The 100 Greatest Games Ever, Ranked by Critics AND Players

The 100 best video games of all time, ranked by review scores from critics and players. Every game gets one score: the average of 4 critic aggregators (Metacritic, OpenCritic, GameRankings, MobyGames) and the average of 4 player communities (Metacritic user score, Backloggd, Glitchwave, HowLongToBeat), weighted 50/50. How the list was made · 856 games checked · At least 2 critic scores and 2 player scores per game · At least one year since release (released before October 26, 2025) · Ports and re-releases count as the original game; remakes are ranked on their own · GameRankings closed in 2019, so its scores come from the archive · Every game gets the same 8 seconds · Music: the most popular track from each game's original soundtrack Scores collected in October 2026. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:24 The sources 0:51 #100 to #91 2:11 #90 to #81 3:31 #80 to #71 4:51 #70 to #61 6:11 #60 to #51 7:31 #50 to #41 8:51 #40 to #31 10:11 #30 to #21 11:31 #20 to #11 12:51 #10 to #1 Every game with its timestamp, music and gameplay credit is in the pinned comment. Gameplay is also credited on screen.