Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,400 most recommended games across 913 critic lists from 142 publications.
Updated: March 25, 2026
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2001
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#1 Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) (#28)
Bungie
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MAC,
WIN
,
Xbox
|
First-Person Shooter
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~10h
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72 lists
#2 Silent Hill 2 (2001) (#45)
Team Silent
|
PS2
,
Xbox
|
Horror
|
~8h
|
61 lists
#3 Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (#55)
DMA Design, TransGaming Inc.
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WIN
,
PS2
|
Action-Adventure
|
~14h
|
42 lists
#4 Ico (2001) (#56)
Team Ico
|
PS2
|
Action-Adventure
|
~6h
|
53 lists
#5 Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (#77)
HAL Laboratory
|
GC
|
Fighting
|
~10h
|
40 lists
#6 Advance Wars (2001) (#128)
Intelligent Systems
|
GBA
|
Turn-Based Strategy
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~16h
|
32 lists
#7 Rez / Rez HD / Rez Infinite (2001) (#145)
United Game Artists
|
DC
,
PS2
|
Shooter /
Music
|
~2h
|
26 lists
#8 Final Fantasy X (2001) (#156)
Square Product Development Division 1
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PS2
|
Role-Playing
|
~46h
|
28 lists
#9 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (#160)
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
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WIN
,
PS2
,
Xbox
|
Action-Adventure /
Stealth
|
~13h
|
24 lists
#10 Ikaruga (2001) (#193)
Treasure
|
ARC
,
DC
,
GC
|
Shooter
|
~2h
|
17 lists
#11 Max Payne (2001) (#207)
Remedy Entertainment
|
MAC,
WIN
,
PS2
,
Xbox
|
Third-Person Shooter
|
~8h
|
21 lists
#12 Animal Crossing (2001) (#262)
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
|
N64,
GC
|
Life Simulation
|
~66h
|
17 lists
#13 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (2001) (#275)
Polyphony Digital
|
PS2
|
Racing
|
~40h
|
18 lists
#14 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2001) (#300)
Neversoft Entertainment
|
WIN
,
PS,
PS2
,
GC
,
Xbox
|
Sports
|
~7h
|
21 lists
#15 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2001) (#368)
Capcom
|
WIN
,
GBA,
DS
|
Adventure /
Visual Novel
|
~18h
|
12 lists
#16 Super Monkey Ball (2001) (#405)
Amusement Vision
|
GC
|
Party /
Platform
|
~4h
|
11 lists
#17 Devil May Cry (2001) (#416)
Capcom Production Studio 4
|
PS2
|
Hack and Slash /
Action-Adventure
|
~6h
|
12 lists
#18 Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001) (#494)
Rare
|
N64
|
Action-Adventure /
Platform
|
~11h
|
12 lists
#19 IL-2 Sturmovik (2001) (#518)
Maddox Games
|
WIN
|
Flight Simulation
|
~14h
|
7 lists
#20 Shenmue II (2001) (#523)
Sega AM2
|
DC
,
Xbox
|
Action-Adventure
|
~23h
|
7 lists
#21 Virtua Fighter 4 (2001) (#542)
Sega AM2
|
ARC
,
PS2
|
Fighting
|
~42m
|
9 lists
#22 SSX Tricky (2001) (#553)
EA Canada
|
PS2
,
GC
,
Xbox
|
Sports /
Snowboarding
|
~10h
|
8 lists
#23 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001) (#608)
Naughty Dog
|
PS2
|
Platform
|
~10h
|
8 lists
#24 Sid Meier's Civilization III (2001) (#689)
Firaxis Games, Westlake Interactive
|
MAC,
WIN
|
Turn-Based Strategy
|
~24h
|
6 lists
#25 Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (2001) (#822)
Bohemia Interactive Studio
|
WIN
|
Tactical Shooter
|
~24h
|
5 lists
#26 Frequency (2001) (#857)
Harmonix Music Systems
|
PS2
|
Music
|
~2h
|
3 lists
#27 Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (2001) (#874)
Factor 5, LucasArts
|
GC
|
Action /
Flight Simulation
|
~6h
|
8 lists
#28 Black & White (2001) (#890)
Lionhead Studios
|
WIN
|
Simulation /
God Game
|
~16h
|
5 lists
#29 Bejeweled (2001) (#907)
PopCap Games
|
WIN
|
Match-Three
|
~1h
|
4 lists
#30 Commandos 2: Men of Courage (2001) (#968)
Pyro Studios, Zonic Limited
|
WIN
,
PS2
,
Xbox
|
Real-Time Tactics
|
~21h
|
4 lists
#31 Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) (#979)
Gray Matter Interactive, Nerve Software, LLC, Raster Productions, Splash Damage, Westlake Interactive
|
3
|
First-Person Shooter
|
~8h
|
3 lists
#32 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2001) (#991)
Capcom Production Studio 1
|
GBC
|
Action-Adventure
|
~15h
|
4 lists
#33 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001) (#992)
Capcom Production Studio 1
|
GBC
|
Action-Adventure
|
~16h
|
4 lists
#34 Golden Sun (2001) (#1068)
Camelot Software Planning
|
GBA
|
Role-Playing
|
~22h
|
5 lists
#35 Gitaroo Man (2001) (#1081)
iNiS
|
PS2
|
Music
|
~3h
|
3 lists
#36 Serious Sam: The First Encounter (2001) (#1140)
Croteam
|
WIN
,
Xbox
|
First-Person Shooter
|
~6h
|
4 lists
#37 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (2001) (#1169)
Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe
|
GBA
|
Action RPG /
Metroidvania
|
~8h
|
3 lists
#38 Aliens Versus Predator 2 (2001) (#1191)
Monolith Productions
|
MAC,
WIN
|
First-Person Shooter
|
~10h
|
3 lists
#39 RuneScape / RuneScape 3 (2001) (#1225)
Jagex
|
BR
|
MMORPG
|
~1352h
|
3 lists
#40 Pikmin (2001) (#1316)
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
|
GC
|
Real-Time Strategy /
Puzzle
|
~8h
|
3 lists
#41 Uplink (2001) (#1325)
Introversion Software
|
3
|
Simulation
|
~8h
|
2 lists
#1
#28
Halo: Combat Evolved
2001
#2
#45
Silent Hill 2
2001
#3
#55
Grand Theft Auto III
2001
#4
#56
Ico
2001
#5
#77
#6
#128
Advance Wars
2001
#7
#145
#8
#156
Final Fantasy X
2001
#9
#160
#10
#193
Ikaruga
2001
#11
#207
Max Payne
2001
#12
#262
Animal Crossing
2001
#13
#275
#14
#300
#15
#368
#16
#405
Super Monkey Ball
2001
#17
#416
Devil May Cry
2001
#18
#494
Conker's Bad Fur Day
2001
#19
#518
IL-2 Sturmovik
2001
#20
#523
Shenmue II
2001
#21
#542
Virtua Fighter 4
2001
#22
#553
SSX Tricky
2001
#23
#608
#24
#689
#25
#822
#26
#857
Frequency
2001
#27
#874
#28
#890
Black & White
2001
#29
#907
Bejeweled
2001
#30
#968
#31
#979
#32
#991
#33
#992
#34
#1068
Golden Sun
2001
#35
#1081
Gitaroo Man
2001
#36
#1140
#37
#1169
#38
#1191
#39
#1225
#40
#1316
Pikmin
2001
#41
#1325
Uplink
2001
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