Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Puzzle-Platformer Games of All Time
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#1 Portal 2 (2011) (#14)
Valve | MAC, WIN, X360, PS3 | Puzzle-Platformer | ~9h | 102 lists
#2 Portal (2007) (#24)
Valve | WIN, X360, PS3 | Puzzle-Platformer | ~3h | 64 lists
#3 Inside (2016) (#72)
Playdead | WIN, XB1, PS4, SW | Horror / Puzzle-Platformer | ~4h | 61 lists
#4 Braid (2008) (#89)
Number None Inc. | WIN, X360 | Puzzle-Platformer | ~5h | 41 lists
#5 Limbo (2010) (#165)
Playdead | 3, X360, XB1, 3, SW | Puzzle-Platformer | ~4h | 38 lists
#6 Fez (2012) (#181)
Polytron Corporation | 3, X360, 3, SW | Puzzle-Platformer | ~6h | 32 lists
#7 Lode Runner (1983) (#370)
Brøderbund Software, Irem | ARC, 4, NES | Puzzle-Platformer | ~2h | 12 lists
#8 Donkey Kong (1994) (#489)
Nintendo EAD, Pax Softonica | GB | Puzzle-Platformer | ~6h | 11 lists
#9 LittleBigPlanet 2 (2011) (#663)
Media Molecule | PS3 | Puzzle-Platformer / Sandbox | ~7h | 11 lists
#10 The Lost Vikings (1993) (#924)
Silicon & Synapse | DOS, AMI, CD32, GEN, SNES | Puzzle-Platformer | ~10h | 6 lists
#11 VVVVVV (2010) (#988)
Distractionware, Terry Cavanagh | 3, 3DS | Puzzle-Platformer | ~2h | 4 lists
#1
#14
Portal 2
2011
#2
#24
Portal
2007
#3
#72
Inside
2016
#4
#89
Braid
2008
#5
#165
Limbo
2010
#6
#181
Fez
2012
#7
#370
Lode Runner
1983
#8
#489
Donkey Kong
1994
#9
#663
LittleBigPlanet 2
2011
#10
#924
The Lost Vikings
1993
#11
#988
VVVVVV
2010
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