IGN's Top 100 games list encompasses the best of the best throughout history, spanning generations of consoles, PCs, handhelds, and more. Our list last saw a major update back in 2019, and since then, there have been several games released that deserved to be added. And just as importantly, we looked at the totality of the top 100 as it stood, and asked ourselves a few key questions, leading to some beloved games being dropped off, and other games we previously missed being added to the ranking.
Games added to our top 100 have to measure up to a few key metrics: how great a game it was when it launched, how fun it is to still play today, and how much any given game reflects the best in its class. While past versions of this list have put a big emphasis on a game's impact and influence, we've essentially taken that out of the equation, as many games that left a mark and inspired future developers may not stand the test of time and be all that fun to play right now. Or, quite simply, they may have been surpassed by other games.
You can head to IGN to check out the full list in exhaustive detail, and we encourage you to check it all out for more context. With all of that said, IGN's list reflects the current staff's opinions of what are the 100 best games of all time - a collection of games that have continued to captivate us with their stories, wow us with their revelatory approach to game design, and set the standards for the rest of the industry. Here are the top 10 of that list.
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Title: *Top 100 Games of all time*
Video: Top 10 games of all time
Come on, you could have easily just put a montage together of 100-11 and then go in depth on the top 10 without a misleading title….
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@Julian P They put a Link in the video. It’s towards the end.
looks like the full list is a 7 hour video lol
It’s IGN in case you forgot
@Saint Salieri defending IGN is a death sentence fam
These games have helped form ENTIRE childhoods. Simply incredible pieces of history.
where is assasins creed 2?
@Oodles of Noodles the average age of gamers is like 40 what are you on about children?
Home consoles and games are primarily played by adults today. Lame comment
No wonder this gen’s children are so bland, then, with BoTW at the top.
One of my favourite things about watching games evolve is actually not the graphics though that itself is astounding, but how game design iterates over games, as game teams are inspired by totally separate genres take ideas and the best parts of one and incorporate it into their own which happens again and again and again as gradually a better game design language is formed.
Like how Undertale took inspiration from the m & l saga and earthbound to create a totally new game
My thoughts exactly and Nintendo happens to have been the company that invented the most genre’s that still exist today better than ever.
Making a list like this is always a nearly impossible task. It’s so subjective and 100 seems like way to few to choose from when you start realizing just how many games there are.
@Mitchell P it is more than subjectivity in here. you just can t put some of those in top 100 and not put things like aoe2 or warcraft 3 for strategy games, no racing game at all, so many pc exclusives left out, goty such as sekiro not even there, games like ghost of tsushima, bafta awarded outer wilds, dark souls being below fortnite, doom eternal, metro 2033/LL, TF2, Amnesia TDD and so on. It’s just dumb, makes no sense and it proves the fact that IGN is mediocre at best.
@andrei nb you seem not to be able to grasp the idea of opinions and subjectivity
ofc is impossible but still kinda biased top, even if is subjective af. just so many overrated games in there, in this top 10/100. like honestly, breath of the wild greatest of all time, lol. imagine the fact that the majority of gamers are playing only on PC/consoles like PS/XBOX, not on nintendo switch or wii, like wtf. makes no sense. they didn’t put any metro in the top 100, no age of empires, no racing game like NFSMW/Underground and so on. and how can some grown ppl that are supposed to be educated in gaming matters (IGN) can put Fortnite in top 100 best games of all time… such a joke top.
@andrei nb Fortnite makes sense lol
Imagine not even linking the top 100 in the description
My personal view differs slightly from this view, but it is a generally reasonable ranking. It is very well thought out.
@Chris it’s a pretty fantastic game
And even still
not surprising from a company that ranks red dead 2 the 8th greatest game in world history lol
They just want you to navigate their website until you find it (expose you to as much advertising as possible).
This comment section is gonna have a lot of respectful and civilised discussion going on 🤓
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@Rodney Parisien weird huh? 🤔
You got that right
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Zelda, Metroid, and Mario entries on SNES and Switch are all so creative and fun – delighted to see them here
So happy you guys included Portal!!! Absolutely groundbreaking simplicity and fun
Breath of the Wild is a true digital masterpiece. It’s incredible.
the sarcasm reeks through the reply like crazy.
Honestly, Red Dead 2 will always be my favourite game of all damn time!
