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 2001
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#1 Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) (#28)
Bungie | MAC, WIN, Xbox | First-Person Shooter | ~10h | 69 lists
#2 Silent Hill 2 (2001) (#44)
Team Silent | PS2, Xbox | Horror | ~8h | 60 lists
#3 Ico (2001) (#57)
Team Ico | PS2 | Action-Adventure | ~6h | 52 lists
#4 Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (#58)
DMA Design, TransGaming Inc. | WIN, PS2 | Action-Adventure | ~14h | 40 lists
#5 Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (#75)
HAL Laboratory | GC | Fighting | ~10h | 39 lists
#6 Advance Wars (2001) (#131)
Intelligent Systems | GBA | Turn-Based Strategy | ~16h | 31 lists
#7 Rez / Rez HD / Rez Infinite (2001) (#144)
United Game Artists | DC, PS2 | Shooter / Music | ~2h | 25 lists
#8 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (#154)
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan | WIN, PS2, Xbox | Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~13h | 24 lists
#9 Final Fantasy X (2001) (#159)
Square Product Development Division 1 | PS2 | Role-Playing | ~46h | 27 lists
#10 Ikaruga (2001) (#197)
Treasure | ARC, DC, GC | Shooter | ~2h | 17 lists
#11 Max Payne (2001) (#201)
Remedy Entertainment | MAC, WIN, PS2, Xbox | Third-Person Shooter | ~8h | 21 lists
#12 Animal Crossing (2001) (#265)
Nintendo EAD | N64, GC | Life Simulation | ~66h | 16 lists
#13 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (2001) (#274)
Polyphony Digital | PS2 | Racing | ~40h | 18 lists
#14 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2001) (#305)
Neversoft Entertainment | WIN, PS, PS2, N64, GC, Xbox | Sports | ~7h | 19 lists
#15 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2001) (#365)
Capcom | WIN, GBA, DS | Adventure / Visual Novel | ~18h | 12 lists
#16 Super Monkey Ball (2001) (#396)
Amusement Vision | GC | Party / Platform | ~4h | 11 lists
#17 Devil May Cry (2001) (#408)
Capcom Production Studio 4 | PS2 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~6h | 12 lists
#18 Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001) (#495)
Rare | N64 | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~11h | 12 lists
#19 SSX Tricky (2001) (#546)
EA Canada | PS2, GC, Xbox | Sports / Snowboarding | ~10h | 8 lists
#20 Virtua Fighter 4 (2001) (#557)
Sega AM2 | ARC, PS2 | Fighting | ~42m | 8 lists
#21 Shenmue II (2001) (#608)
Rutubo Games, Sega AM2 | DC, Xbox | Action-Adventure | ~23h | 6 lists
#22 Sid Meier's Civilization III (2001) (#678)
Firaxis Games, Westlake Interactive | MAC, WIN | Turn-Based Strategy | ~25h | 6 lists
#23 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001) (#695)
Naughty Dog | PS2 | Platform | ~10h | 7 lists
#24 IL-2 Sturmovik (2001) (#714)
Maddox Games | WIN | Flight Simulation | ~14h | 5 lists
#25 Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (2001) (#817)
Bohemia Interactive Studio | WIN | Tactical Shooter | ~24h | 5 lists
#26 Frequency (2001) (#854)
Harmonix Music Systems | PS2 | Music | ~2h | 3 lists
#27 Black & White (2001) (#881)
Lionhead Studios | WIN | Simulation / God Game | ~16h | 5 lists
#28 Bejeweled (2001) (#889)
PopCap Games | WIN | Match-Three | ~1h | 4 lists
#29 Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (2001) (#906)
Factor 5, LucasArts | GC | Action / Flight Simulation | ~6h | 7 lists
#30 Commandos 2: Men of Courage (2001) (#952)
Pyro Studios, Zonic Limited | WIN, PS2, Xbox | Real-Time Tactics | ~21h | 4 lists
#31 Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) (#988)
Gray Matter Interactive, Nerve Software, LLC, Raster Productions, Splash Damage, Westlake Interactive | 3 | First-Person Shooter | ~8h | 3 lists
#1
#28
Halo: Combat Evolved
2001
#2
#44
Silent Hill 2
2001
#3
#57
Ico
2001
#4
#58
Grand Theft Auto III
2001
#5
#75
#6
#131
Advance Wars
2001
#7
#144
#8
#154
#9
#159
Final Fantasy X
2001
#10
#197
Ikaruga
2001
#11
#201
Max Payne
2001
#12
#265
Animal Crossing
2001
#13
#274
#14
#305
#15
#365
#16
#396
Super Monkey Ball
2001
#17
#408
Devil May Cry
2001
#18
#495
Conker's Bad Fur Day
2001
#19
#546
SSX Tricky
2001
#20
#557
Virtua Fighter 4
2001
#21
#608
Shenmue II
2001
#22
#678
#23
#695
#24
#714
IL-2 Sturmovik
2001
#25
#817
#26
#854
Frequency
2001
#27
#881
Black & White
2001
#28
#889
Bejeweled
2001
#29
#906
#30
#952
#31
#988
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