If you are curious about what are the best games of all time, you might want to check out the list that GQ magazine has created. They surveyed game developers and video game journalists from different genres and platforms and asked them to vote on their favourite games and to evaluate various factors of the games, such as gameplay, graphics, story, sound, etc. This article will show you the top 100 games that made it to the GQ list and also describe the criteria they used to rank them.
GQ Top 100 Games Listed
GQ used a point system to rank the games based on the votes of the game developers and game journalists. They asked them to list their top 10 games, and then assigned points to each game according to its rank. The game that was ranked 10th received 1 point, the game that was ranked 9th received 2 points, and so on, until the game that was ranked 1st received 10 points. So without delay, here are the Top 100 games:
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
- The Last of Us (2013)
- Tetris (1985)
- Bloodborne (2015)
- The Witcher 3:Wild Hunt (2015)
- Mass Effect 2
- Metal Gear Solid (1998)
- Portal 2 (2011)
- Dark Souls (2011)
- Half-Life 2 (2004)
- Resident Evil 4 (2005)
- Disco Elysium (2019)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
- Super Mario World (1990)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
- The Elden Scrolls 5: Skyrim (2011)
- Final Fantasy 7 (1997)
- Super Mario 64 (1996)
- Doom (1993)
- Elden Ring (2022)
- Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
- World of Warcraft (2004)
- Bioshock (2007)
- Minecraft (2011)
- Pokemon Red and Blue (1996)
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
- Street Fighter 2 (1991)
- The Last of Us Part 2 (2020)
- Journey (2012)
- Outer Wilds (2019)
- Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
- Deus Ex (2000)
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
- Portal (2007)
- Super Mario Bros 3 (1991)
- Silent Hill 2 (2001)
- Hades (2020)
- What Remains of Edith Finch (2017)
- Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
- The Sims (2000)
- Chrono Trigger (1995)
- Nier Automata (2017)
- The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (2003)
- Halo 3 (2007)
- Destiny (2014)
- God of War (2018)
- Grand Theft Auto 5 (2013)
- Stardew Valley (2016)
- Spelunky (2008)
- Final Fantasy X (2001)
- Half-Life (1998)
- Dishonored 2 (2016)
- Ico (2001)
- Hollow Knight (2016)
- Inside (2016)
- Final Fantasy IX (2000)
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)
- Fallout 3 (2008)
- Super Metroid (1994)
- Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
- The Sims 2 (2004)
- Persona 5 (2016)
- GoldenEye 007 (1997)
- Fallout New Vegas (2010)
- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (2002)
- Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2000)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
- Yakuza 0 (2015)
- Final Fantasy VI (1994)
- Undertale (2015)
- Metroid Prime (2002
- Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999)
- The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (2000)
- Tetris Effect (2018)
- Firewatch (2016)
- Fortnite (2017)
- Dragon Age: Origins (2009)
- Bioshock Infinite (2013)
- Shenmue (1999)
- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2013)
- Civilization V (2010)
- Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
- The Last Guardian (2016)
- Hitman: World of Assassination (2016 – 2021)
- Super Mario Kart (1992)
- Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
- Mass Effect (2007)
- Fable II (2008)
- Okami (2006)
- Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (1992)
- Super Mario Bros (1985)
- The Return of the Obra Dinn (2018)
- Age Of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999)
- Rez (2001)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2004)
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