Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 904 critic lists from 141 publications.
Updated: February 3, 2026
Most Acclaimed Nintendo 64 Games of All Time
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#1 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) (#4)
Nintendo EAD | N64 | Action-Adventure | ~27h | 85 lists
#2 Super Mario 64 (1996) (#7)
Nintendo EAD | N64 | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~12h | 85 lists
#3 GoldenEye 007 (1997) (#35)
Rare | N64 | First-Person Shooter | ~8h | 78 lists
#4 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000) (#82)
Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3 | N64 | Action-Adventure | ~22h | 34 lists
#5 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000) (#109)
Neversoft Entertainment, Westlake Interactive | WIN, PS, N64, DC | Sports | ~9h | 38 lists
#6 Resident Evil 2 (1998) (#187)
Capcom Planning Room 2 | WIN, PS, N64, DC | Horror | ~6h | 26 lists
#7 Mario Kart 64 (1996) (#225)
Nintendo EAD | N64 | Kart Racing | ~4h | 23 lists
#8 Animal Crossing (2001) (#265)
Nintendo EAD | N64, GC | Life Simulation | ~66h | 16 lists
#9 Star Fox 64 / Lylat Wars (1997) (#266)
Nintendo EAD | N64 | Shooter | ~2h | 25 lists
#10 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2001) (#305)
Neversoft Entertainment | WIN, PS, PS2, N64, GC, Xbox | Sports | ~7h | 19 lists
#11 Banjo-Kazooie (1998) (#317)
Rare | N64 | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~12h | 17 lists
#12 Wave Race 64 (1996) (#340)
Nintendo EAD | N64 | Racing | ~3h | 20 lists
#13 Perfect Dark (2000) (#359)
Rare | N64 | First-Person Shooter / Stealth | ~8h | 17 lists
#14 Worms Armageddon (1999) (#430)
Infogrames, Team17 | WIN, PS, N64, DC | Turn-Based Strategy | ~8h | 10 lists
#15 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (1999) (#457)
Neversoft Entertainment | PS, N64, DC | Sports | ~4h | 13 lists
#16 Paper Mario (2000) (#477)
Intelligent Systems | N64 | Role-Playing | ~23h | 14 lists
#17 Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001) (#495)
Rare | N64 | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~11h | 12 lists
#18 Super Smash Bros. (1999) (#498)
HAL Laboratory | N64 | Fighting | ~4h | 11 lists
#19 FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 (1997) (#579)
EA Canada, Extended Play Productions | WIN, PS, N64 | Football (Association) / Sports | ~15h | 6 lists
#20 F-Zero X (1998) (#664)
Nintendo EAD | N64 | Racing | ~4h | 9 lists
#21 Rayman 2: The Great Escape (1999) (#673)
Ubisoft Montpellier | WIN, PS, PS2, N64, DC | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~8h | 10 lists
#22 1080° Snowboarding (1998) (#754)
Nintendo EAD | N64 | Snowboarding | ~3h | 9 lists
#23 Pilotwings 64 (1996) (#769)
Nintendo EAD, Nintendo R&D3, Paradigm Simulation | N64 | Flight Simulation | ~5h | 7 lists
#24 WWF No Mercy (2000) (#791)
AKI Corporation, Asmik Ace Entertainment | N64 | Fighting / Sports | ~6h | 8 lists
#25 Blast Corps (1997) (#838)
Rare | N64 | Action / Puzzle | ~8h | 10 lists
#26 FIFA 99 (1998) (#858)
EA Sports | WIN, PS, N64 | Sports | ~14h | 5 lists
#27 International Superstar Soccer 64 (1996) (#953)
Konami | N64 | Sports | ~15h | 4 lists
#28 International Superstar Soccer 98 (1998) (#957)
Konami | N64 | Sports | 5 lists
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#4
#2
#7
Super Mario 64
1996
#3
#35
GoldenEye 007
1997
#4
#82
#5
#109
#6
#187
Resident Evil 2
1998
#7
#225
Mario Kart 64
1996
#8
#265
Animal Crossing
2001
#9
#266
#10
#305
#11
#317
Banjo-Kazooie
1998
#12
#340
Wave Race 64
1996
#13
#359
Perfect Dark
2000
#14
#430
Worms Armageddon
1999
#15
#457
#16
#477
Paper Mario
2000
#17
#495
Conker's Bad Fur Day
2001
#18
#498
Super Smash Bros.
1999
#19
#579
#20
#664
F-Zero X
1998
#21
#673
#22
#754
1080° Snowboarding
1998
#23
#769
Pilotwings 64
1996
#24
#791
WWF No Mercy
2000
#25
#838
Blast Corps
1997
#26
#858
FIFA 99
1998
#27
#953
#28
#957
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