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 2008
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#1 Fallout 3 (2008) (#53)
Bethesda Game Studios | WIN, X360, PS3 | Action RPG | ~22h | 60 lists
#2 Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (#63)
Rockstar North | WIN, X360, PS3 | Action-Adventure | ~27h | 46 lists
#3 Persona 4 / Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (2008) (#89)
Atlus | WIN, PS2, PSV | Role-Playing / Life Simulation | ~72h | 33 lists
#4 Braid (2008) (#94)
Number None Inc. | WIN, X360 | Puzzle-Platformer | ~5h | 42 lists
#5 Left 4 Dead (2008) (#119)
Certain Affinity, Turtle Rock Studios, Valve | WIN, X360 | First-Person Shooter | ~7h | 35 lists
#6 Street Fighter IV (2008) (#160)
Dimps | ARC, WIN, X360, PS3 | Fighting | ~2h | 31 lists
#7 Dead Space (2008) (#181)
EA Redwood Shores | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror | ~11h | 28 lists
#8 Gears of War 2 (2008) (#217)
Epic Games | X360 | Third-Person Shooter | ~10h | 26 lists
#9 Rock Band 2 (2008) (#236)
Harmonix Music Systems | PS2, PS3, X360, Wii | Music | ~10h | 15 lists
#10 LittleBigPlanet (2008) (#247)
Media Molecule | PS3 | Sandbox / Platform | ~9h | 25 lists
#11 Fable II (2008) (#257)
Lionhead Studios | X360 | Action RPG | ~13h | 22 lists
#12 Burnout Paradise (2008) (#287)
Criterion Games | WIN, X360, PS3 | Racing | ~13h | 16 lists
#13 Valkyria Chronicles (2008) (#319)
Sega WOW | WIN, PS3 | Tactical RPG | ~30h | 10 lists
#14 Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (#327)
Sora | Wii | Fighting | ~12h | 15 lists
#15 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) (#348)
Kojima Productions | PS3 | Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~18h | 17 lists
#16 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (2008) (#491)
Bizarre Creations | X360 | Shooter | ~3h | 11 lists
#17 Mirror's Edge (2008) (#521)
EA Digital Illusions CE | WIN, X360, PS3 | Action-Adventure / First-Person Shooter / Platform | ~6h | 11 lists
#18 Far Cry 2 (2008) (#633)
Ubisoft Montreal | WIN, X360, PS3 | First-Person Shooter | ~17h | 7 lists
#19 Castle Crashers (2008) (#710)
The Behemoth | X360 | Beat 'em Up | ~7h | 6 lists
#20 FIFA 09 (2008) (#713)
EA Canada | X360, PS3 | Sports | ~39h | 5 lists
#21 Sins of a Solar Empire (2008) (#829)
Ironclad Games | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~8h | 4 lists
#22 Race Driver: Grid (2008) (#865)
Codemasters Southam | WIN, X360, PS3 | Racing | ~20h | 5 lists
#23 Mario Kart Wii (2008) (#919)
Nintendo EAD | Wii | Kart Racing | ~6h | 8 lists
#24 World of Goo (2008) (#925)
2D Boy | 3, Wii, iOS, AND | Puzzle | ~6h | 5 lists
#25 Bionic Commando Rearmed (2008) (#982)
GRIN | WIN, X360, PS3 | Metroidvania / Platform | ~5h | 3 lists
#26 NHL 09 (2008) (#990)
EA Canada, HB Studios | WIN, PS2, PS3, X360 | Sports | ~20h | 4 lists
#1
#53
Fallout 3
2008
#2
#63
Grand Theft Auto IV
2008
#3
#89
#4
#94
Braid
2008
#5
#119
Left 4 Dead
2008
#6
#160
Street Fighter IV
2008
#7
#181
Dead Space
2008
#8
#217
Gears of War 2
2008
#9
#236
Rock Band 2
2008
#10
#247
LittleBigPlanet
2008
#11
#257
Fable II
2008
#12
#287
Burnout Paradise
2008
#13
#319
Valkyria Chronicles
2008
#14
#327
#15
#348
#16
#491
#17
#521
Mirror's Edge
2008
#18
#633
Far Cry 2
2008
#19
#710
Castle Crashers
2008
#20
#713
FIFA 09
2008
#21
#829
#22
#865
Race Driver: Grid
2008
#23
#919
Mario Kart Wii
2008
#24
#925
World of Goo
2008
#25
#982
#26
#990
NHL 09
2008
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