Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
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#1 Minecraft (2011) (#39)
Mojang Studios | 3, X360, PS3 | Sandbox / Survival | ~65h | 87 lists
#2 Undertale (2015) (#76)
tobyfox | 3 | Role-Playing | ~7h | 52 lists
#3 Stardew Valley (2016) (#94)
ConcernedApe | 3, XB1, PS4, SW | Life Simulation | ~53h | 49 lists
#4 Rocket League (2015) (#95)
Psyonix | 3, XB1, PS4, SW | Sports | ~5h | 55 lists
#5 Celeste (2018) (#119)
Extremely OK Games | 3, XB1, PS4, SW | Platform | ~8h | 57 lists
#6 XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) (#127)
Firaxis Games | 3, X360, PS3, iOS, AND | Turn-Based Tactics | ~27h | 46 lists
#7 Quake III: Arena (1999) (#137)
id Software | 3, DC, PS2 | First-Person Shooter | ~5h | 25 lists
#8 Papers, Please (2013) (#146)
Lucas Pope | 3 | Simulation / Puzzle | ~5h | 35 lists
#9 Quake (1996) (#154)
id Software | 4 | First-Person Shooter | ~5h | 27 lists
#10 Gone Home (2013) (#162)
Fullbright | 3 | Walking Simulator | ~2h | 44 lists
#11 Limbo (2010) (#165)
Playdead | 3, X360, XB1, 3, SW | Puzzle-Platformer | ~4h | 38 lists
#12 Super Meat Boy (2010) (#175)
Team Meat | 3, X360 | Platform | ~9h | 32 lists
#13 Fez (2012) (#181)
Polytron Corporation | 3, X360, 3, SW | Puzzle-Platformer | ~6h | 32 lists
#14 Hollow Knight (2017) (#192)
Team Cherry | 3, XB1, PS4, SW | Metroidvania | ~27h | 28 lists
#15 Life Is Strange (2015) (#195)
DON'T NOD | 3, X360, XB1, PS3, PS4 | Adventure | ~14h | 42 lists
#16 Dota 2 (2013) (#204)
Valve | 3 | MOBA | ~747h | 27 lists
#17 Ultima Online (1997) (#216)
Origin Systems | WIN, LIN | MMORPG | ~77h | 18 lists
#18 Firewatch (2016) (#223)
Campo Santo | 3, XB1, PS4 | Adventure / Walking Simulator | ~4h | 41 lists
#19 Kentucky Route Zero (2013) (#231)
Cardboard Computer | 3 | Point-and-Click / Interactive Drama | ~9h | 36 lists
#20 FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) (#261)
Subset Games | 3 | Strategy / Roguelike | ~12h | 25 lists
#21 Shovel Knight (2014) (#270)
Yacht Club Games | 3, 3, 3DS, WiiU, XB1 | Platform | ~7h | 25 lists
#22 The Stanley Parable (2013) (#275)
Cakebread | 3 | Adventure | ~1h | 25 lists
#23 Unreal Tournament (1999) (#288)
Epic Games | 3, DC, PS2 | First-Person Shooter | ~10h | 15 lists
#24 Bastion (2011) (#311)
Supergiant Games | 3, X360 | Action RPG | ~6h | 26 lists
#25 Hitman (2016) (#322)
IO Interactive | 3, XB1, PS4 | Stealth | ~11h | 27 lists
#26 Superhot / Superhot VR (2016) (#337)
SUPERHOT Team | 3, XB1, PSVR | First-Person Shooter | ~2h | 20 lists
#27 Psychonauts 2 (2021) (#348)
Double Fine Productions | 3, XB1, XBXS, PS4 | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~15h | 31 lists
#28 Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (1999) (#350)
Loki Software, New World Computing | 3 | Turn-Based Strategy | ~56h | 12 lists
#29 The Binding of Isaac (2011) (#365)
