My Top 100 Favorite Video Games

So at the beginning of this year, I started an ambitious project to list my top 100 video games of all-time. I intended to write a blurb about every game on the list and count down from 100 to 1, but unfortunately I fizzled out and only got through 100-61. You can find links to all those posts below in the list.

I didn’t want to have the year end without posting the whole list though, so under the cut is going to be a simple list of all 100 games. These are my favorites, not necessarily the “best” games I’ve ever played but the ones that have a special place in my heart or are just too fun not to share.

I may eventually get to writing up the rest, and if so I’ll update this post with links to each write-up. Unfortunately with November coming up and me probably attempting NaNoWriMo again, it’s unlikely I’ll have the time for the in-depth write-ups I’d like to do for these games, especially once we get into the top 20 or so. Anyway, without further ado, here are my 100 favorite games of all-time, starting with #100:

100-91 Write-Up

100. The Unholy War
99. Earthworm Jim
98. Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
97. Final Fantasy Tactics A2
96. Binary Domain
95. Ratchet & Clank (2016)
94. Ghost Trick
93. Batman: Arkham City
92. Lost Vikings
91. Darkwing Duck

90-81 Write-Up

90. Bulletstorm
89. N++
88. The Suffering
87. Mario Kart: Double Dash
86. Fire Emblem: Awakening
85. F-Zero
84. Grand Theft Auto V
83. Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations
82. Perfect Dark
81. Final Fantasy XII

80-71 Write-Up

80. Doom (1993)
79. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
78. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
77. Super Meat Boy
76. Bioshock
75. Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
74. South Park: The Fractured But Whole
73. Mega Man X
72. Wii Sports
71. Doom (2016)

70-61 Write-Up

70. Mega Man 4
69. Worms Armageddon
68. Shovel Knight
67. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
66. Borderlands 2
65. Hitman: Blood Money
64. Age of Mythology
63. Mega Man 9
62. Enter the Gungeon
61. Dead Space
60. Super Smash Bros Melee
59. Tales From The Borderlands
58. Portal 2
57. Kingdom Hearts II
56. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
55. Left 4 Dead 2
54. Fallout 2
53. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
52. Darksiders
51. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
50. Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
49. Metal Gear Solid 3
48. Horizon: Zero Dawn
47. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
46. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
45. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
44. Rock Band 2
43. Shin Megami Tensei IV
42. F-Zero GX
41. Psychonauts
40. Alpha Protocol
39. Super Mario Bros 3
38. Metal Gear Solid
37. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
36. Final Fantasy IX
35. Super Mario 64
34. Midnight Club II
33. Fallout: New Vegas
32. Mega Man X2
31. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest
30. Final Fantasy VII
29. Persona 4
28. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time
27. Overwatch
26. Undertale
25. Conker’s Bad Fur Day
24. Super Metroid
23. Sam & Max Hit The Road
22. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
21. Rockin’ Kats
20. Alan Wake
19. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
18. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
17. Dark Souls
16. Persona 5
15. Bloodborne
14. XCOM 2
13. Final Fantasy Tactics
12. Day of the Tentacle
11. Super Smash Bros for Wii U
10. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
9. Bioshock Infinite
8. Star Fox 64
7. Earthbound
6. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
5. Tetris Attack
4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
3. Final Fantasy VI
2. Mega Man 3
1. Chrono Trigger

For anybody that knows me and my taste/history with games, the top 5 shouldn’t be any surprise and the top 10 is slightly less obvious but still pretty easy to guess. Hopefully I will get to write-ups of everything eventually, but for now that’s my comprehensive list of best games ever.

This list was created at the beginning of 2018, using only games I had played through the end of 2017. Games from this year were not included in this, although there are a few I’ve played so far that could theoretically have earned a spot (God of War, Spider-Man, Octopath Traveler, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Hollow Knight, and Dead Cells all stand out as possible.) We’ll see if I update the list in the future.