Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2002
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#1 Metroid Prime (2002) (#40)
Retro Studios | GC | Action-Adventure | ~14h | 63 lists
#2 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) (#63)
Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3 | GC | Action-Adventure | ~29h | 41 lists
#3 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (#80)
Rockstar North | WIN, PS2, Xbox | Action-Adventure | ~17h | 36 lists
#4 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002) (#82)
Bethesda Game Studios | WIN, Xbox | Action RPG | ~44h | 26 lists
#5 Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (2002) (#116)
Blizzard Entertainment | MAC, WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~22h | 26 lists
#6 Battlefield 1942 (2002) (#151)
Digital Illusions CE | WIN | First-Person Shooter | ~8h | 27 lists
#7 Soulcalibur II (2002) (#248)
Project Soul | ARC, PS2, GC, Xbox | Fighting | ~3h | 18 lists
#8 Kingdom Hearts (2002) (#286)
Square Product Development Division 1 | PS2 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~28h | 15 lists
#9 Mafia (2002) (#356)
Illusion Softworks | WIN | Action-Adventure | ~16h | 13 lists
#10 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002) (#414)
IO Interactive | WIN, PS2, GC, Xbox | Stealth | ~14h | 9 lists
#11 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) (#424)
Silicon Knights | GC | Horror | ~13h | 12 lists
#12 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) (#431)
Ubisoft Montreal | WIN, PS2, GC, Xbox | Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~12h | 13 lists
#13 Jet Set Radio Future (2002) (#447)
Smilebit | Xbox | Action / Sports / Platform | ~11h | 7 lists
#14 Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002) (#455)
2015 | MAC, WIN | First-Person Shooter | ~9h | 9 lists
#15 Super Mario Sunshine (2002) (#553)
Nintendo EAD | GC | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~15h | 7 lists
#16 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002) (#557)
Raven Software, Vicarious Visions, Westlake Interactive | MAC, WIN, GC, Xbox | Hack and Slash / First-Person Shooter / Third-Person Shooter | ~13h | 8 lists
#17 Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald (2002) (#571)
Game Freak | GBA | Role-Playing | 7 lists
#18 TimeSplitters 2 (2002) (#584)
Free Radical Design | PS2, GC, Xbox | First-Person Shooter | ~7h | 9 lists
#19 No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (2002) (#596)
Monolith Productions | MAC, WIN | First-Person Shooter / Stealth | ~12h | 5 lists
#20 Neverwinter Nights (2002) (#678)
BioWare, MacSoft Games | 3 | Role-Playing | ~50h | 6 lists
#21 Resident Evil (2002) (#807)
Capcom Production Studio 4 | GC, Wii | Horror | ~11h | 7 lists
#22 Metroid Fusion (2002) (#895)
Nintendo R&D1 | GBA | Action-Adventure | ~5h | 4 lists
#23 Burnout 2: Point of Impact (2002) (#944)
Criterion Games | PS2, GC, Xbox | Racing | ~9h | 3 lists
#1
#40
Metroid Prime
2002
#2
#63
#3
#80
#4
#82
#5
#116
#6
#151
Battlefield 1942
2002
#7
#248
Soulcalibur II
2002
#8
#286
Kingdom Hearts
2002
#9
#356
Mafia
2002
#10
#414
#11
#424
#12
#431
#13
#447
Jet Set Radio Future
2002
#14
#455
#15
#553
Super Mario Sunshine
2002
#16
#557
#17
#571
#18
#584
TimeSplitters 2
2002
#19
#596
#20
#678
Neverwinter Nights
2002
#21
#807
Resident Evil
2002
#22
#895
Metroid Fusion
2002
#23
#944
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