Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Music Games of All Time
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#1 Rez / Rez HD / Rez Infinite (2001) (#145)
United Game Artists | DC, PS2 | Shooter / Music | ~2h | 25 lists
#2 Rock Band (2007) (#225)
Harmonix Music Systems, Pi Studios | PS2, PS3, X360, Wii | Music | ~9h | 21 lists
#3 Rock Band 2 (2008) (#232)
Harmonix Music Systems | PS2, PS3, X360, Wii | Music | ~10h | 15 lists
#4 Guitar Hero (2005) (#239)
Harmonix Music Systems | PS2 | Music | ~5h | 22 lists
#5 Rock Band 3 (2010) (#287)
Backbone Entertainment, Harmonix Music Systems | X360, Wii, PS3 | Music | ~9h | 22 lists
#6 Dance Dance Revolution (1998) (#372)
Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo | ARC, PS | Party & Casual / Music | ~48m | 9 lists
#7 Guitar Hero II (2006) (#376)
Harmonix Music Systems | PS2, X360 | Music | ~8h | 14 lists
#8 PaRappa the Rapper (1996) (#379)
NanaOn-Sha | PS | Music | ~2h | 13 lists
#9 Elite Beat Agents (2006) (#496)
iNiS | DS | Music | ~4h | 6 lists
#10 WarioWare: Twisted! (2004) (#550)
Intelligent Systems, Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 1 | GBA | Action / Music / Puzzle | ~2h | 7 lists
#11 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007) (#603)
Budcat Creations, Neversoft Entertainment, Vicarious Visions | MAC, WIN, PS2, PS3, X360, Wii | Music | ~8h | 6 lists
#12 The Beatles: Rock Band (2009) (#617)
Harmonix Music Systems, Pi Studios | X360, Wii, PS3 | Music | ~4h | 4 lists
#13 Thumper (2016) (#619)
Drool | WIN, 3, XB1, PS4, PSVR, SW | Music | ~8h | 11 lists
#14 Beat Saber (2019) (#711)
Beat Games, Hyperbolic Magnetism | WIN, PS4, PS5, VR | Music | ~6h | 7 lists
#15 Hi-Fi Rush (2023) (#817)
Tango Gameworks | WIN, PS5, XBXS | Action / Music | ~11h | 24 lists
#16 Frequency (2001) (#831)
Harmonix Music Systems | PS2 | Music | ~2h | 3 lists
#17 Vib-Ribbon (1999) (#848)
NanaOn-Sha | PS | Music | ~36m | 3 lists
#18 Amplitude (2003) (#869)
Harmonix Music Systems | PS2 | Music | ~4h | 3 lists
#19 Space Channel 5 (1999) (#881)
United Game Artists | DC, PS2 | Music | ~2h | 4 lists
#20 Sayonara Wild Hearts (2019) (#913)
Simogo | MAC, WIN, iOS, XB1, PS4, SW | Action / Music | ~1h | 17 lists
#1
#145
#2
#225
Rock Band
2007
#3
#232
Rock Band 2
2008
#4
#239
Guitar Hero
2005
#5
#287
Rock Band 3
2010
#6
#372
#7
#376
Guitar Hero II
2006
#8
#379
PaRappa the Rapper
1996
#9
#496
Elite Beat Agents
2006
#10
#550
WarioWare: Twisted!
2004
#11
#603
#12
#617
#13
#619
Thumper
2016
#14
#711
Beat Saber
2019
#15
#817
Hi-Fi Rush
2023
#16
#831
Frequency
2001
#17
#848
Vib-Ribbon
1999
#18
#869
Amplitude
2003
#19
#881
Space Channel 5
1999
#20
#913
Sayonara Wild Hearts
2019
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