Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,400 most recommended games across 920 critic lists from 146 publications.
Updated: October 16, 2026
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2002
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#1 Metroid Prime (2002) (#42)
Retro Studios
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GC
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Action-Adventure
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~14h
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68 lists
#2 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) (#66)
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
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GC
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Action-Adventure
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~29h
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47 lists
#3 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (#83)
Rockstar North
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WIN,
PS2,
Xbox
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Action-Adventure
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~17h
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40 lists
#4 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002) (#88)
Bethesda Game Studios
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WIN,
Xbox
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Action RPG
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~43h
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32 lists
#5 Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (2002) (#110)
Blizzard Entertainment
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MAC,
WIN
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Real-Time Strategy
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~22h
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30 lists
#6 Battlefield 1942 (2002) (#152)
Digital Illusions CE
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WIN
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First-Person Shooter
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~8h
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29 lists
#7 Soulcalibur II (2002) (#276)
Project Soul
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ARC,
PS2,
GC,
Xbox
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Fighting
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~3h
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17 lists
#8 Kingdom Hearts (2002) (#279)
Square Product Development Division 1
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PS2
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Hack and Slash /
Action RPG /
Platform
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~28h
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18 lists
#9 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) (#388)
Ubisoft Montreal
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WIN,
PS2,
GC,
Xbox
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Action-Adventure /
Stealth
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~12h
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15 lists
#10 Mafia (2002) (#398)
Illusion Softworks
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WIN
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Action-Adventure
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~16h
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13 lists
#11 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) (#431)
Silicon Knights
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GC
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Horror
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~13h
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14 lists
#12 Jet Set Radio Future (2002) (#440)
Smilebit
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Xbox
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Action /
Sports /
Platform
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~11h
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9 lists
#13 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002) (#472)
IO Interactive
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WIN,
PS2,
GC,
Xbox
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Stealth
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~14h
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9 lists
#14 Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002) (#510)
2015
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MAC,
WIN
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First-Person Shooter
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~8h
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9 lists
#15 Super Mario Sunshine (2002) (#533)
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
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GC
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Action-Adventure /
Platform
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~15h
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9 lists
#16 Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald (2002) (#546)
Game Freak
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GBA
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Role-Playing
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~35h
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9 lists
#17 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002) (#586)
Raven Software, Vicarious Visions, Westlake Interactive
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MAC,
WIN
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Hack and Slash /
First-Person Shooter /
Third-Person Shooter
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~13h
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8 lists
#18 TimeSplitters 2 (2002) (#626)
Free Radical Design
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PS2,
GC,
Xbox
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First-Person Shooter
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~7h
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10 lists
#19 No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (2002) (#640)
Monolith Productions
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MAC,
WIN
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First-Person Shooter /
Stealth
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~12h
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5 lists
#20 Neverwinter Nights (2002) (#732)
BioWare, MacSoft Games
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3
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Role-Playing
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~50h
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6 lists
#21 Resident Evil (2002) (#820)
Capcom Production Studio 4
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GC,
Wii
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Horror
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~11h
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6 lists
#22 Metroid Fusion (2002) (#851)
Nintendo R&D1
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GBA
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Action-Adventure
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~5h
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6 lists
#23 Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002) (#919)
Smilebit
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Xbox
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Shooter
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~4h
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5 lists
#24 Gothic II (2002) (#928)
Piranha Bytes
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WIN
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Action RPG
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~44h
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4 lists
#25 Ratchet & Clank (2002) (#999)
Insomniac Games
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PS2
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Third-Person Shooter /
Platform
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~12h
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6 lists
#26 Burnout 2: Point of Impact (2002) (#1030)
Criterion Games
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PS2,
GC,
Xbox
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Racing
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~9h
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3 lists
#27 RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (2002) (#1031)
Chris Sawyer Productions
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WIN
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Construction & Management
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~66h
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4 lists
#28 Steel Battalion (2002) (#1093)
Capcom Production Studio 4, Nude Maker
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Xbox
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Action /
Vehicle Simulation
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~15h
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3 lists
#29 FIFA 2003 (2002) (#1326)
Electronic Arts
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PS2,
GC,
Xbox
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Sports
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~10h
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3 lists
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