Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 904 critic lists from 141 publications.
Updated: February 3, 2026
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2000
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#1 Deus Ex (2000) (#37)
Ion Storm | MAC, WIN | Action RPG / First-Person Shooter / Stealth | ~23h | 64 lists
#2 Diablo II (2000) (#47)
Blizzard North | MAC, WIN | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~34h | 54 lists
#3 Counter-Strike / Counter-Strike 1.6 (2000) (#68)
Valve | WIN | First-Person Shooter / Tactical | ~26h | 48 lists
#4 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000) (#82)
Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3 | N64 | Action-Adventure | ~22h | 34 lists
#5 The Sims (2000) (#95)
Maxis | MAC, WIN | Life Simulation | ~20h | 43 lists
#6 Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) (#107)
BioWare Edmonton, MumboJumbo | MAC, WIN | Role-Playing | ~67h | 30 lists
#7 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000) (#109)
Neversoft Entertainment, Westlake Interactive | WIN, PS, N64, DC | Sports | ~9h | 38 lists
#8 Thief II: The Metal Age (2000) (#195)
Looking Glass Studios | WIN | Stealth | ~20h | 22 lists
#9 Final Fantasy IX (2000) (#245)
Square Product Development Division 1, Square USA | PS | Role-Playing | ~38h | 17 lists
#10 Vagrant Story (2000) (#352)
Square Product Development Division 4 | PS | Action RPG | ~24h | 11 lists
#11 Perfect Dark (2000) (#359)
Rare | N64 | First-Person Shooter / Stealth | ~8h | 17 lists
#12 Jet Grind Radio / Jet Set Radio (2000) (#370)
Smilebit | DC | Action / Sports / Platform | ~7h | 13 lists
#13 Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000) (#394)
Capcom Production Studio 1 | ARC, DC, PS2, Xbox | Fighting | ~1h | 12 lists
#14 Skies of Arcadia (2000) (#427)
Overworks | DC, GC | Role-Playing | ~43h | 15 lists
#15 Phantasy Star Online (2000) (#445)
Sonic Team | WIN, DC, GC, Xbox | Action RPG | ~32h | 13 lists
#16 Paper Mario (2000) (#477)
Intelligent Systems | N64 | Role-Playing | ~23h | 14 lists
#17 The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000) (#609)
Monolith Productions | MAC, WIN, PS2 | First-Person Shooter / Stealth | ~13h | 7 lists
#18 Resident Evil - Code: Veronica (2000) (#651)
Nextech | DC, PS2, GC | Horror | ~12h | 6 lists
#19 Power Stone 2 (2000) (#687)
Capcom | ARC, DC | Fighting | ~1h | 6 lists
#20 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000) (#785)
Westwood Pacific | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~15h | 7 lists
#21 WWF No Mercy (2000) (#791)
AKI Corporation, Asmik Ace Entertainment | N64 | Fighting / Sports | ~6h | 8 lists
#22 Crimson Skies (2000) (#796)
Zipper Interactive | WIN | Action / Flight Simulation | ~10h | 5 lists
#23 Grandia II (2000) (#943)
Game Arts | WIN, DC, PS2 | Role-Playing | ~31h | 5 lists
#24 Hitman: Codename 47 (2000) (#994)
IO Interactive | WIN | Stealth | ~11h | 4 lists
#1
#37
Deus Ex
2000
#2
#47
Diablo II
2000
#3
#68
#4
#82
#5
#95
The Sims
2000
#6
#107
#7
#109
#8
#195
#9
#245
Final Fantasy IX
2000
#10
#352
Vagrant Story
2000
#11
#359
Perfect Dark
2000
#12
#370
#13
#394
#14
#427
Skies of Arcadia
2000
#15
#445
Phantasy Star Online
2000
#16
#477
Paper Mario
2000
#17
#609
#18
#651
#19
#687
Power Stone 2
2000
#20
#785
#21
#791
WWF No Mercy
2000
#22
#796
Crimson Skies
2000
#23
#943
Grandia II
2000
#24
#994
Hitman: Codename 47
2000
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