Red dead and botw, these are two games that truly teach you how to be free in a world
facts
Quite surprised BotW is number 1. I thought they would have gone with an older game. Still, BotW is proving to stand the test of time.
Almost all of games on this list are from my childhood memories, ah, those were the days.
Witcher 3 and the Last of Us are my top 2 by far! Nothing has been like those games since, they totally hit different on an emotional level
@Digvijay Bhandari make me
@Angel Villegas Excuse me! But kindly take back what you said. You know nothing Snow!
Skyrim too
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Witcher 3 is the greatest game of all time
Is it me, or are more and more of these lists relegating Ocarina of Time to lesser positions? It’s impact it virtually immeasurable and told gaming that immersive, scalable open-worlds could be achieved. The point about games achieving the ‘crescendo’ moment of their respective series’ is entirely applicable to OoT. Gaming as a medium owes OoT a debt and seeing major publications forget that is somewhat disheartening.
Breath of the wild now exists and did everything that the previous 3d Zelda games did they just damn near perfected it
@NueThunderKing OoT’s usage of symblosism just through subtext alone changed the dynamics of gaming forever. Botw surpasses with the new age of technology and gaming mechanics, but this was pushed to the envelope thanks to its ancestor. OoT’s story is the best in the series, but Botw’s open world gaming experience is the best in the series over this category.
@NueThunderKing Breath of the Wild has much to learn from Ocarina and Majora’s Mask.
Nah, there have been enough games that have built upon what it gave us and it is ok to be relegated. That doesn’t take away its relevance, but it won’t be always the greatest game ever.
It’s the allegory of the student surpassing the master, and it has been done.
Chrono Trigger, FF7, Bioshock, Fallout New Vegas would be in my top ten
Bioshock is such a great game
I’ve never seen the appeal of bioshock
@Prolifics CT should’ve easily been top 20, FF7 should’ve been much higher on the list.
FF7 only made it to rank 98.. LMAO. Minecraft was literally placed way higher. This list was a joke. FF7 is easily better than well over half the games on this list.
Someone loves RPGs lol
The number of times Nintendo was mentioned on the list itself speaks for the quality of their games
@Acho que não Vou Deletar Esse Canal biased
@vanil666 *based
Or for how much the list is biased…
@Acho que não Vou Deletar Esse Canal your father has terrible taste in video games. No offence
Beiing a hardcore Games owning every console and PC. In all my Life (being 38) a game never blew my mind like Half-Life Alyx. Its a revolution in every sense of the word. No other games can hold a candle to this experience. VR was a gimmick till it truly showed what immerson can be.
But have you ever played Postal 3?
@SB nothing can beat fortnite 2
Half life 2 is one of the few games on this list that is still relevant and fun to play. Don’t get me wrong games like loz oot are amazing games but didn’t really stand the test of time. The graphics and gameplay don’t hold up as well as hl2
@SB you must be trolling
It’s not better than call of duty vanguard
Nintendo has made some questionable choices in the past years, but their impact on the industry is undeniable.
Lists like these are always subjective, but the argumentation is rock solid.
@Hedi Dev easy answer though. Nintendo was never focused on graphics or hardware power, but on innovation. The Wii pioneerd motion control gaming, while the WiiU (although a flop) introduced both onscreen and tablet gaming. Playstation has had the same formula for years, which allowed them to focus on hardware improvements. That made them compete with Xbox, but Nintendo was its own thing
Questions like “the GameCube was more powerful than PS2 , but why Wii was less powerful than ps3 ? And then why was the WiiU much less powerful than the PS4 ? “
@Garrus Vakarian Stupidity. The gameplay is nintendo’s forté. They reinvent themselves all the times. Zelda and Mario are like this. So, you don’t understand how gameplay works. Surely. Nor do you know what is the new concepts and mechanics they try to implement.
Nintendo has messed up so badly they left the home console market? That’s more than questionable. They used to try to release the best hardware available (SNES, N64, Gamecube) and now they just release 10 year old games. Minimum effort, maximum money. They’ve practically become a mobile developer at this point. Psychology over gameplay and technology.
Questionable is almost an understatement.
Halo 1 and Skyrim really should have been on the top 10. Subjectively they both did so much for the gaming world, both are still being played and both had near perfect scores from
ign.
For sure with Skyrim. Over 10 years later and the game is still great
Halo 2 was and still is the greatest Halo game ever made