Edmund McMillen, Florian Himsl | 3 | Action-Adventure / Roguelike | ~11h | 15 lists
#30 Slay the Spire (2019) (#377)
Mega Crit Games | 3, iOS, AND, XB1, PS4, SW | Roguelike | ~12h | 17 lists
#31 TowerFall / TowerFall: Ascension (2013) (#392)
Maddy Makes Games | 3, AND, PSV, PS4 | Action | ~4h | 14 lists
#32 Crusader Kings III (2020) (#428)
Paradox Development Studio | 3 | Role-Playing / Grand Strategy | ~76h | 8 lists
#33 XCOM 2 (2016) (#432)
Firaxis Games | 3, XB1, PS4 | Turn-Based Tactics | ~33h | 17 lists
#34 Night in the Woods (2017) (#433)
Infinite Fall | 3, XB1, PS4, SW | Adventure | ~9h | 25 lists
#35 Kerbal Space Program (2015) (#443)
Squad | 3 | Flight Simulation | ~113h | 14 lists
#36 Dead Cells (2018) (#471)
Evil Empire, Motion Twin | 3, XB1, PS4, SW | Roguelike / Metroidvania | ~14h | 29 lists
#37 Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004) (#518)
Epic Games | 3 | First-Person Shooter | ~15h | 8 lists
#38 Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010) (#519)
Frictional Games | 3 | Adventure / Horror | ~8h | 9 lists
#39 Loop Hero (2021) (#522)
Four Quarters | 3, SW | Role-Playing / Roguelike | ~29h | 10 lists
#40 Total War: Warhammer III (2022) (#545)
The Creative Assembly | 3 | Real-Time Tactics / Turn-Based Strategy | ~34h | 6 lists
#41 Mark of the Ninja (2012) (#559)
Klei Entertainment | 3, X360 | Stealth / Platform | ~8h | 14 lists
#42 Return to Monkey Island (2022) (#570)
Terrible Toybox | 3, SW, PS5, XBXS | Point-and-Click | ~10h | 9 lists
#43 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999) (#628)
Firaxis Games | 3 | Turn-Based Strategy / 4X Strategy | ~26h | 6 lists
#44 The Jackbox Party Pack (2014) (#666)
Jackbox Games | 3, PS3, PS4, XB1 | Party | ~4h | 4 lists
#45 Crusader Kings II (2012) (#668)
Paradox Development Studio | 3 | Role-Playing / Grand Strategy | ~67h | 4 lists
#46 Neverwinter Nights (2002) (#678)
BioWare, MacSoft Games | 3 | Role-Playing | ~50h | 6 lists
#47 Transistor (2014) (#681)
Supergiant Games | 3, PS4 | Action RPG / Turn-Based Strategy | ~6h | 9 lists
#48 Dwarf Fortress (2006) (#687)
Bay 12 Games | 3 | Survival / Construction & Management / Roguelike | ~75h | 4 lists
#49 Factorio (2020) (#705)
Wube Software | 3, SW | Real-Time Strategy / Construction & Management | ~50h | 1 lists
#50 Baba Is You (2019) (#707)
hempuli | 3, SW | Puzzle | ~8h | 18 lists
#51 Hyper Light Drifter (2016) (#721)
Heart Machine | 3, XB1, PS4 | Action RPG | ~8h | 10 lists
#52 Desperados III (2020) (#729)
Mimimi Games | 3, XB1, PS4 | Real-Time Tactics | ~27h | 4 lists
#53 Everything (2017) (#744)
David OReilly | 3, PS4 | Simulation / God Game | ~3h | 9 lists
#54 Cities: Skylines (2015) (#753)
Colossal Order | 3 | City Building / Construction & Management | ~28h | 7 lists
#55 Prey (2006) (#824)
Human Head Studios | 3, X360 | First-Person Shooter | ~7h | 4 lists
#56 Sid Meier's Civilization VI (2016) (#844)
