot
The Greatest Games of All Time
1
2003
GameSpot
GameSpot's 100 Games of the Millennium
39
2000
GameSpy
GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time
19
2001
GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time
2
2011
GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of all time
2
2012
GamesRadar+
The 100 Best Games of All-Time
23
2015
GamesRadar+
The 50 best games of all time
7
2021
GamesTM
100 Greatest Games of All Time
1
2015
GamesTM
The 200 Greatest Games of All Time
10
2018
GamesTM
100 Greatest Games Of All Time
1
2010
Gameswelt
Gameswelt Top 100
49
2012
GAMINGbible
The Greatest Video Games Of All Time
11
2020
GLHF
The 100 best video games of all time, ranked
19
2022
GLHF
The best 100 games of all time, ranked
18
2023
GQ Spain
Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia
11
2020
Hyper
The Top 50 Games of All Time
11
1999
Hyper
The 200 Games You Must Play
1
2018
Hyper
Top 100 Video Games of All Time
1
1995
Hyper
The 50 Best Games Ever!
1
1997
IGN
The Top 100 Games of All Time
2
2007
IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time
4
2003
IGN
IGN's Top 100 Games
3
2005
IGN
Top 100 Games of All Time
10
2015
IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time
7
2018
IGN
Top 100 Video Games of All Time
7
2019
IGN
The Top 100 Video Games of All Time
28
2022
Jeuxvideo
Top 100 des meilleurs jeux de tous les temps
97
2017
Jeuxvideo
Les 100 meilleurs jeux de tous les temps
25
2011
Next Generation
The Fifty Best Games of All Time
2
1999
Next Generation
Top 100 Games of All Time
2
1996
Parade
We Ranked the 25 Best Video Games of All Time
4
2023
PC and Tech Authority
100 games to play before you die
1
2013
Polygon
The 500 best games of all time
1
2017
Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
35
2019
Popular Mechanics
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
33
2014
Power Unlimited
Top 100 Beste Video Games Aller Tijden
3
2015
Slant Magazine
100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
31
2014
Slant Magazine
The 100 Best Video Games of All Time
5
2020
Slant Magazine
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time
10
2018
Stuff
Stuff's Best Games Ever: The 50 greatest games of all time
5
2017
Stuff
Countdown of top 100 games
9
2011
Stuff
100 Greatest Games
26
2008
SVG
98 Best Video Games Of All Time Ranked
40
2022
The Age
The 50 best games
40
2005
The Irish Times
The 50 best videogames of all time
3
2013
The Phoenix
The Top 500 Games of All Time
9
2010
The Times
20 best video games of all time — ranked by an expert jury
4
2023
Time
All-TIME 100 Video Games
1
2012
Time
The 50 Best Video Games of All Time
1
2016
WatchMojo
Top 20 Video Games of All Time
2
2020
WatchMojo
Top 100 Best Video Games of All Time
11
2023
Yahoo! UK
The 100 Greatest Computer Games of All Time
1
2005

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