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 2002
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#1 Metroid Prime (2002) (#40)
Retro Studios | GC | Action-Adventure | ~14h | 65 lists
#2 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) (#60)
Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3 | GC | Action-Adventure | ~29h | 43 lists
#3 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (#80)
Rockstar North | WIN, PS2, Xbox | Action-Adventure | ~17h | 37 lists
#4 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002) (#87)
Bethesda Game Studios | WIN, Xbox | Action RPG | ~44h | 27 lists
#5 Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (2002) (#123)
Blizzard Entertainment | MAC, WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~22h | 26 lists
#6 Battlefield 1942 (2002) (#158)
Digital Illusions CE | WIN | First-Person Shooter | ~8h | 27 lists
#7 Soulcalibur II (2002) (#261)
Project Soul | ARC, PS2, GC, Xbox | Fighting | ~3h | 18 lists
#8 Kingdom Hearts (2002) (#288)
Square Product Development Division 1 | PS2 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~28h | 16 lists
#9 Mafia (2002) (#379)
Illusion Softworks | WIN | Action-Adventure | ~16h | 13 lists
#10 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) (#411)
Silicon Knights | GC | Horror | ~13h | 13 lists
#11 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002) (#450)
IO Interactive | WIN, PS2, GC, Xbox | Stealth | ~14h | 9 lists
#12 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) (#453)
Ubisoft Montreal | WIN, PS2, GC, Xbox | Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~12h | 13 lists
#13 Jet Set Radio Future (2002) (#459)
Smilebit | Xbox | Action / Sports / Platform | ~11h | 7 lists
#14 Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002) (#479)
2015 | MAC, WIN | First-Person Shooter | ~9h | 9 lists
#15 Super Mario Sunshine (2002) (#517)
Nintendo EAD | GC | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~15h | 8 lists
#16 Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald (2002) (#565)
Game Freak | GBA | Role-Playing | ~35h | 8 lists
#17 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002) (#570)
Raven Software, Vicarious Visions, Westlake Interactive | MAC, WIN, GC, Xbox | Hack and Slash / First-Person Shooter / Third-Person Shooter | ~13h | 8 lists
#18 No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (2002) (#595)
Monolith Productions | MAC, WIN | First-Person Shooter / Stealth | ~12h | 5 lists
#19 TimeSplitters 2 (2002) (#615)
Free Radical Design | PS2, GC, Xbox | First-Person Shooter | ~7h | 9 lists
#20 Neverwinter Nights (2002) (#703)
BioWare, MacSoft Games | 3 | Role-Playing | ~50h | 6 lists
#21 Resident Evil (2002) (#835)
Capcom Production Studio 4 | GC, Wii | Horror | ~11h | 7 lists
#22 Metroid Fusion (2002) (#871)
Nintendo R&D1 | GBA | Action-Adventure | ~5h | 5 lists
#23 RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (2002) (#980)
Chris Sawyer Productions | WIN | Construction & Management | ~73h | 4 lists
#24 Burnout 2: Point of Impact (2002) (#985)
Criterion Games | PS2, GC, Xbox | Racing | ~9h | 3 lists
#1
#40
Metroid Prime
2002
#2
#60
#3
#80
#4
#87
#5
#123
#6
#158
Battlefield 1942
2002
#7
#261
Soulcalibur II
2002
#8
#288
Kingdom Hearts
2002
#9
#379
Mafia
2002
#10
#411
#11
#450
#12
#453
#13
#459
Jet Set Radio Future
2002
#14
#479
#15
#517
Super Mario Sunshine
2002
#16
#565
#17
#570
#18
#595
#19
#615
TimeSplitters 2
2002
#20
#703
Neverwinter Nights
2002
#21
#835
Resident Evil
2002
#22
#871
Metroid Fusion
2002
#23
#980
#24
#985
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