Firaxis Games | 3 | Turn-Based Strategy / 4X Strategy | ~23h | 12 lists
#57 World of Goo (2008) (#850)
2D Boy | 3, Wii, iOS, AND | Puzzle | ~6h | 5 lists
#58 Darkest Dungeon (2016) (#887)
Red Hook Studios | 3, PSV, PS4 | Role-Playing / Roguelike | ~57h | 9 lists
#59 SOMA (2015) (#911)
Frictional Games | 3, PS4 | Horror | ~9h | 11 lists
#60 The Talos Principle (2014) (#935)
Croteam | 3, iOS, AND, PS4 | Puzzle | ~16h | 6 lists
#61 Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) (#948)
Gray Matter Interactive, Nerve Software, LLC, Raster Productions, Splash Damage, Westlake Interactive | 3 | First-Person Shooter | ~8h | 3 lists
#62 Pyre (2017) (#961)
Supergiant Games | WIN, LIN, PS4 | Action RPG / Sports | ~11h | 10 lists
#63 This War of Mine (2014) (#973)
11 bit studios | 3, iOS, AND, XB1, PS4, SW | Survival | ~11h | 7 lists
#64 Dying Light (2015) (#979)
Techland | WIN, LIN, XB1, PS4 | Horror | ~18h | 6 lists
#65 Invisible, Inc. (2015) (#984)
Klei Entertainment | 3 | Turn-Based Tactics / Stealth | ~7h | 7 lists
#66 VVVVVV (2010) (#988)
Distractionware, Terry Cavanagh | 3, 3DS | Puzzle-Platformer | ~2h | 4 lists
#67 Proteus (2013) (#1000)
Ed Key and David Kanaga | 3, PS3, PSV | Adventure | ~1h | 5 lists
#1
#39
Minecraft
2011
#2
#76
Undertale
2015
#3
#94
Stardew Valley
2016
#4
#95
Rocket League
2015
#5
#119
Celeste
2018
#6
#127
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2012
#7
#137
Quake III: Arena
1999
#8
#146
Papers, Please
2013
#9
#154
Quake
1996
#10
#162
Gone Home
2013
#11
#165
Limbo
2010
#12
#175
Super Meat Boy
2010
#13
#181
Fez
2012
#14
#192
Hollow Knight
2017
#15
#195
Life Is Strange
2015
#16
#204
Dota 2
2013
#17
#216
Ultima Online
1997
#18
#223
Firewatch
2016
#19
#231
Kentucky Route Zero
2013
#20
#261
#21
#270
Shovel Knight
2014
#22
#275
The Stanley Parable
2013
#23
#288
Unreal Tournament
1999
#24
#311
Bastion
2011
#25
#322
Hitman
2016
#26
#337
#27
#348
Psychonauts 2
2021
#29
#365
The Binding of Isaac
2011
#30
#377
Slay the Spire
2019
#31
#392
#32
#428
Crusader Kings III
2020
#33
#432
XCOM 2
2016
#34
#433
Night in the Woods
2017
#35
#443
Kerbal Space Program
2015
#36
#471
Dead Cells
2018
#37
#518
#38
#519
#39
#522
Loop Hero
2021
#40
#545
#41
#559
Mark of the Ninja
2012
#42
#570
#43
#628
#44
#666
#45
#668
Crusader Kings II
2012
#46
#678
Neverwinter Nights
2002
#47
#681
Transistor
2014
#48
#687
Dwarf Fortress
2006
#49
#705
Factorio
2020
#50
#707
Baba Is You
2019
#51
#721
Hyper Light Drifter
2016
#52
#729
Desperados III
2020
#53
#744
Everything
2017
#54
#753
Cities: Skylines
2015
#55
#824
Prey
2006
#56
#844
#57
#850
World of Goo
2008
#58
#887
Darkest Dungeon
2016
#59
#911
SOMA
2015
#60
#935
The Talos Principle
2014
#61
#948
#62
#961
Pyre
2017
#63
#973
This War of Mine
2014
#64
#979
Dying Light
2015
#65
#984
Invisible, Inc.
2015
#66
#988
VVVVVV
2010
#67
#1000
Proteus
2013
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